Softball Season Comes to an End

The Chelmsford High softball team lost after an upset in tournament action Friday against fifth seed Central Catholic 2-0, a team they beat twice in the regular season.

The Lions, lead by veteran coach Bruce Rich, went 19-1 in the regular season.

"We haven’t been this far in a few years, we are happy to get here, obviously we would have liked to have went further, but we lost to a very good team. There is no shame in that. We’ll keep our heads up, and many of our kids will be back next year," said Rich.

 Both teams played excellent defense; Central only managed to get five hits, while Chelmsford got on base three times.  In a game that looked like it might go into extra innings, neither team had scored any runs until the top of the seventh. In the last inning, Central players hit two singles, and a double to drive in two runs.

"They had five hits in the game, and they put three together," said Rich.

Alex Burgess played an excellent game defensively, said Rich. She recovered six hits, making five outs. In the  sevennth innning, Burgess caught a hard line drive into center field.  Offensively, she also hit a single.

Dee Hayden, Rachel Cuto, Abby Johnson, Meghan Rich, and Meghan McNamara also played hard even though they couldn't get the win. Hayden, who played first, made six outs in the game, including all three in the second inning.

 In addition to playing well defensively, catcher Allison Couch hit a double in the second inning.

"We played every game this year the same way," said Rich. "I'm just very proud of the way our kids played tonight."

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