Softball Suffers Setback at Salem St.
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
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Salem St. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
Game 2
Game 2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
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Salem St. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 4 | 1 |
SALEM, Mass. – The Mitchell College softball team dropped a pair of close games against Salem State University on Tuesday afternoon, falling to the Vikings 2-1 in the opener, before losing 3-1 in game two at Alumni Field in non-conference action.
The Mariners (5-7, 0-0 GNAC) open conference play at home on Saturday, March 29, with a doubleheader against Saint Joseph's College (ME). The Vikings (7-7, 0-0 MASCAC) will try to keep it rolling with a pair of games at home against Fitchburg State University on Saturday, March 29.
Game 1 – Salem St. 2, Mitchell 1
The Vikings struck first in the opening game of the day, pushing a run across in the bottom of the second on an RBI groundout. After a scoreless inning and a half, the Mariners knotted the score in the fourth when junior Olivia DeCicco (Haverhill, Mass.) led off with an infield single, advanced to third on a Brooke Whitmarsh (Portsmouth, R.I.) triple, and then came home on an RBI groundout by senior Christina Housley (Norfolk, VA).
The score would remain knotted at 1-1 until the bottom of the seventh, when Emily Henning hit a leadoff double. After she was pinch run for, a single advanced the runner to third, and she came around for the game winning run on a fielder's choice off the bat of Samantha Gaona-Sullivan.
Senior catcher Brooke Whitmarsh had a team-high two hits for the Mariners, including a double, while Housley was 1-3 with an RBI double.
Senior Emily Reynolds (Somers, Conn.) took the loss after surrendering two runs in six and one third innings of work, allowing seven hits and three walks, striking out two.
Gaona-Sullivan had two hits in four at bats, including the game winning fielder's choice to the pitcher.
Game 2 – Salem St. 3, Mitchell 1
The Mariners leapt out to a one-run lead in the first inning of game number two when Christina Housley ripped an RBI double to centerfield to score senior Gemma Landry (Lewiston, ME), who had reached base on a leadoff single.
The Vikings were quick to punch back, plating a pair of runs in the bottom of the first against Mitchell starter, Olivia DeCicco, before scoring their third run of the game the following inning on an RBI groundout by Abigail Richardson. That at groundout proved to be the winning run, as the Salem St. pitching was able to keep the Mitchell bats at bay.
Housley was 1-3 with an RBI double for Mitchell, while Landry scored one run. DeCicco took the loss in the circle, allowing three runs in six innings of work.
Alanis Toledano picked up the win after dealing six innings of one-run ball.
