Softball Preps for GNAC Tournament with Contest at Curry Wednesday

Game 1

Pitching

Win: Taylor Holmes (11-1)
Loss: Mikayla Lambert (4-6)

Batting

Suffolk
2B: none
3B: none
HR: Delaney Sylvester
Curry
2B: Marissa Bruno
3B: none
HR: none
full stats
Softball Preps for GNAC Tournament with Contest at Curry Wednesday
Posted: Mar 23, 2016

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Suffolk at Curry
Wednesday, May 4
2:30 p.m. | 4:30 p.m.
Curry Softball Field
Game 1 | Game 2
Boxcast

BOSTON – The GNAC regular season champions will step away from conference competition for the final time this season when it travels to Milton, Massachusetts Wednesday, May 4 for a non-conference contest at Curry.  

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RUNDOWN ON THE RAMS
Delaney Sylvester has been a catalyst during Suffolk's season, hitting at a .464 clip and boasting a .512 on-base percentage. She has led a group of eight players with double-digit RBI totals with 37 and belted out six home runs. Sylvester's 51 hits lead the way, while Devlin Frost and Jill Pulek join the sophomore catcher in the 40-hit club with 46 and 41, respectively.  Pulek, who is hitting .436, slugging .745 and has a .527 on-base percentage, has scored 35 runs and brought in 32. Frost rounds out the deadly trio with 34 runs scored and 31 RBI thanks to 10 doubles, four homers and three triples.

Ali Yamakaitis and Taylor Holmes have been nearly untouchable in the circle, collecting 11 and 10 wins, respectively, in 19 appearances. Yamakaitis has twirled 100.2 innings, allowed 40 runs on 79 hits, walked 34 and struck out 62 for a 1.67 ERA, with Holmes seeing 83.0 innings of action, giving up 39 runs on 78 hits, punching out 55 and walking 31 for a 1.77 ERA. Kim Crucioli has been a potent reliever for the Rams with the junior owning a 6-2 record with two saves in 42.2 innings and a 2.92 ERA.

LAST TIME OUT
 The Suffolk softball team saluted its two seniors – Meredith Ball and Nicole Isakson – in sweeping fashion as the Rams cruised past the Raiders of Rivier in a GNAC doubleheader Saturday afternoon at East Boston Memorial Park.

With the 11-0, five-inning shutout of game one, combined with a University of St. Joseph (Conn.) 2-0 win over Johnson & Wales, Suffolk clinched the GNAC regular season title outright and first-place in the conference championship tournament. The Rams did not let up in the regular season finale, however, as the blue-and-gold used a six-run sixth-inning to comeback against the Raiders and head into the tournament, 29-7 overall and 18-4 against conference competition.

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ROAD TO 33
 Suffolk is on the verge of eclipsing 30 wins for just the third time in the program's 32-year history. The Rams are chasing history as they look to upstage the 2005 and 2006 team's total wins of 31 and 32, respectively, to be the winningest squad in Suffolk softball history.

SUFFOLK SET TO HOST GNAC TOURNAMENT
 For the second straight season, Suffolk sits atop the GNAC standings, claiming the league's regular-season title and the top seed in the conference tournament.

MORE READING:  Top-Seeded Softball Set to Host GNAC Tournament

GNAC STANDINGS
  GNAC OVERALL
SCHOOL   GP   RECORD   WIN %   GP   RECORD     WIN%
Suffolk
Johnson & Wales
St. Joseph (Conn.)
Emmanuel
Norwich
Saint Joseph's (Maine)
Albertus Magnus
Simmons
Rivier
Mount Ida
Lasell
Anna Maria 		   22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22		   18-4
16-6
15-7
15-7
14-8
13-9
12-10
9-13
7-15
6-16
5-17
2-20		   0.818
0.727
0.682
0.682
0.636
0.591
0.545
0.409
0.318
0.273
0.227
0.091		   36
36
37
34
37
39
36
34
33
32
36
35
29-7
26-10
27-10
17-17
22-15
22-17
21-15
13-21
13-20
11-21
10-26
4-31		     0.806
0.722
0.730
0.500
0.595
0.564
0.583
0.382
0.394
0.344
0.278
0.114

 

HITTING STREAKS ATTACHED
Player
Meredith Ball
Madison Eucalitto
Jaclyn Flint
Devlin Frost
Taylor Holmes
Sydney Littlefield
Evelyn Marquis
Karina Miranda
Lindsay Pagano
Morgan Parmeter
Dylan Parsons
Jill Pulek
          

Games
1
4
3
7
1
1
3
1
1
5
4
1

 

 

 

 

 

Hits During Streak
1
7
3
10
1
1
3
1
1
7
7
1


CATCH UP ON THE COLONELS
Curry carries a six-game skid into Tuesday's contest that puts the Colonels at 13-23.

The Colonels are paced by their three Commonwealth Coast Conference selections Mikayla Korona, April Adams and Mikayala Lambert. Korona's .375 clip leads the way as does the junior outfielder's .457 on-base percentage to go along with a .525 slugging percentage, 30 hits, 16 RBI and 21 runs scored. Adams, meanwhile, bats .373, slugs .429 with a team-high 47 hits and 31 runs to go along with 15 RBI. Lambert, who hits .361, leads the way in RBIs with 32 thanks to 43 hits, 13 of which were doubles, and has scored 22 runs herself.
In the circle, three different twirlers have tossed for Curry. Lambert has seen the most action, 66.0 innings, boasts a 4-5 record in nine starts and a 4.56 ERA.

WEEKLY RECOGNITION
Three Rams have earned conference weekly recognition this season with Devlin Frost earning player of the week accolades while Evelyn Marquis and Jill Pulek each picked up rookie of the week nods twice. 

COMING UP
Suffolk hosts the GNAC tournament this weekend with double-elimination games starting on Friday.