Box Score
Bangor, Maine - Nicky Sargent (So. Sullivan,
ME) propelled Husson University into the championship
round with a seventh inning two-run homerun, which broke a 4-4
tie. Husson went on to shut down the U. Maine-Farmington in
the bottom of the inning to win 6-4.
U. Maine Farmington opened the game with three runs In the
bottom of the inning, UMF outfielder Kasey McPhail (So.
Benton, ME) led off the inning with a bunt single.
After an infield error, Mckell Barnes (So. Durham,
ME) hit a laser down the right field line for a three-run
homerun.
In the top of the third, the Eagles got on the scoreboard taking
advantage of Farmington's mistakes to score two unearned
runs. Cassie Berry (Jr. Newcastle, ME) hit a
sacrifice fly to center to score Brianna Webster (Fy.
Belfast, ME), for Husson's first run of the game.
Sargent batted next and hit a RBI single to center, giving Husson
their first hit and cutting the lead to 3-2.
The Beavers made it 4-2 in the bottom of the third. Jess
Timmreck (So. Brunswick, ME) led off reaching on
an infield error. After reaching third on a wild pitch,
Timmreck scored on Emily Cove's (Jr, Naples, ME) groundout.
Husson tied the game in the fifth with a big swing from Dottie
Cameron (So, S. Plainfield, NJ). Webster got things started
with a single to left field and Cameron crushed a homerun to dead
center.
In the top of the sixth, Sarah Risser (Fy. Brewer,
ME) led off the inning with a bloop single to right
field. The Eagles loaded the bases with a Beaver infield
error and a walk. Liz Bergeron (Sr. Milford,
ME) would get out of the inning for UMF as she retired the
next three batters on two pop-ups and one strikeout.
Sargent delivered the big hit in the top of the seventh.
Berry lead off with a one out double off the left-center field
fence. Sargent then stepped up and hit her second homerun of
the day over the left field wall, giving Husson a 6-4 lead.
Husson improves to 25-14 on the season and Farmington falls to
16-12. Farmington will play Thomas College tomorrow at noon
in an elimination game. There winner will take on Husson at
2:00.