SYRACUSE, NY – Pinch runner  Diana Getchell (Cape Elizabeth, ME) scored off an error in the second inning for the lone run in Bryant’s win over UMass Lowell in a winner’s bracket game played today in Syracuse.

With the win Bryant will advance to the winner’s bracket final to play No. 4 seed Saint Michael’s at 3:30PM.

Pitching was as the key to the game with Bryant’s Janine Enos going seven innings allowing only four hits and striking out two. Kristen Mahoney also went seven innings, allowing one run, and striking out six.

The Bulldogs defense cemented their win making one key play after key play. The first big play game came in the fifth when the Riverhawks got the first runner on only have her get caught in a rundown.

Later that inning Jordan Dargon threw out an UMass Lowell runner to end the inning.
Bryant’s last key play came in the seventh when the Riverhawks had runners on second and third when a hard liner came back to Jess Valentini who tug out the lead runner to prevent a run.