Softball Falls to Colby in NCAA Regional Championship

BANGOR, Maine – The MIT softball team fell to Colby College in the NCAA Bangor Regional Championship on Sunday afternoon at Robert & Frances O'Keefe Softball Field on the campus of Husson University.

Arianna Kumar, Ava Ladd, and Delaney Benevides were named to the All-Tournament Team.

**THE BASICS: **

• Scores:

• Game 1: Colby 9, MIT 2

• Game 2: Colby 8, MIT 5

• Records: MIT (35-11 Overall), Colby (30-12 Overall)

**HOW IT HAPPENED GAME ONE: **

• Colby jumped out to a 4-0 lead with a run in the first and three in the third.

• The Engineers pulled within two in the bottom of the third with back-to-back bases loaded walks by

Delaney Benevides and Layla Thiessen.

• Colby tacked on another run with an RBI double by Avery Lyman in the fifth and a three-run sixth put the Mules ahead 8-2. Victoria Ramiirez made it a 9-2 game with an RBI single in the seventh.

• Benevides doubled to lead off the seventh, but the Mules got the next three outs to take the win and force a decisive winner-take-all game.

**INSIDE THE NUMBERS: **

• Benevides led MIT with two hits in the game.

• Lyman went 3-3 with three RBI.

**HOW IT HAPPENED GAME TWO: **

Lauren Sundquist and Maggie Feng worked bases loaded walks to give MIT an early 2-0 lead. The Mules responded in the bottom of the first with three runs to take the lead.

• The Engineers tied the game in the second as Benevides scored on an error on a ball hit by Kumar. Yet again Colby responded as an RBI single from Juliana Kiley put the Mules back in the lead.

• A five-run fifth helped Colby pull ahead 8-3.

Olivia Scarpaci hit a two-out single in the sixth and advanced to second on a passed ball, but she was left stranded.

• Thiessen led off the top of the seventh with a single and Ladd followed with a single to center to bring up Kumar whose single plated Thiessen to make it 8-4. Sundquist doubled to left to score Ladd and get MIT to within three, but the Mules got the next two outs to secure the win.

**INSIDE THE NUMBERS: **

• Seven different Engineers recorded a hit in the game.

• Sundquist led the way with two RBI.

Emily Watson pitched six innings and did not allow a walk.

• The Mules had four players with two hits.

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