Mitchell College Sports Roundup

The Mitchell College softball team visited Regis College on Saturday and took home two wins, while the Mariners also defeated Lesley University in a baseball doubleheader and Wheelock College in a men's tennis match. The following information was provided by Chris Barroso, sports information director at Regis College and Alan Wickström, sports information director at Wheelock College:

Softball: Mitchell 12, Regis 1; Mitchell 9, Regis 7

The Regis College softball team dropped a New England Collegiate Conference doubleheader to visiting Mitchell College, 12-1 in five innings and 9-7, on Saturday afternoon in Weston, Mass. The Pride fall to 6-19 overall and 6-8 in league play, while Mitchell improves to 17-13 and 14-2 in the NECC.

Mitchell wasted no time in game one of the day, putting up 10 runs in the first inning en route to a 12-1 victory. Lindsey Romagnino (Totowa, N.J.) hit a pair of two-run homeruns in the opening frame, while Brittany Zaccaria (White Plains, N.Y.) drove in three runs with an RBI single and two-run double all coming in the first. Dylan Riccardi (Elmont, N.Y.) and Shannen Pelletier (Coventry, R.I.) also added RBI singles in the inning and the Mariners added one more run on a passed ball to take a commanding 10-0 lead.

Regis got on the board in the third inning when Sarah Porteus (South Wellfleet, Mass.) came around to score on an RBI single through the left side by Kara Donovan (Woburn, Mass.). Mitchell rounded out the scoring in the top of
the fifth as Tiffany Person (Waterbury, Conn.) drove in a run with a single to second base and Zaccaria drove in her fourth run of the day with an RBI ground out to seal the 12-1 victory.

Emily Pickett (Wrentham, Mass.) suffered the loss for Regis, lasting only two-thirds of an inning and allowing 10 runs (seven earned) on nine hits. Porteus pitched the final 4.1 innings and allowed two earned runs on four hits,
while striking out four. Cassie Langone (Chichester, N.H.), Donovan, and Porteus registered the lone hits in game one for the Pride.

Mitchell’s Zaccaria and Romagnino each went 2-for-4 with four RBI and two runs scored, with Romagnino hitting a pair of homeruns. Tiffany Person went 3-for-4 from the leadoff spot and Shannen Pelletier went 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored. Tricia Tomaselli (Guilford, Conn.) picked up her seventh win of the season by going five innings and allowing only one run on three hits with six strikeouts.

Game two was a back and forth battle as Regis took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on an RBI double by Katie Blackburn (Milford, Mass.). Sarah Porteus started game two for the Pride and kept Mitchell off the scoreboard until the top of the fourth. The Mariners loaded the bases on three singles before Pelletier drove in Stacey Suplicki (New London, Conn.) to tie the game at 1-1. In the next at-bat, Chelsea Arpin (Killingly, Conn.) hit a sharp grounder to short, and Nikki Hoxie (Winsted, R.I.) beat the throw home to give Mitchell a 2-1 lead.

Katie Blackburn began the fourth inning with her second double of the day and came around to score on an RBI single by Jill Bruning (Medford, Mass.) that tied the game. After a scoreless top of the fifth, Mitchell made a pitching change to Tomaselli and the Pride greeted her with a three-run inning after Kara Donovan led off the frame with a triple to left center, later scoring on an RBI single by Samantha Bliss (Framingham, Mass.). Bliss would score on a fielder’s choice, and the Pride added their final run on a passed ball to take a 5-2 lead.

The Mariners quickly put two runners on in their half of the sixth and began to chip away at the Pride lead as Romagnino delivered with an RBI single to left center that made it 5-3. Suplicki followed with an RBI single to right field, advancing to second on the throw and leaving two runners in scoring position with the Mariners only down 5-4. Nikki Hoxie made it three-straight run scoring singles with a grounder through the right side that tied the score. Shane’l Blount (New London, Conn.) pinch hit, lacing a ball to shortstop and forcing an off-line throw that allowed two runs to score and give Mitchell the 7-5 advantage.

Pitching with the lead, Tomaselli set the Pride down in order in both the sixth and seventh innings to earn her second win of the day and eight win of the year.

All of the Regis offense came from the top five spots in the order as Samantha Bliss went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored, while Katie Blackburn went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI and a run scored. Kim Daniels (Jaffrey, N.H.), Kara Donovan and Jill Bruning added hits in the setback. Sarah Porteus took the loss for the Pride, striking out six while going seven innings and allowing seven runs (four earned) on 14 hits.

Mitchell had three players record three hit games in part two of the doubleheader as Stacey Suplicki, Nikki Hoxie, and Shannen Pelletier all went 3-for-4 and combined for three RBI and four runs scored. Tricia Tomaselli pitched well in relief to pick up the win, going three innings and allowing three runs (two earned) on three hits. Marissa Thomas (New London, Conn.) earned a no-decision, lasting four innings and allowing two earned runs on five hits with four strikeouts.

The Pride will look to snap a four game skid when Regis hosts Eastern Nazarene in a non-conference doubleheader on Wednesday night starting at 5 p.m. Mitchell will try and extend its winning streak to 11 games next Saturday
when the Mariners travel to Becker College for an NECC matchup starting at 1 p.m.

Baseball: Mitchell 12, Lesley 1; Mitchell 14, Lesley 2

Lesley University (7-22, 3-10 NECC) lost to Mitchell College (7-16, 6-8 NECC) 12-1 in Game 1 and 14-2 in Game 2 of Saturday's New England Collegiate Conference doubleheader at Trum Field.

Lesley's Tyler Plourd (Canton, CT/Canton) went 2-for-3 with a run scored in Game 1 and 2-for-4 with a pair of singles in Game 2.

Mitchell's Nick Carlson (Old Lyme, CT/Lyme-Old Lyme) homered as the second batter of the day, setting the tone for his monster opener in which the Mariners shortstop went 4-for-5 with three runs scored to lead his offense's 12-run attack.

Leading 4-1 in the sixth, Mitchell added four more thanks to four Lesley errors in the inning, with a Gavin LaLima (Waterford, CT/Waterford) single plating two as the Mariners extended the lead to 8-1. The visitors posted four more on six hits in the seventh, with LaLima driving in one on a groundout and Carlson doubling home a run, and the Mariners went on to win 12-1.

LaLima totaled two RBI's, and designated hitter Drew Doyle (Mystic, CT/Fitch) went 2-for-3 with two runs scored. Second baseman Tommy Derosier (Brooklyn, NY/Killingly) drove in a pair as the No. 9 hitter in the win. 

Freshman Justin Lemanski (New Britain, CT/Goodwin Tech) picked up the win, going seven innings, allowing only five hits and striking out six.

Lynx starter Greg Anglin (Milton, MA/Milton) went six innings, allowing six earned and striking out two.

In the nightcap, the Mariners put three runs on the board in the first and second and took a 10-1 lead after three. Carlson scored in each of the first two innings, and Evan Peck (Shelton, CT/Shelton) singled and scored in both innings before a Derosier two-run double to right made it a 10-1 game.

Lesley designated hitter Andrew Colon (Chelsea, MA/Chelsea) singled and scored on a Robert Parson (Commack, NY/Commack) ground ball, but the Mariners tacked on three more in the sixth to go up 14-1. Lesley got one back in the seventh, as Parson singled, stole second and scored from third on a wild pitch, closing out Mitchell's 14-2 Game 2 victory.

Colon went 2-for-2 with a run, and Parson went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored.

Mariners starter Mike Sturges (New Britain, CT/New Britain) went seven innings, allowing six hits, two earned runs and struck out six for the win.

Lynx lefty Ryan Genua (Prospect, CT/Woodland) allowed nine earned in his 5 and 2/3 innings pitched, and senior reliever Noah Shaw fanned two in 1 and 1/3 scoreless innings of relief.

The teams wrap up their three-game series tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. at Mitchell.

Men's Tennis: Mitchell 9, Wheelock 0

Freshman Rajan Bawa (Basking Ridge, NJ) didn’t drop a game at first singles and added a win at number one doubles to lead the Mitchell College men’s tennis team over host Wheelock College, 9-0, this afternoon in a New England Collegiate Conference dual match at the Winsor Courts in Boston, MA.  The Mariners improve to 9-1 overall and also in league play, while the Wildcats fall to 1-10 and 0-9.

Bawa defeated Wheelock senior Bobby Venning (Greenfield, NH), 6-0, 6-0, to improve to 7-1 in singles action and combined with junior Rocco Devona (Waterford, CT) to take down Venning and freshman Charles Armstrong-Hicks (Windsor, CT), 8-3.

Devona won all but one game in a 6-1, 6-0 victory at second singles to Armstrong-Hicks to remain a perfect 9-0 in singles play.  Mitchell swept all three doubles matches to take a 3-0 lead, prior to singles action.  Junior Randy Coons (Yonkers, NY) combined with senior Alexander Fusco (Saugus, MA) to blank the Wildcats freshmen tandem of Miles Carey-Snow (Brunswick, ME) and Scott Sobel (Silver Spring, MD), 8-0.  Mariners’ senior Andrew Small (Westerly, RI) and freshman Chris McKeon (North Scituate, MA) did not drop a game at number three doubles against sophomores Claire O’Donoghue (East Haven, CT) and Emily Morgan (Easton, NH) with an 8-0 decision.    

Small cruised past Carey-Snow at number three singles, 6-1, 6-1, to improve to 8-2 in singles for Mitchell, while Fusco had little trouble improving his season singles mark to 10-0 at number four against O’Donoghue, winning 6-2, 6-3.  Coons fought back to defeat Wheelock senior Jeff Silveria (Wilmington, MA) at fifth singles, 7-5, 6-3 and junior Timothy Atkinson (Fall River, MA) won at sixth singles for the Mariners over senior Irene Gonzalez (Madrid, Spain), 7-6 (3), 6-3.

The Wildcats will be in action again tomorrow with a scheduled 11 a.m. dual match vs. NECC foe Newbury College to be played at the Pine Manor College courts in Chestnut Hill, MA, while Mitchell concludes its regular season on Monday at New Haven, CT, taking on Albertus Magnus College at 3:30 p.m.