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May 11,
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
SIX
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#6
Misericordia (29-16) |
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4 |
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#7
Emerson (23-17) |
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2 |
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DROBIARZ FIRES FOUR-HIT SHUTOUT
TO LEAD LIONS PAST COUGARS
Emerson Earns First-Ever NCAA Win
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Providence, RI—The Emerson College
softball team earned its first NCAA Tournament victory, in just its
second appearance, against the 59-team tournament field, defeating
sixth-seeded College Misericordia, 4-0, this afternoon in the
elimination bracket of the 2007 NCAA Division III Softball New
England Regional Tournament on the campus of Rhode Island College.
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Emerson College (23-17) advances to square off against the loser of
top-seeded Rhode Island College and fifth-seeded Endicott College (2
p.m.) at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 12, while College Misericordia
bows out of its fifth NCAA Tournament appearance. The Cougars
finished the season with an overall mark of 29-16. |
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Emerson senior starting pitcher Heather Drobiarz (Old Saybrook,
CT) limited the Cougars to just four hits, while striking out
four, to earn her seventh complete game victory of the year The
right-hander tossed her second 1-2-3 inning in the final frame to
record her 13th victory (13-8). |
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Despite being held to just five hits, the Lions were able to
manufacture four runs, scoring a pair of runs in both the second and
third frames. Senior catcher Jennifer Boyden (Chester, NH)
went 1-for-3 from the plate with a pair of runs batted in. She broke
open the tightly contested affair in the bottom of the third,
knocking in a pair on a bases-loaded single to right field.
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College Misericordia freshman pitcher Katherine Lucenti
(Montrose, PA) was the hard luck loser, giving up four runs on
five hits, while fanning six, as her record dips to 11-7. |
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-Complete box score to follow- |
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