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Oliver Ames Softball Draws Familiar Foe Mansfield in First Round of Playoffs

Tigers earn No. 23 seed. They will play at No. 10 Mansfield Thursday.

The Oliver Ames softball team won't have to travel far for the first round of the MIAA Div. 1 South Sectional Tournament Thursday afternoon.

In fact, the No. 23 Tigers will take a familiar trip down route 106 to play Hockomock League rival, No. 10 Mansfield at 3:30 p.m. Thursday.

The Tigers won the Davenport Division this year with a 10-10 overall record, which earned them a playoff bid. Mansfield, 14-6, placed third in the Kelly-Rex Division of the Hockomock League.

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In their meeting earlier this year, on April 24, Mansfield defeated Oliver Ames 3-2 in nine innings.

A win would mean a meeting with No. 7 Braintree Friday at 7 p.m.

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