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Minnesota Crookston UMC 10-14
3
Winner Saint Anselm SAC 6-3
Minnesota Crookston UMC
10-14
2
Final
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Saint Anselm SAC
6-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Minnesota Crookston UMC 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 1
Saint Anselm SAC 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 4 0

W: Lee, Kendra (1-1) L: C. Dombrowsk (1-3)

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Winner Saint Anselm STA 7-3
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Post POSTSB 0-8
Winner
Saint Anselm STA
7-3
10
Final
0
Post POSTSB
0-8
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Saint Anselm STA 1 0 0 4 1 1 3 10 15 0
Post POSTSB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2

W: Ryan, Sam (4-0) L: Katelyn Lips (0-4)

Game Recap: Softball |

Ryan’s Two-Hit Gem Leads Hawks to Fourth Straight Win

MELBOURNE, FL – Saint Anselm softball continued to impress on Day 2 of the Space Coast Games, earning a walk-off 3-2 victory over Minnesota Crookston before shutting down Post, holding them to just two hits in a dominant 10-0 win.

UP NEXT:

  • Saint Anselm will be back in action on Sunday, March 16th, with a doubleheader against Molloy. The first game is set for 10:00 AM, followed by the second game at 12:15 PM.

 

GAME 1

Score: Saint Anselm 3, Minnesota Crookston 2 (7 inn.)

Win: Lee (1-1) Loss: Dombrowski (1-3) 

Records: Saint Anselm 6-3; Minnesota Crookston 10-14

Location: Melbourne, FL 

Date: Saturday, March 15th, 2025

 

HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 1):

  • The Golden Eagles struck first in the top of the opening inning, as Madisen Yandle singled and later came around to score on a ground ball from Irelyn Spencer.

  • Minnesota Crookston extended their lead in the fourth inning with an RBI double from Haley Koch.

  • The Hawks got on the board in the fifth, capitalizing on a steal by senior Audrey Arsenault (Stow, Mass.), which drew an errant throw and allowed sophomore Madison Carmichael (Contoocook, N.H.) to score from third.

  • Still trailing by a run in the bottom of the seventh, Saint Anselm needed a late rally. Sophomore Jamie Calkins (Charlton, Mass.) worked a walk and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt, while Arsenault also drew a walk and stole second, representing the winning run. Sophomore Brooke Tardugno (Methuen, Mass.) delivered the game-tying hit, and senior Sam Wiberg (Exeter, N.H.) sealed the walk-off victory with a clutch ground ball up the middle.

 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS (GAME 1): 

  • This marked the fourth meeting between the two programs, with Saint Anselm remaining undefeated in the series at 4-0, having won both matchups this season.

  • Sophomore Kendra Lee (Endicott, N.Y.) earned the win in relief, pitching 3 ? scoreless innings while allowing just two hits.

  • Charlotte Dombrowski got the start for Minnesota Crookston, throwing 6 ? innings while giving up four hits and two runs.

  • Four different players contributed hits for the Hawks, with senior Sam Wiberg (Exeter, N.H.) notching the team's only extra-base hit with a double.

 

GAME 2

Score: Saint Anselm 10, Post 0 (7 inn.)

Win: Ryan 4-0 Loss: Lips 0-4

Records: Saint Anselm 7-3; Post 0-8

Location: Melbourne, FL

Date: Saturday, March 15th, 2025


HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 2):

  • The Hawks jumped ahead early with an RBI single from junior Rose Reitmeyer (Oxford, Conn.), scoring senior Audrey Arsenault (Stow, Mass.) from second.

  • The offense came alive again in the top of the fourth, as a single from senior Sam Wiberg (Exeter, N.H.) drove in another run. A defensive miscue allowed another run to cross before senior Alyssa Wironen (Leominster, Mass.) added an RBI single. The Hawks capped off the inning with a bases-loaded walk from junior Lily Mason (Derry, N.H.), pushing their lead to 5-0.

  • In the fifth, an Arsenault double tacked on another run, followed by a sacrifice fly from sophomore Sam Ryan (Tewksbury, Mass.) in the sixth.

  • Freshman Katie Fox (Dracut, Mass.) led off the seventh with a triple and came around to score on an error. Wironen then found the outfield grass with a two-RBI single, securing double-digit runs for the Hawks.

  • Ryan, excelling in both the batter's box and the circle, closed out the dominant two-hit, complete-game shutout. She allowed just two hits, holding the opposition hitless over the final five frames.

 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS (GAME 2): 

  • The all-time series is now tied at 3-3, with next Wednesday's matchup on March 19th serving as the tiebreaker. Notably, no team has won consecutive games in the series.

  • This victory marks the Hawks' fourth straight win, their longest streak of the young season.

  • Sam Ryan earned the win with a dominant performance, pitching all seven innings while allowing just two hits and one walk.

  • Katelyn Lips also went the distance for Post, finishing with eight strikeouts while allowing 15 hits and four earned runs over seven innings.

  • Freshman Katie Fox had a breakout game, coming just a home run shy of the cycle. She recorded the first three hits of her career and scored all three times she reached base.

  • Alyssa Wironen led the team with three RBIs on two hits, while Rose Reitmeyer paced the Hawks on the basepaths with two of the team's five stolen bases.

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