MCLA's falls in MASCAC 2nd round
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From Westfield State Sports Information
MASCAC Softball Tournament
Framingham State
3 – MCLA 1
WESTFIELD, Mass. – Freshman shortstop Christy Ulak
(Rehoboth) cracked a two-run homer and senior Katelyn Pacheco
(Acushnet) pitched a four-hitter to lead Framingham State to a 3-1
victory over MCLA in the loser’s bracket of the Massachusetts
State College Athletics Conference (MASCAC) softball
tournament.
Framingham advances to play the loser of the Saturday’s 1:30
winner’s bracket game between Bridgewater State and Westfield
State. No. 4 seed MCLA is eliminated from the double-elimination
tournament.
Ulak snapped a scoreless tie in the bottom of the fifth inning
when she smacked her two-run circuit shot over the left field
fence. Framingham tallied another run in the fifth on an RBI single
by freshman Katie Donovan (Holden).
MCLA scored a run on no hits in the top of the sixth. Amey
Blackburn (Seekonk) walked and moved to second on a wild
pitch. She advanced to third on a sacrifice hit and scored on a
groundout by Amber Coburn (Colrain).
Pacheco, who threw an effective changeup, walked two and struck
out nine. Kate Ouellette (Norwood) collected two
of MCLA’s four hits.
Framingham finished with eight hits. Colleen Clancy (Lynn) was
2-for-3.