Fourth-seeded Wellesley College dropped a 3-1 decision to host and first-seeded Rhode Island College in Game 4 of the 2008 NCAA DIII New England Regional Softball Tournament. The loss places Wellesley in an elimination game tomorrow with sixth-seeded Bridgewater State College.
Rhode Island College's three runs would come for them in the bottom of the fifth inning with patient at-bats and hits that came at opportune times. Not willing to give up, the Blue remained strong in the sixth inning and broke the Anchorwomen's chance at a shutout in the top of the seventh inning. Leading off the inning, Sophomore, Alex Warren, doubled to right centerfield and Senior, Alex Coari, reached first base on a RIC error. Runners were at the corners with zero outs. The Blue's next batter, Junior, Amanda Tai, would then make solid contact for an eventual groundout. Aggressive baserunning by Warren was thwarted as she was nabbed at homeplate. On RIC's second error of the inning, Coari would score to bring the score to 3-1. The Anchorwomen were able to preserve the victory when they got Sophomore, Ilana Orloff, to hit a pop up to RIC Shortstop, Kelsey Souza.
In only her fourth loss of the season, Harvey allowed three runs on five total hits. She struck out seven Rhode Island College batters.
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