Salem State Defeats Fitchburg State, 5-2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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Salem St. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
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Fitchburg St. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
Kerr goes 1-for-3 with an RBI in MASCAC opening round setback
FITCHBURG, Mass. – The fourth seeded Falcons of Fitchburg State dropped a 5-2 decision to the fifth seeded Vikings of Salem State in opening round action of the 2016 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) softball tournament at the Donna-Lee Withington Memorial Softball Field this afternoon.
Salem State took the lead in the top of the second inning as freshman Chloe Manousos reached on a fielding miscue, moved to second and third on a sacrifice bunt and throwing miscue and scored on a single from sophomore Marissa Peri for the 1-0 margin.
The Vikings upped its advantage in the top of the fourth when junior Jess Raymond singled to put runners on first and second before sophomore Marisa Snachez doubled down the left field line to bring in Raymond and senior Rebecca Krigman to make the score 4-0..
Salem State took the lead in the top of the fourth as junior Jess Raymond reached on a throwing miscue, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a fielder's choice off the bat of Krigman for the 1-0 margin.
After the visitors added an insurance run in the fifth (5-0), the Falcons broke its scoring silence in the bottom of the seventh when sophomore Katie Gildea singled, while pinch runner Kelsea LeBlanc moved to second on a walk by senior Brianna Uga before junior Galen Kerr plated K. LeBlanc on run scoring single and Uga crossed the plate on a wild pitch, resulting in the 5-2 final.
For Fitchburg State, Gildea, Kerr, junior Jessalynne Brown and senior Marissa Gemma collected one hit each for the Falcons, while Sanchez paced the Vikings offense, hitting 2-for-4, including a double and two RBI, while sophomore Jen Crovo and Peri added one hit and one run batted in each.
In the circle, Kerr took the loss for the Green and Gold, allowing five runs (1 earned) on six hits with nine strikeouts, while sophomore Lieisha Burney picked up the win for Salem State, giving up two runs on four hits and three K's.
Fitchburg State (19-18, 7-7 MASCAC) concludes its 2016 season this afternoon with the setback, while Salem State (12-21, 6-8 MASCAC) advance to the double elimination round on Friday and will travel to the second seeded Bears of Bridgewater. State for a 6 p.m. start
