When and Where: May 2, 2024  -  Garden City, N.Y. (Janet L. Ficke Field)
What:  Northeast-10 Softball Championship – 2^nd Round
Result:  Southern Connecticut State University 3, SNHU 2 (13 inn.)
Records: SNHU 25-18, Southern Connecticut 19-23

Freshman Charlotte Donovan (Biddeford, Maine) drove in both runs as the Penmen rallied to force extra innings, but Southern Connecticut State pushed a run across in the 13^th to beat SNHU 3-2 in the second round of the Northeast-10 Championship Thursday.

TOP PERFORMERS

• Donovan – 1-for-4, 2 RBI
• Senior Alyssa DiMauro (Chester, N.H.) – 2-for-6, 2B
• Junior Jordyn Resetar (Hanover, Pa.) – 1-for-2, 2B, BB
• Senior Ari Ferrier (Middleboro, Mass.) – 1-for-4, BB
• Junior Abby Lineman (Doylestown, Pa.) – 1-for-5
• Senior Bella Dickinson (Scarborough, Maine) – 1-for-6, 2B
• Freshman Julianna Colbert (Burrillville, R.I.) – 6.2 IP- 6H – 1 ER- 3 BB – 4K
• Senior Leine McKechnie (Passadumkeag, Maine ) – 5.1 IP – 3 H – 2 ER – 2 BB- 1K

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Penmen broke through for the game's first run in the bottom of the fifth inning. 
• Resetar doubled and freshman Grace Jenkins (Groton, Conn.) pinch-ran.
• A single by Lineman moved Jenkins to third.
• Donovan, pinch-hitting, bunted for a single as Jenkins scored.
• A bases-loaded hit-by-pitch and an RBI single put the Owls up 2-1 in the top of the sixth inning.
• A double by Dickinson and a single by DiMauro started the bottom of the sixth, but the Penmen could not cash in on the opportunity.
• In the last of the seventh inning, Resetar walked and freshman Kaysie DeMoura (Taunton, Mass.) came on to run.
• After an error and groundout moved DeMoura to third, Donovan's grounder led to the tying run.
• SNHU had lead-off runners on in the bottom of the tenth and eleventh but did not score.
• The Owls used two hits and a sacrifice fly by Samantha LaFemina drove in the winning run.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Another terrific pitcher's dual developed McKechnie and Southern Connecticut's Jessica Perucki.
• McKechnie worked into the sixth inning, and senior Hannah DeRock (Hunt, N.Y.), Colbert, and junior Amelia Freitas (Plymouth, Mass.) all pitched for the Penmen.
• Freitas finished up the 13^th inning after the Owls scored the go-ahead run.
• Ashley Lewis worked seven innings of scoreless relief to earn the win for the Owls. The Penmen only had one hit off Lewis.
• SNHU was outhit by the Owls 10-7.
• The Penmen played 13 innings without making an error while Southern Connecticut had three.
• SNHU went 3-for-13 with runners in scoring position while the Owls were 3-for-14.

NOTES:

• Donovan only had one RBI during the regular season.
• The game was the longest for the Penmen since a 13-inning contest with Assumption on April 23, 2022.
• It was the longest game in the Northeast-10 Championship since a Southern Connecticut win over Adelphi in 2010. 
• Southern Connecticut leads the all-time series 47-21-1, although the Penmen had won three straight, including both games during the 2024 regular season.
• The Owls had finished in a three-way tie with Saint Rose and Saint Michael's for the final playoff spot.  They had defeated #5 seed Franklin Pierce Tuesday in the first round.
• #6 seed Saint Anselm defeated #3 Pace 3-0 on Thursday.  The Hawks will play #2 Assumption - and the Owls will meet #1 Adelphi in Friday's semifinal games.

WHAT'S NEXT

• The NCAA will announce the field for the Division II Softball Championship on Monday, May 6 at 10:00 a.m.  Regional competition will begin Thursday, May 9 and championship games will take place May 19-25 in Boombah-Soldiers Creek Park in Longwood, FL.

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