NHTI hosts softball round robin play
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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College of St. Joseph | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
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NHTI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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Southern Maine CC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
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College of St. Joseph | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | X | 9 | 10 | 2 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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Southern Maine CC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 1 |
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Great Bay C.C. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
CONCORD, N.H. (SMCC) -- The Southern Maine Community College (SMCC) softball team split in its first Yankee Small College Conference (YSCC) round-robin play date on Saturday, Sept. 16.
Game 1: CSJ 9, SMCC 2 | Box Score
Head Coach Ray Magnant named sophomore Kristen Mackenzie (Seabrook, N.H.) the starter in game one to face a loaded College of St. Joseph (CSJ) lineup. Mackenzie went 3.1 innings and allowed eight runs before first-year Meranda Martin (Richmond, Maine) came on for 2.2 innings of relief.
Sophomore Emma Burns (Berwick, Maine) drove in the first run for the Lady SeaWolves on a double to right field that scored Martin from second base. The Fighting Saints posted four in the bottom of the first to command a 4-1 lead.
Sophomore Kahli Philibotte (Hooksett, N.H.) tattooed a solo homerun over the left field fence that would be the last of the offense for the Lady SeaWolves. CSJ scored five runs on four hits and an error in the fourth to go ahead 9-2.
Martin recorded SMCC's only multi-hit game.
CSJ's Jenna Crowley went the distance to earn her first victory of the season.
Game 2: SMCC 6, GBCC 0 | Box Score
SMCC handed the ball to Martin in the second game, opposite her was Deanna McGuire in the circle for Great Bay Community College (GBCC).
Scoring 200 runs a season ago, SMCC came out swinging pushing three across in the first frame. The Lady SeaWolves would extend their lead in the second and again with two more in the fourth inning to notch their first win of the season.
Mackenzie made her second pitching appearance of the day to go four strong and help blank the Heron offense. Martin, a perfect 3-3 from the dish, would also be credited with the win.
SMCC opens its fall season 1-1 overall. CSJ recorded two wins on the day to sit atop the YSCC standings.
The Lady SeaWolves take the diamond again when the YSCC comes to South Portland on Saturday, Sept. 23. SMCC will take on New Hampshire Technical Institute at 10:30 a.m. and GBCC at 3:45 p.m.
Live stats will be available HERE.
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(CSJ) -- College of St. Joseph's 2017-2018 softball team debuted Saturday at NHTI in the first round robin tournament of the fall season. The squad went 2-0, taking down SMCC 9-2 and NHTI 3-1.
Jenna Crowley pitched to the tune of her first win of the season with a five-hitter and five strikeout display in the Fighting Saints' impressive 9-2 victory over the Seawolves. Crowley also recorded two RBIs off a hit. Freshmen Vanessa Quigley and Lena Tirotta were the leading hitters for the Saints, with two apiece. Quigley also provided two RBIs, as did Shelby Fenton.
In CSJ's 3-1 contest with NHTI, Lena Tirotta picked a runner off second with the bases loaded and just one out in the 7th inning, helping the Saints clinch the win. Freshman McKenzie Ebert pitched a six-hitter for her first career win. Vanessa Quigley led the offense with two hits, two RBIs. Shelby Fenton hit a double, while Arielys Rodriguez, Crowley, Tirotta and Ashley Vasas also provided hits in the contest.
The Fighting Saints travel to South Portland, Maine for a tournament hosted by Southern Maine Community College on Saturday, Sept. 23. There, they will play NHTI and Great Bay Community College.