Tight ending to NEWMAC Season

[jonriv]

Top 6 make playoffs-
Several of the leaders plaing each other this weeked

2013 NEWMAC Softball Standings

Conference Overall
GP Record Win % GP Record Win %
Springfield 12 10-2-0 0.833 34 18-16-0 0.529
Wellesley 12 9-3-0 0.750 29 20-9-0 0.690
Wheaton 12 9-3-0 0.750 34 21-13-0 0.618
Babson 14 10-4-0 0.714 32 22-10-0 0.688
Coast Guard 12 6-6-0 0.500 29 18-11-0 0.621
MIT 12 5-7-0 0.417 27 15-12-0 0.556
Clark 14 4-10-0 0.286 26 12-14-0 0.462
WPI 12 3-9-0 0.250 30 9-21-0 0.300
Smith 12 0-12-0 0.000 27 8-19-0 0.296

[jonriv]

Top 6 make playoffs-
Several of the leaders plaing each other this weeked

2013 NEWMAC Softball Standings

Conference Overall
GP Record Win % GP Record Win %
Springfield 12 10-2-0 0.833 34 18-16-0 0.529
Wellesley 12 9-3-0 0.750 29 20-9-0 0.690
Wheaton 12 9-3-0 0.750 34 21-13-0 0.618
Babson 14 10-4-0 0.714 32 22-10-0 0.688
Coast Guard 12 6-6-0 0.500 29 18-11-0 0.621
MIT 12 5-7-0 0.417 27 15-12-0 0.556
Clark 14 4-10-0 0.286 26 12-14-0 0.462
WPI 12 3-9-0 0.250 30 9-21-0 0.300
Smith 12 0-12-0 0.000 27 8-19-0 0.296

ASo much for formatting

[hit4power]

Same in NESCAC West. Middlebury and Weslayan all tied up and playing each other this weekend. Winner gets the top seed. Interestingly, if the series is a sweep in either direction, and Williams sweeps Hamilton then Williams will jump to second and back in to the conference playoffs. The East is pretty clearly Tufts and Bowdoin.

[jonriv]

Playoffs begin this Saturday- Babson listed as three seed(not sure how they lost the tie-breaker with Wheaton?) Third & sixth seed play on Saturday - winner plays second seed. Similar set-up at the number one seed's(Springfield) location as well.

[jonriv]

2013 NEWMAC Softball Championship:

(Double Elimination)

Day One: Saturday, April 27 at #1 and #2 seeds:
Game 1 - #5 Seed vs. #4 Seed - 12:00 p.m. (at #1 seed)
Game 2 - #6 seed vs. #3 Seed - 12:00 p.m. (at #2 seed)
Game 3 - Winner of Game 1 at #1 Seed - 2:00 p.m.
Game 4 - Winner of Game 2 at #2 Seed - 2:00 p.m.

Day Two: Saturday, May 4 at highest seed:
Game 5 - Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4 - 10:00 a.m.
Game 6 - Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 4 - 12:00 p.m.
Game 7 - Loser of Game 2 vs. Loser of Game 3 - 2:00 p.m.
Game 8 - Winner of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 7 - 4:00 p.m.

Day Three: Sunday, May 5 at highest seed:
Game 9 - Loser of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 8 - 12:00 p.m.
Game 10 - Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 9 - 2:00 p.m.
Game 11 - Winner of Game 10 vs. Loser of Game 10 - 4:00 p.m. (if necessary)

NCAA Div III selection show is May 6

[jonriv]

Day one may be pushed to Sunday since a few of the NEWMAC teams are struggling to complete there seasons(delayed by weather and events in Boston) Final seeding not complete yet

[jonriv]

NEWMAC tournament seedings set

BABSON PARK, Mass. – Springfield College (13-3) will be the top seed in the upcoming New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) softball tournament, which begins Saturday, April 27. The Pride will host a pair of games in the double elimination tournament on Saturday, with second-seeded Wheaton College (12-4) also hosting two games.

In the first game at Springfield, fourth-seeded Wellesley College (10-6) will play the fifth seed MIT (7-7), with the winner advancing to face the host Pride. Babson College (12-4) is the third-seed and opens up against No. 6 Coast Guard Academy (7-9). Wheaton will host and face the winner of that game later in the day.

The tournament will continue at Springfield the following weekend, with games on Saturday and Sunday, May 4-5.

2013 NEWMAC Softball Championship:

(Double Elimination)

Day One: Saturday, April 27 at #1 and #2 seeds:
Game 1 - #5 MIT vs. #4 Wellesley - 12:00 p.m. (at Springfield College)
Game 2 - #6 Coast Guard vs. #3 Babson - 12:00 p.m. (at Wheaton College)
Game 3 - Winner of Game 1 at #1 Springfield - 2:00 p.m. (at Springfield College)
Game 4 - Winner of Game 2 at #2 Wheaton - 2:00 p.m. (at Wheaton College)

Day Two: Saturday, May 4 at Springfield:
Game 5 - Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4 - 10:00 a.m.
Game 6 - Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 4 - 12:00 p.m.
Game 7 - Loser of Game 2 vs. Loser of Game 3 - 2:00 p.m.
Game 8 - Winner of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 7 - 4:00 p.m.

Day Three: Sunday, May 5 at Springfield:
Game 9 - Loser of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 8 - 12:00 p.m.
Game 10 - Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 9 - 2:00 p.m.
Game 11 - Winner of Game 10 vs. Loser of Game 10 - 4:00 p.m. (if necessary)

[jonriv]

2013 NEWMAC Softball Championship:

(Double Elimination)

Day One: Saturday, April 27 at #1 and #2 seeds:
Game 1 - #4 Wellesley defeats #5 MIT, 2-0 | Boxscore | Recap
Game 2 - #6 Coast Guard defeats #3 Babson, 1-0 | Boxscore | Recap
Game 3 - #1 Springfield defeats #4 Wellesley, 5-0 | Boxscore | Recap
Game 4 - #6 Coast Guard defeats #2 Wheaton, 3-2 | Boxscore | Recap

Day Two: Saturday, May 4 at Springfield:
Game 5 - #6 Coast Guard at #1 Springfield - 10:00 a.m. | Live stats
Game 6 - #5 MIT vs. #2 Wheaton - 12:00 p.m. | Live stats
Game 7 - #4 Wellesley vs. #3 Babson - 2:00 p.m. | Live stats
Game 8 - Winner of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 7 - 4:00 p.m. | Live stats

Day Three: Sunday, May 5 at Springfield:
Game 9 - Loser of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 8 - 12:00 p.m. | Live stats
Game 10 - Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 9 - 2:00 p.m. | Live stats
Game 11 - Winner of Game 10 vs. Loser of Game 10 - 4:00 p.m. (if necessary) | Live stats

[jonriv]

April 27, 2013
Kahl Outduels Conway as #6 Coast Guard Tops #3 Babson, 1-0
NORTON, Mass. -- Freshman pitcher Kristine Kahl (Monmouth, Maine) fired a five-hit shutout to lead the sixth-seeded United States Coast Guard Academy to a 1-0 upset of third-seeded Babson College in the opening game of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Softball Tournament at Wheaton College on Saturday.

April 27, 2013
Springfield Tops Wellesley, 5-0, in NEWMAC Softball Tournament
WELLESLEY, Mass. -- Fourth-seeded Wellesley suffered its first loss of the 2013 NEWMAC Tournament, falling 5-0 to top-seed and host Springfield College. The Blue (22-13) now dip to the consolation bracket and will face third-seeded Babson next Saturday at Springfield. The Pride (24-17) move on in the winners bracket to face sixth-seeded Coast Guard.

April 27, 2013
Wellesley Downs MIT in Opening Game of NEWMAC Softball Tournament
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- In the opening round of the 2013 NEWMAC Softball Tournament, fourth-seeded Wellesley (22-12) needed just two hits to get by fifth-seeded MIT (17-13). Wellesley used timely hitting to score runs in the first and fifth innings, while solid pitching from starter Sarah Schwartzmeyer and reliever Lauren Goldfarb kept MIT off the scoreboard.

April 27, 2013
#6 Coast Guard Rallies Past #2 Wheaton, 3-2, In NEWMAC Tourney
NORTON, Mass. – After tossing a shutout against third-seeded Babson earlier in the day, freshman pitcher Kristine Kahl (Monmouth, Maine) completed an incredible afternoon in the circle by pithing sixth-seeded United States Coast Guard Academy past second-seeded Wheaton College, 3-2, on day one of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Softball Tournament at Wheaton’s Clark Field on Saturday.

[jonriv]

Softball Wins Two Before Finally Succumbing to Springfield in NEWMAC Title Game

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- The Babson College softball team entered this weekend's NEWMAC Tournament play in need of five straight wins in two days in order to claim the program's third conference title and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. After winning a pair yesterday, the Beavers earned two more thrilling victories on Sunday before finally falling in the championship game against host Springfield College, 6-2.

Babson (32-12), which defeated Coast Guard, 6-5, in eight innings and the host Pride, 4-3, in nine earlier in the day, will now hope their 5-1 record this week - including three wins over regionally-ranked opponents - will be enough to earn an at-large bid to the national tourney when the field is announced on Monday morning at 10 a.m. The Beavers entered the week ranked third in New England behind NESCAC Champion Tufts and Middlebury.

In the Beavers' first game of the day, junior Kathleen Conway pitched 7 2/3 innings to earn the win against Coast Guard, as she became the first 20-game winner in Babson softball history. The ace lefthander allowed four earned runs on seven hits, walked one and struck out eight in improving to 20-5 on the season.

Conway gave herself a lead with an RBI single in the second, and senior captain Catie Funk made it 2-0 with a sacrifice fly in the third. However, Coast Guard erupted for five runs in the fifth, temporarily chasing Conway from the game. Junior Tess Rubega then came on in relief to get a critical third out as the Green and White trailed, 5-2 after four and a half.

The roller-coaster began there for Babson, which bounced back from the rough top half of the inning by scoring three runs in the bottom half to tie the contest at 5-5. Funk and first-year Caitie Benoit each recorded RBI singles to cut it to one, and two batters later senior Ashleigh Phelps laced a clutch two-out single to left, scoring Funk with the tying run.

It remained 5-5 through seven, sending the game into extra innings. After returning to the circle to start the sixth, Conway mowed down two straight batters to strand the potential go-ahead run at third in the top of the eighth, enabling Babson to walk off with the victory in the home half when junior Christa Shorette lined a single off the third baseman's glove, scoring sophomore pinch-runner Meghan Hayes from third.

Senior Jackie Enos went 3-for-4 in the opener for the Beavers, while Funk, Phelps, and first-year Emily Morris each added two hits.

With Coast Guard now eliminated, Babson set its sights on top-seeded Springfield, whom the Beavers needed to beat twice in order to claim the league title. After the Pride took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second, Funk drove in her third run of the afternoon with a single to center in the third, and Conway then led off the fourth with her second home run of the year as the Green and White took a 2-1 lead.

Although Springfield put at least one runner on each every inning except the first, Conway limited the Pride to just one unearned run until the bottom of the seventh. After the first two batters were retired, Kelly Blake doubled to right, took third on a passed ball, and scored on a single by Christina Leader to tie the game at 2-2.

Heading to extra innings for the second straight game, the Beavers regained the lead in the top of the eighth when Phelps doubled in Funk with two outs. However, Springfield answered yet again, with Jenna Webb tying the contest with a double in the bottom of the frame. Conway then issued a walk before leaving with two on and nobody out, but Babson escaped the jam thanks to Rubega and a fantastic defensive play by Shorette. The veteran third baseman made a diving snag of a bunted pop-up just a few feet in front of the plate and then doubled off the runner at first for the first two outs of the inning. Rubega then induced an inning-ending fly out to Phelps in left, stranding the winning run at second.

That set the stage for a monster ninth inning for the Beavers, who scored four times to finally put away the contest out of reach. Morris drove in Rubega with the go-ahead run, and later in the frame Benoit added a two-out, bases-loaded double that scored all three runs to account for the 7-3 final.

Benoit finished with two hits and three RBIs in the win, while Phelps, Conway, and Lacy joined her with two hits apiece. In the circle, Conway allowed three runs - all of which were unearned - on eight hits, walked three and fanned seven in the no-decision. Rubega then came on and pitched two scoreless innings of relief, giving up no hits and two walks while striking out one. It was the junior righthander's fifth win in as many decisions this spring.

Playing their third game of the day and fifth of the weekend, the Beavers finally ran out of steam in the final contest of the tournament. Springfield scored two runs in each of the first, third, and fourth innings to build a 6-0 lead, and although Conway and Funk would record RBI-hits in the sixth and seventh frames, the Pride would hold on to win the game, 6-2, and take home the NEWMAC Championship.

Conway and junior Lindsey Schmid each finished with two hits, while Rubega started and took the loss, giving up three earned runs in 4 2/3 innings to fall to 5-1.

Regardless of whether the Beavers' hopes for an at-large bid are realized on Monday, Babson will play host to the NCAA Tournament New England Regional beginning with four games this Thursday. More details will be released following the announcement of the tournament field on Monday.