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Olivia Levasseur had a two-run triple in the sixth
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Winner Southern Me. SOUTHERN 27-11
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Mass.-Boston MASS.-BO 28-11
Winner
Southern Me. SOUTHERN
27-11
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Final
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Mass.-Boston MASS.-BO
28-11
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Southern Me. SOUTHERN 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 8 10 3
Mass.-Boston MASS.-BO 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 4 11 4

W: McIntosh, Lexus (15-5) L: B. Melchiond (13-3)

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

2024 Little East Conference Championship Tournament: No. 5 Southern Maine 8, No. 1 UMass Boston 4

BOSTON  –  Junior Abby Miner (Saco, Maine/Thornton Academy) had a three-run double in the top of the fifth, and sophomore Olivia Levasseur (Amesbury, Mass.) had a two-run triple in the sixth to propel the fifth-seed University of Southern Maine Huskies to an 8-4 win over first-seed UMass Boston Beacons in the fourth game of the 2024 Little East Conference Softball Championship Tournament Thursday afternoon at UMass Boston.
 
The Huskies rapped out 10 hits off of the Beacon pitching staff, including eight off of starter Bri Melchionda – the conference leader in earned run average at 0.99. Miner, senior Makena Mulcahy (Auburn, Mass.) and freshman Maddy Paradis (Salem, N.H.) each had two hits. 
 
Sophomore Lexus McIntosh (Lancaster, N.H./White Mountains Regional) earned her 15th win of the season going the distance for the Huskies. She recorded her 100th strikeout of the season in the victory.  Her 15 wins so far in 2023 are tied for fifth in USM single season records.
 
Series Record:
Today's game marked the 60th meeting between the University of Southern Maine Huskies and the UMass Boston Beacons.  The Huskies and the Beacons split the 2023 series played in Gorham.  UMB won the first game 15-0 (5 innings) and Southern Maine earned a 5-4 win in the second.  Southern Maine leads the overall series 44-16. The Huskies have won nine of the last 12 over the Beacons.
 
Records:
GM 1 – Southern Maine. UMass Boston
No. 5 Southern Maine (27-11)                000 242 0   8-10-3
No. 1 UMass Boston (28-11)                 003 001 0   4-11-4
 
Pitching Records:
WP:  Lexus McIntosh (15-5), 7.0 IP, 11 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
LP:   Brianna Melchionda (13-3), 4.2 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
 
How It Happened: Southern Maine UMass Boston
  • Both McIntosh and Melchionda worked their way out of first inning jams to start the game. The Huskies led off the game with back-to-back singles from senior Belle Snyder (Epping, N.H.) and Miner, but Melchionda got the next three hitters out in order to end the threat. In the bottom of the first, McIntosh overcame a bases loaded situation on a single, a walk and a fielding error to get the final two outs of the inning.
  • The Huskies loaded the bases against Melchionda in the top of the third on a one-out single from senior Madi Day (Otisfield, Maine/Oxford Hills) and back-to-back walks, but the Beacons were able to turn two on a line-out double-play at third to keep the score 0-0. 
  • UMB scored first in the bottom of the third on four hits, including a two-run double from Amauri English, and an RBI single up the middle from Lauryn Bethea.
  • Southern Maine took back two runs in the top of the fourth using a single from Paradis, a pair of fielder's choice plays and two costly infield errors from the Beacons.  Day had an RBI in the inning for USM. In the home half of the fourth, McIntosh worked around an infield single and a walk to get two ground outs a fly out to keep the game at 3-2.
  • After a pair of one-out singles from senior Meaghan Dufresne (Mattapoissett, Mass.) and Paradis loaded the bases for the Huskies, UMB made it two outs on one of Melchondia's three strikeouts in the game. However, a sharply hit ball to third from Snyder (that was scored an error) allowed the game-tying run to cross the plate for the Huskies.  Keeping the bases loaded, Miner crushed her 14th double of the season to the gap in right field to clear the bases and give USM a 6-3 lead before UMB ended the innings.
  • McIntosh turned in a one-two-three inning in the bottom of the fifth, and USM extended its lead to 8-3 with two nore runs in the top of the sixth.  With one out, Mulcahy singled to left, and Paradis drew a two-out walk before Levasseur came through with a clutch two-out, two-run triple to the gap in right to bring home both Paradis and Mulcahy. The Beacons collected three hits in the bottom of the sixth off of McIntosh, including an RBI single to short from Hayley Krockta, but were unable to threaten for more.
  • Following a quiet top of the seventh from the Huskies, McIntosh shut the door on the game with two fly outs and a ground out around an infield single for the 8-4 final.
 
Up Next:
Southern Maine returns to action on Friday (11:00 am) and will face the winner of game five between No. 2 UMass Dartmouth and No. 3 Eastern Connecticut State.  Eastern defeated VTSU-Castleton 10-2 in its first game. UMass Dartmouth, as the No. 2 seed, had a first-round bye.
 
 
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