Sharks Exit ECAC Tournament with 4-0 Loss to UNE

Simmons College Softball has been selected to the 2011 Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III New England Softball Championship, the ECAC announced on Monday. This is the program?s second appearance in the ECAC tournament; the Sharks? first was in the 2008 season. The tournament is a seven-team field with six teams participating in a single-elimination quarterfinal round followed by a double-elimination format for the remaining four teams. No. 5 seed Simmons College Softball gave up a 4-0 loss to the No. 3 seed University of New England in Saturday?s ECAC Double Elimination round following a morning loss to No. 1 seed Keene State. UNE and No. 2 Brandies advanced to the championship game, which was cancelled due to heavy rain. Simmons College Softball finished the 2011 season with much to celebrate: With a 25-17 overall record and a 19-5 mark in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) play, the Sharks posted two of the best records in program history.

Pitching

Win: Pratt (2-0)
Loss: Sami Hodgkins (4-4)

Batting

Simmons
2B: Emily Colligan
3B: none
HR: Courteney Collier
Keene St.
2B: Savoie; Coburn
3B: none
HR: none
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Posted: May 16, 2011

No. 5 seed Simmons College Softball gave up a 4-0 loss to the No. 3 seed University of New England in Saturday's ECAC Double Elimination round following a morning loss to No. 1 seed Keene State. UNE and No. 2 Brandies advanced to the championship game, which was cancelled due to heavy rain.

UNE's Erin Lyons pitched a complete game five-hit shutout with three strikeouts to keep UNE's chance at the ECAC title alive in the only elimination game of the day.

Senior pitcher Courteney Collier (Bolton, Mass.) gave up six hits, one walk and four runs-- three earned-- in three innings pitched. She struck out two.

With the loss, the Sharks close out the 2011 season with the program's second trip to the ECAC tournament, and the first since 2008.

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