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Saint Anselm STA 25-23
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Winner Assumption ASSUMPTI 24-14
Saint Anselm STA
25-23
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Final
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Assumption ASSUMPTI
24-14
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Saint Anselm STA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 2
Assumption ASSUMPTI 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 5 1

W: K. Waldron (4-2) L: Hicks, Haile (22-6)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Bested by Assumption, 4-3, on Day One of the NCAA East Regionals

NEW CASTLE, Del. – The No. 5 seeded Saint Anselm College softball team was bested by No. 4 seeded Assumption University, 4-3, in the opening game of the 2024 NCAA Division II East Regional on Thursday afternoon. The Hawks dropped to a 25-23 overall record while the Greyhounds improved to 24-14 on the season.
NEXT UP:
  • Saint Anselm will play No. 8 seeded Saint Thomas Aquinas College on Friday, May 10 for the second day of the NCAA Tournament with first pitch slated for 12:30 p.m. from Asbury Field.
Score: No. 5 Saint Anselm 3, No. 4 Assumption 4
W: Waldron (4-2)  L: Hicks (22-6)
Records: Saint Anselm 25-22; Assumption 24-14
Location: New Castle, Del. (Asbury Field)
Date: Thursday, May 9, 2024
Attendance: 156
HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • Seniors Hannah Ramer (Rehoboth, Mass.) and Gracie O'Hara (Shrewsbury, Mass.) got the bats going early for the Hawks with a single apiece to open game one of the tournament. Junior Sam Wiberg (Exeter, N.H.) then crushed the ball into deep right field for her second home run of the season to give Saint Anselm a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first.
  • Senior Haile Hicks (Jefferson, N.H.), making her 25th start on the rubber, took control early by striking out the side to end the first inning.
  • In the top of the second, sophomore Alyssa Wironen (Leominster, Mass.) picked up her first hit of the day with a single up the middle before reaching second base on an infield error.
  • After Assumption's defense managed to get out of the top of the inning, the Greyhounds offense began to click, scoring a pair of runs off two hits to make it a 3-2 game.
  • Neither team recorded a run in the next three innings with the Hawks posting the only three hits during that stretch including a single by junior Ava Caputo (Waterbury, N.Y.).
  • In the bottom of the sixth, Assumption tied the game up at 3-3 thanks to an RBI single by Kaitlyn Cahill.
  • The Greyhounds walked it off in the bottom of the seventh as Jordan Dwyer hit a sacrifice fly to score Abigail Larson and seal the win by a final score of 4-3.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS: 
  • Despite the score, Saint Anselm outhit Assumption by a 7-5 margin in the game. The Hawks posted two errors in comparison to the Greyhounds with just one error.  
  • Wiberg's home run was the only extra-base hit between both teams, while Assumption picked up two stolen bases.
  • Wiberg crushed her second home run of the season to claim all three of Saint Anselm's runs following a 2-for-3 performance at the plate. O'Hara also had a two-hit game for the Hawks while Caputo, Ramer, and Wironen each recorded one hit.
  • Hicks picked up her sixth loss in the circle after pitching the entire game for Saint Anselm. She allowed four earned runs on five hits and struck out five batters on 87 pitches.
  • This marked the first meeting between these two programs in NCAA postseason play and the 94th meeting in the all-time series with Assumption now owning a 52-42 record against Saint Anselm.
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