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Posted: May 03, 2015

NHTI defeats CSJ 1-0 to capture YSCC Spring tournament championship

NHTI defeats CSJ 1-0 to capture YSCC Spring tournament championship
NHTI defeats CSJ 1-0 to capture YSCC Spring tournament championship
 
MVP                                                             Tori Lemay—NHTI
Outstanding Defensive Player                   Maggie Miller—CSJ
Outstanding Offensive Player                   Masha Lange--NHTI
         
Concord, NH:  In a pitcher’s duel, NHTI defeated CSJ 1-0 behind the pitching of tournament MVP Tori Lemay (Manchester) who struck out 15 batters while scattering 3 hits.
 
The Lynx scored the only run of the game in the third inning with Emma Gagnon (Pembroke) walked and advanced to second base on a sacrifice bunt by Alex Pellerin (Manchester). Gagnon then scored on a single to left field by shortstop Kate Andritz (Stark) for what proved to be the game winning run.
 
CSJ’s Maggie Miller pitched a fabulous 5 hit game striking out 5 NHTI batters in the loss.
 
Andritz had two hits for NHTI and teammate Masha Lange (Plaistow) had a double as well for the Lynx.
 
NHTI will be heading to Akron, Ohio for the USCAA World Series May 10-14 accepting the bid as the # 6 seed. The Lynx will play Penn St. Brandywine at 2 pm on Monday, May 11.
 
Game # 2 highlights: NHTI advanced to the YSCC final behind the pitching of YSCC Player of the Year Tori Lemay (Manchester) who earned the win striking out 8 batters with Lindsey Hampson (Manchester) also pitching for the Lynx. NHTI defeated CMCC 18-1 to advance to the conference final.
 
NHTI was paced by YSCC All-Conference Masha Lange (Plaistow) who went 4-4 from the plate scoring four runs to lead the way for the Lynx offensively. Catcher Megan Howard (Amherst) was 3-4 with 4 rbi’s,  and Joardyn Douillette (Loudon) contributed 3 hits and scored 2 runs for the Lynx.
 
NHTI advances to play CSJ in the YSCC final at 3 PM.
 
Game # 1 highlights: CSJ’s Maggie Miller was perfect from the mound striking out 16 SMCC batters to lead the Saints to a 6-0 win over the Seawolves in the first game of the YSCC Final 4.
 
The College of St. Joseph’s scored 3 runs in the third inning, 2 in the fourth and 1 run in the sixth collecting only 4 hits. The Saints capitalized on 3 SMCC errors and some timely hits by Allison Hinton, Krysta Konderwich and Alana Todd to earn the win and advance to the YSCC final game at 3 PM vs. the CMCC/NHTI winner.
 
SMCC’s duo of Erica Brochu and Charlotte Lewis were solid from the pitchers circle for the Seawolves allowing only 4 hits over the game.
 
In between games number 1 and number 2, the YSCC All-Conference Awards were presented.
 
YSCC All-Conference Team
Tori Lemay                                       NHTI
Charlotte Lewis                                 SMCC
Anna Allard                                     SMCC
Masha Lange                                   NHTI
Joardyn Douillette                            NHTI
Alison Hinton                                   St. Joseph’s (Vt.)
Abigail Nielson                                 SMCC
Maggie Miller                                   St. Joseph’s (Vt.)
Emily Johnson                                 St. Joseph’s (Vt.)
 
YSCC Player of the Year                            Tori Lemay – NHTI
YSCC Coach of the Year                            Kerry Finnigan—NHTI
YSCC Sportsmanship Team                       NHTI
YSCC Regular Season Champions            NHTI