NEWTON, MA - St. Joe's (24-14, 19-7 GNAC) lost to Rivier College
(21-11, 16-10 GNAC) on Friday in a GNAC quarterfinal game, 4-2.
Sophomore shortstop Liddy van der
Linden (Worcester, MA) hit a solo home run in the
second inning for the Lady Monks and was 2-4 in the losing bid.
Starting pitcher FY Kiera Walsh
(Benton, ME) takes the loss.
Rivier scored a run in the first but the Lady Monks responded with
the solo blast by van der Linden in the second and
went ahead, 2-1, in the third when SO Anna
Willis (Gorham, ME) scored on an error by the
Rivier catcher.
After the third inning the Lady Monks were unable to get anything
going off Rivier starter Monica White, who scattered four SJC hits
in the game. The Raiders took a 3-2 lead in the sixth and added
another tally in the seventh to earn the 4-2 win and send St. Joe's
to the loser's bracket.
