Le Moyne Athletics : Le Moyne softball advances to winner's bracket final with 10-1 win over Queens

May 13, 2006

LE MOYNE DEFEATS QUEENS 10-1 FOLLOWING RAIN DELAY

SMITHFIELD, RI - No. 7 seed Le Moyne didn't waste anytime putting away #6 seed Queens (NY) Saturday afternoon at the 2006 NCAA Northeast Softball Regional at Bryant University. In a game that started Friday afternoon, with the Dolphins leading 1-0, the game was suspended until Saturday due to heavy rains. When play resumed in the second inning Saturday morning, the Dolphins poured on eight runs en route to a 10-1 five-inning win over the Knights.

Sophomore Emma Murphy (East Syracuse, N.Y./East Syracuse-Minoa) went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and three RBIs in the game. Murphy and Melissa Quimby (Baldwinsville, N.Y./Baldwinsville) each doubled in the Dolphins' big second inning while Lyndsey Balinskas (Edison, N.J./Edison) tripled and also scored. Murphy also blasted a three-run home run in the inning, clearing the fence and stone wall encircling the Bryant Softball Complex, giving classmate Sarah Reed (DeWitt, N.Y./Jamesville-DeWitt) plenty of run support as she improved to 16-9 on the season.

Le Moyne (31-19), the defending regional champion, advances in the winners bracket to face CW Post at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Queens (28-21) will play Southern N.H. at 10 a.m. Sunday morning.

NCAA DIVISION II NORTHEAST REGIONAL
Le Moyne 10, Queens 1
Queens.................000 01 - 1 7 3 (28-21)
Le Moyne..............181 0X - 10 13 0 (31-19)

Le Moyne - Sarah Reed (W, 16-9), Caylinn Christophersen (5) and Kristen DesLauriers
Queens - Forsythe (L, 13-10), Lynch (2), Hicks (2) and Oswald
2B - Mancusi (Queens), Melissa Quimby 2 (Le Moyne), Kristen DesLauriers (Le Moyne), Emma Murphy (Le Moyne), Caitlin O'Neill (Le Moyne)
3B - Lyndsey Balinskas (Le Moyne)
HR - Murphy (Le Moyne)



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May 13, 2006 LE MOYNE DEFEATS QUEENS 10-1 FOLLOWING RAIN DELAY SMITHFIELD, RI - No. 7 seed Le Moyne didn't waste anytime putting away #6 seed Queens (NY) Saturday afternoon at the 2006 NCAA Northeast Softball Regional at Bryant University. In a game that started Friday afternoon, with the Dolphins leading 1-0, the game was suspended until Saturday due to heavy rains. When play resumed in the second inning Saturday morning, the Dolphins poured on eight runs en route to a 10-1 five-inning win over the Knights. Sophomore Emma Murphy (East Syracuse, N.Y./East Syracuse-Minoa) went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and three RBIs in the game. Murphy and Melissa Quimby (Baldwinsville, N.Y./Baldwinsville) each doubled in the Dolphins' big second inning while Lyndsey Balinskas (Edison, N.J./Edison) tripled and also scored. Murphy also blasted a three-run home run in the inning, clearing the fence and stone wall encircling the Bryant Softball Complex, giving classmate Sarah Reed (DeWitt, N.Y./Jamesville-DeWitt) plenty of run support as she improved to 16-9 on the season. Le Moyne (31-19), the defending regional champion, advances in the winners bracket to face CW Post at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Queens (28-21) will play Southern N.H. at 10 a.m. Sunday morning. NCAA DIVISION II NORTHEAST REGIONAL Le Moyne 10, Queens 1 Queens.................000 01 - 1 7 3 (28-21) Le Moyne..............181 0X - 10 13 0 (31-19) Le Moyne - Sarah Reed (W, 16-9), Caylinn Christophersen (5) and Kristen DesLauriers Queens - Forsythe (L, 13-10), Lynch (2), Hicks (2) and Oswald 2B - Mancusi (Queens), Melissa Quimby 2 (Le Moyne), Kristen DesLauriers (Le Moyne), Emma Murphy (Le Moyne), Caitlin O'Neill (Le Moyne) 3B - Lyndsey Balinskas (Le Moyne) HR - Murphy (Le Moyne)