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3
Winner Saint Anselm STA 22-22
0
Pace PACE 32-13
Winner
Saint Anselm STA
22-22
3
Final
0
Pace PACE
32-13
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Saint Anselm STA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 5 2
Pace PACE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0

W: Hicks, Haile (20-5) L: G. Garcia (19-4)

Game Recap: Softball |

Hicks, O'Hara Propel Softball to 3-0 Shutout Win Over Pace in NE10 Quarterfinals

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. – Senior Gracie O'Hara's (Shrewsbury, Mass.) two-run homer in extra-innings coupled with a shutout performance by senior pitcher Haile Hicks (Jefferson, N.H.) propelled No. 6 seeded Saint Anselm College softball team to a 3-0 win over No. 3 seeded Pace University in the Northeast-10 Conference (NE10) Quarterfinals on Thursday.
 
UP NEXT: 
  • Saint Anselm advances to the NE10 Semifinals and will take on No. 2 seeded Assumption University on Friday, May 3 at 2:30 p.m.
Score: Saint Anselm 3, Pace 0
W: Hicks (20-5)  L: Garcia (19-4)
Records: Saint Anselm 23-22; Pace 32-13
Location: Garden City, N.Y. (Jess Ficke Field)
Date: Thursday, May 2, 2024
Attendance: 118
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • The game began as a pitching duel with neither team registering a hit in the opening two innings of play. Hicks, making her 23rd start on the rubber for Saint Anselm, struck out a pair of batters in the first inning followed by her third to retire the side in bottom of the second.
  • Shortly after freshman Katie Tournas (Fairfield, Conn.) walked to put the first runner on base for the Hawks, junior Ava Caputo (Waterbury, N.Y.) ripped the ball up the middle for the first hit of game in the top of the third. Gisselle Garcia, the 2024 NE10 Pitcher of the Year recipient for Pace, struck out her fourth batter of the day to get out of trouble and end the inning still level at 0-0.
  • After Carolina Iturriaga notched the first hit for the Setters with a single through the left side in the bottom of the third, both teams struggled to get their offenses going for the next three innings. Hicks struck out another two batters with the game remaining in a scoreless deadlock.
  • In the bottom of the seventh, Pace put a runner in scoring position thanks to a double by Riley Jenkins, who then advanced to third base on sacrifice bunt. Saint Anselm's defense came up big to putout the next two batters and force the game into extra-innings.
  • After a scoreless eighth inning, the bats came alive for the Hawks in the top of the ninth, kick-started by a single through the right side by senior Hannah Ramer (Rehoboth, Mass.). With nobody out, O'Hara then smashed the ball over the left-center field fence for a two-run home run to put Saint Anselm ahead 2-0.  
  • Junior Sam Wiberg (Exeter, N.H.) continued the Hawks offensive momentum with a stand-up double to right-center for her first hit of the afternoon. Freshman Madeline Trisket (Binghamton, N.Y.) then checked into the game as a pinch runner and advanced to third base on a passed ball with one out. Junior Audrey Arsenault (Stow, Mass.) brought home Trisket with an RBI single to left-center, giving the Hawks a three-run lead heading into the bottom of the ninth.
  • Saint Anselm put out the first two batters before Hicks caught a pop-up for the final out to seal the 3-0 victory over Pace and advance to the NE10 Semifinals.  
INSIDE THE NUMBERS: 
  • Saint Anselm posted the only three runs of the game off five hits and had a pair of errors. Pace, who had just four hits, did not score or have any errors. Both teams left five runners on base.
  • The Hawks produced two extra-base hits featuring a home run and a double in comparison to the Setters with one double for their lone extra-base hit.
  • O'Hara led the Hawks offense with her two-run home run, her second this season, along with a run scored. Arsenault drove in her 16th run after a 1-for-4 performance at the plate.
  • Three other Hawks recorded one hit including Caputo, Ramer, and Wiberg. Ramer and Trisket each scored once, while Wiberg tallied the only double for Saint Anselm.  
  • Hicks secured her 20th win in the circle thanks to her shutout performance against Pace. The senior held the Setters to just four hits, recorded six strikeouts, and did not allow a walk after pitching the full nine innings consisting of 112 pitches.
  • The Hawks handed Garcia her fourth loss of the season after allowing three earned runs off five hits. She posted 11 strikeouts and three walks on 129 pitches after throwing the entire game for the Setters.
  • This marked the 31st game between these two programs all-time. Saint Anselm improves to 14-17 in the all-time series against Pace.
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