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May 10,
2007 |
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2007 NCAA Div. III Softball
Tournament
New England Region Score Report
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Providence, RI
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GAME
FOUR
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7
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#7
Emerson College (22-17) |
0 |
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1 |
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#2 Tufts
University (29-11) |
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2 |
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3 |
11 |
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Tufts Blanks Emerson, 3-0
Cusick Paces 11-Hit Attack
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Providence, RI—The second-seeded Tufts
University softball team advanced in the championship bracket of the
2007 NCAA Division III Softball New England Regional Tournament,
defeating seventh-seeded Emerson College, 3-0, this afternoon at the
Dayna A. Bazar Softball Complex. The Jumbos pounded out 11 hits,
while junior starting pitcher Erica Bailey (Scottsdale, AZ)
hurled a complete-game, one-hitter. |
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Tufts University (29-11) advances to face third-seeded Wellesley
College at 4 p.m. on May 11, while Emerson (22-17) will meet
sixth-seeded College Misericordia at noon in an elimination game. |
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The
Lions could not solve Bailey as the junior right-hander retired the
first 11 batters she faced. Emerson sophomore right fielder Bri
Papa (Camilus, NY) broke up Bailey’s no-hit bid with one out in
the top of the sixth, singling to the shortstop. Bailey bore down to
retire four of the final five batters she faced to close out the
contest and raise her record to 7-4. |
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Bailey helped out her own cause in bottom of the second stanza,
leading off with a triple to right field. With one-out, junior
catcher Megan Cusick (Albany, NY) laced an RBI double to
center field to plate the first and decisive run of the afternoon. |
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Tufts extended its advantage to 3-0 in the bottom of the fourth
frame, when junior shortstop Heather Kleinberger (New City, NY)
tucked a bases-clearing RBI-double inside the third base bag to
score Cusick and sophomore right fielder Maya Ripecky (Chicago,
IL). |
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Cusick paced the Jumbos attack with a 3-for-3 showing at the plate
with an RBI and a run scored. Sophomore left fielder Roni Herbst
(Montclair, NJ), Kleinberger, and Bailey each recorded two hits. |
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Emerson senior starting pitcher Heather Drobiarz (Old Saybrook,
CT) was saddled with the loss, surrendering three runs on eight
hits, while collecting a strikeout. Sophomore relief pitcher
Angela Jorgenson (Dayton, IA) did not allow a run in two innings
of work. |
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-Complete box score to follow- |