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U. of New England UNE 11-24, 8-9 CCC
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Winner Roger Williams RWU 12-26, 4-13 CCC
U. of New England UNE
11-24, 8-9 CCC
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Roger Williams RWU
12-26, 4-13 CCC
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
U. of New England UNE 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 11 1
Roger Williams RWU 4 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 10 2

W: T. Myers (2-3) L: MacDonald, Kara (6-8) S: N. Lundari (1)

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U. of New England U. OF NE 11-26, 8-11 CCC
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Winner Roger Williams ROGER WI 13-26, 5-13 CCC
U. of New England U. OF NE
11-26, 8-11 CCC
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Final
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Roger Williams ROGER WI
13-26, 5-13 CCC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
U. of New England U. OF NE 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 2
Roger Williams ROGER WI 0 0 0 0 3 0 X 3 4 1

W: R. Germano (9-11) L: Micucci, Mia (3-13)

Game Recap: Softball |

Hawks halt UNE to wrap regular season (4-3, 3-1)

Game 1 Statistics
Game 2 Statistics

BRISTOL, R.I. -- Roger Williams University closed out the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) softball regular season with results of 4-3 and 3-1 versus the University of New England on Sunday afternoon (May 7) at Paolino Field.

Despite the setbacks, the Nor'easters (11-25, 8-10) will be the sixth seed when the 2023 CCC Softball Championship begins on Wednesday morning. UNE will head to the campus of No.2 Western New England University to take on No.3 Wentworth Institute of Technology as the double elimination tournament gets underway. [Bracket Release]

The Hawks conclude the 2023 campaign at 13-26 overall, 5-13 in league action.

UNE out-hit RWU by one in each contest, leaving Makenzy Herron and Becca Dumont with a share of the day's high of four total hits. Herron, who extended her hitting streak to 11 games, finished the conference slate leading all CCC players with a .574 batting average -- the only one above .500.

Roger Williams jumped out of the gate in the bottom of the 1st inning in GAME 1 (RWU 4-3) with four runs, including three with two outs. Taylor Howell, Kayleigh O'Connor, and Jamie Wells had run-scoring hits after a leadoff double by Isabelle Rosado.

The Nor'easters immediately split the difference (4-2) in the 2nd. Back-to-back doubles from Grace Tutt and Megan Chamberlain started the frame, before a two-out single by Dumont. 

UNE left the bases loaded in the 5th but then got one closer in the 6th (4-3) with hit contributions from Abby Walsh and Dumont. Abby Miner and Tutt kicked off the 7th with singles, but the visitors again wound up stranding three on the bases.

Taylor Myers and Natalie Lundari combined for the win and save in the circle for the Hawks. Wells and Kelsey Burr each had two hits.

Tutt topped all players with three hits, while Chamberlain and Miner joined Dumont with two apiece. Kara MacDonald fanned four against zero walks in the UNE circle.

With a hit in the top of the 1st frame in GAME 2 (RWU 3-1), Herron (3-for-3) was the only baserunner until the bottom of the 3rd when the Hawks registered a two-out single. Herron doubled to start the 4th, and a hit-by-pitch followed, but the next three were retired by RWU hurler Raegen Germano.

The hosts plated all of their three runs in the last half of the 5th with three hits and an error, capped by a two-out double from Rosado that scored a pair.

Herron doubled again to begin the UNE 6th but ended up stuck at third. In the last chance for the Nor'easters, a two-out double by Dumont knocked in Lindsay Joyal to get one run on the board.

Germano struck out nine and did not issue a free pass on the way to the win for Roger Williams. On the other side, Mia Micucci recorded five strikeouts without a walk through five innings of work, surrendering just four hits and one earned run. Mackenzie Susko worked a quick bottom of the 6th with the aid of a 6-4-3 double-play to clean up a one-out error.