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SB Team Huddle at LEC Tourney
Deja Driscoll Smith
0
Southern Me. SOUTHERN 28-13
2
Winner Eastern Conn. St. EASTERN 23-16-1
Southern Me. SOUTHERN
28-13
0
Final
2
Eastern Conn. St. EASTERN
23-16-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Southern Me. SOUTHERN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Eastern Conn. St. EASTERN 0 0 1 1 0 0 X 2 9 2

W: A. Vilchez (20-8) L: McIntosh, Lexus (15-7)

Game Recap: Softball | | Christina Cracolici, Director of Athletic Communications

2024 Little East Conference Championship Tournament: No. 3 Eastern Connecticut 2, No. 5 Southern Maine 0

BOSTON  -  Alyssa Vilchez pitched a strong seven innings allowing two hits and two walks to lead the third-seed Eastern Connecticut State University Warriors to a 2-0 win over the fifth-seed University of Southern Maine Huskies in the championship round of the 2024 Little East Conference Softball Tournament Championship Saturday afternoon at UMass Boston.  With the win, the Warriors claim the 2024 LEC Championship and earn the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA National Championship Tournament. 
 
Advancing to the championship round of the tournament for the second time in four seasons, the Huskies will await a potential at-large bid. The NCAA Division III selection show is scheduled for Monday, May 13 at 11 am.
 
Series Record:
Today's game marked the 72nd meeting between the University of Southern Maine and the Eastern Connecticut State University Warriors. The Huskies and the Warriors split the 2024 regular season series.  Eastern Connecticut leads the overall series 40-32.
 
Records:
Southern Maine Rhode Island College
No. 5 Southern Maine (28-13)                            000 000 0  0-2-0
No. 3 Eastern Connecticut State (23-16-1)          001 100 x  2-9-2
 
Pitching Records:
WP:  Alyssa Vilchez (20-8), 7.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
LP:   Lexus McIntosh (15-7), 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 0 K
 
How It Happened: Eastern Connecticut 2, Southern Maine 0
  • In the second low-scoring affair between the Huskies and Warriors in the 2024 tournament, ECSU broke through for its first run of the game on an RBI single from Julia SanGiovanni in the bottom of the third.  Vilchez led off the inning with a triple to the gap in right to put herself in scoring position before SanGiovanni knocked her in. With no outs and a runner on the Warriors looked to threatened for more, but USM senior Belle Snyder (Epping, N.H.) recorded the next three outs keep it a 1-0 game.
  • ECSU doubled its scored in the bottom of the fourth.  With two outs against them, ECSU used a double from Emma Marelli, and a single from Maggie Baker to lead 2-0.
  • USM had runners in scoring position in the top of the fifth as senior Hannah Shields (Buckfield, Maine) picked up a two-out single and moved up to second on a walk issued to freshman Maddy Paradis (Salem, N.H.), but Vilchez came back with a ground out to end the threat.
  • In the top of the sixth, USM loaded the bases with one out, but a solid fielder's choice play cut down the lead runner for the second out, and a ground out ended the inning.
  • Senior Madi Day (Otisfield, Maine/Oxford Hills) and Shields each had singles for USM.
  • Snyder, who entered the game in the third inning, pitched four full, allowing one run on six hits and two walks. She had six strikeouts.
 
 
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