Softball

Sharks Defeat Monks in GNAC Quarterfinal, 5-3

Sharks Defeat Monks in GNAC Quarterfinal, 5-3

Pitching

Win: Maddie Castigliego (14-8)
Loss: Sydney Hatch (3-6)
Save: Piper Kinney (1)

Batting

Saint Joseph's (Me.)
2B: Sadie Tirrell; Charlotte Cloutier
3B: none
HR: none
Simmons
2B: Jordyn Rubin; Shannon McMahon
3B: none
HR: none
full stats
Posted: May 04, 2023

BOSTON, Mass. - #1N Simmons University (23-14) topped #2N Saint Joseph's College (21-17), 5-3, in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Softball Tournament Quarterfinal at Daly Field on Thursday evening.

PLAYOFF IMPLICATIONS:

With the loss, Saint Joseph's falls into the loser's bracket and will face #3S Lasell University in an elimination game at tourney-host Johnson & Wales University on Saturday at 12:30 PM. The Lasers suffered a 4-3 setback at the hands of #2S Albertus Magnus College earlier today.

Simmons advances to the winner's bracket and will take on Albertus Magnus on Saturday at 3:00 PM.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The Monks secured a 1-0 lead in the top of the first when Hannah Gosselin (Biddeford, Maine) led off with a single and later scored on an infield error. After two scoreless innings, the Sharks exploded for four runs on four hits in the bottom of the third, as Jordyn Rubin and Maddie Castigliego produced two-run singles to lift the hosts to a 4-1 advantage.

St. Joe's fought back with single runs in the fourth and fifth innings as Owen notched an RBI ground out in the former and junior Lydia Goodnough (Kennebunkport, Maine) delivered a run-scoring single in the later to make it a one-run game.

Simmons gained a bit of breathing room in the bottom of the fifth when Shannon McMahon led off with a double to left and later scored on a Teagan Buckley ground out to second base.

The Monks had runners on first and second with one out in the top of the seventh, but Simmons pitcher Piper Kinney fanned a pair of SJC batters to close out the threat.

IN THE CIRCLE:

SJC senior starter Sydney Hatch (Newburgh, Maine) falls to 3-6 after allowing four runs on six hits and three walks over 3.2 innings while Eagleston gave up a run on two hits in 2.1 frames of relief duty.

Simmons starter Maddie Castigliego earned the victory after yielding three runs (one earned) on seven hits and three walks with a pair of K's in 4.2 innings while Piper Kinney earned the save after striking out seven batters while allowing a pair of hits in 2.1 frames of relief.

AT THE BAT:

Sophomore Paige Connery (Tyngsboro, Mass.) went 3-4 while Sadie Tirrell (Naples, Maine) and freshman shortstop Charlotte Cloutier (Lewiston, Maine) both notched doubles in the setback.

For Simmons, Rubin was 2-3 with a run, a double, and two RBI and Castigliego went 1-2 with a pair of RBI.

 

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.

 

 

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