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Photo by: Jack Reeber '23,M'25 - @jackreeber.raw
Softball Eliminated From MAC Tournament
5/13/2022 11:57:00 PM | Softball
OXFORD, Ohio – A pair of heartbreaking one-run losses and the Central Michigan softball team's season has come to an end.
The third-seeded Chippewas fell to top-seeded Miami (Ohio), 2-1, in eight innings, and then dropped a 1-0 decision to No. 4 Bowling Green in an elimination game on Friday at the Mid-American Conference Tournament at Miami Softball Stadium.
The Chippewas, who opened the tournament with a 7-1 win over No. 2-seed Ohio on Thursday, finished 27-26.
Reagan Williamson, Bowling Green's cleanup hitter, homered with one out in the top of the seventh inning to account for the only run in the Chippewas' elimination-game loss.
CMU went down in order in the bottom of the seventh against the Falcons' Payton Gottshall (25-11), the MAC Pitcher of the Year who held CMU to two hits, a Samantha Mills third-inning single and an Emily Bracamonte double in the fifth.
Gottshall struck out eight and did not issue a walk.
Kaitlyn Bean (7-11) was superb in the circle for the Chippewas. She allowed four hits, walked one and struck out six in going the distance.
Miami scored the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning against the Chippewas when Chloe Parks doubled with one out and then scored on a Holly Blaska single.
Grace Lehto (16-13) took the loss. She allowed five hits, struck out two, and walked two over 7 1/3 innings.
Brianna Pratt (17-4) went the distance for the victory. She struck out three, walked one and surrendered eight hits.
Caitlyn Britton had three hits to lead CMU, while Shannon Stein had two. The Chippewas stranded seven baserunners.
Stein drove in the Chippewas' run with a two-out double in the fifth.
Miami tied it in the sixth when Adriana Barlow singled and then pinch runner Jenna Golembiewski stole second and scored on a Blaska two-out single.
The third-seeded Chippewas fell to top-seeded Miami (Ohio), 2-1, in eight innings, and then dropped a 1-0 decision to No. 4 Bowling Green in an elimination game on Friday at the Mid-American Conference Tournament at Miami Softball Stadium.
The Chippewas, who opened the tournament with a 7-1 win over No. 2-seed Ohio on Thursday, finished 27-26.
Reagan Williamson, Bowling Green's cleanup hitter, homered with one out in the top of the seventh inning to account for the only run in the Chippewas' elimination-game loss.
CMU went down in order in the bottom of the seventh against the Falcons' Payton Gottshall (25-11), the MAC Pitcher of the Year who held CMU to two hits, a Samantha Mills third-inning single and an Emily Bracamonte double in the fifth.
Gottshall struck out eight and did not issue a walk.
Kaitlyn Bean (7-11) was superb in the circle for the Chippewas. She allowed four hits, walked one and struck out six in going the distance.
Miami scored the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning against the Chippewas when Chloe Parks doubled with one out and then scored on a Holly Blaska single.
Grace Lehto (16-13) took the loss. She allowed five hits, struck out two, and walked two over 7 1/3 innings.
Brianna Pratt (17-4) went the distance for the victory. She struck out three, walked one and surrendered eight hits.
Caitlyn Britton had three hits to lead CMU, while Shannon Stein had two. The Chippewas stranded seven baserunners.
Stein drove in the Chippewas' run with a two-out double in the fifth.
Miami tied it in the sixth when Adriana Barlow singled and then pinch runner Jenna Golembiewski stole second and scored on a Blaska two-out single.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Brianna Pratt (17-4)
L: Lehto, Grace (16-13)
Batting:
2B: Stein, Shannon 1
RBI: Stein, Shannon 1
SH: Coberley, Skylar 1 ; Mills, Samantha 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Springer, Maddie 1
Batting:
2B: Chloe Parks 1
RBI: Holly Blaska 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Jenna Golembiewski 1 ; Chloe Parks 1
SB: Jenna Golembiewski 1
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