Tribunes clip Corning to win regional title
Monroe now moves on to the national tournament.
Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Monroe Community College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
Corning Community College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Corning Community College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
Monroe Community College | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | X | 7 | 11 | 2 |
BATAVIA, New York - Tournament MVP Amber Terlaje pitched the MCC softball to a pair of victories over Corning Community College Friday to win the Region III-B championship.
The Tribunes (23-10) now advance to the NJCAA Division III national tournament, which will be held May 17-19 in Rochester, Minn. Monroe has won 17 of its last 21 ballgames.
Terlaje went the distance in both games, allowing no earned runs in a 7-4 win in the opener before blanking the potent Red Barons 4-0 in Game 2. The sophomore improved to 13-4 on the season, while her ERA dipped to 1.74.
MCC took a 2-0 lead in the third inning of Game 1. Vicky Adkins opened the frame with a double and moved to third on a Terlaje single. Jennifer Teerlinck then lofted a sacrifice fly to make it 1-0. Taylor House followed with a single and Emily DeFilippo plated Terlaje with a base hit.
Corning responded with four in the top of the fourth, taking advantage of a pair of MCC miscues to score the unearned runs. But Monroe rallied to tie in the bottom of the fifth, as Terlaje singled and House slammed a two-run homer to knot the score at four.
MCC then pulled away with three more in the sixth. Adkins had an RBI single, Julia Grace scored on a wild pitch, and Terlaje knocked one in with a groundout to make it 7-4.
Terlaje then set Corning down in order to get the win.
Adkins and Terlaje were each 3-for-4, while House finished 2-for-2.
Terlaje went to work in Game 2 and showed no signs of tiring. She limited the Red Barons to just four singles while striking out five and walking none in the shutout.
MCC scored a pair of runs each in the fourth and fifth innings. Cassidy Geise had an RBI base hit and Jen Newell drove in a run with a sacrifice in the fourth. Teerlinck doubled in a run and later scored on an error in the fifth.
Teerlinck, Terlaje, and Maria Marcera all had two hits apiece in game two.