BEVERLY, Mass. – The sixth seeded Suffolk softball team was eliminated from the 2024 Commonwealth Coast Conference Tournament by fifth seed Roger Williams Thursday morning as Raegan Germano twirled a two-hit gem to blank the Rams, 7-0, at the Softball Park on the campus of Endicott College.
THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 0 | Roger Williams 7
RECORDS: Suffolk (19-24) | Roger Williams (20-16)
HOW IT HAPPENED
A huge, five-run second stanza gave Roger Williams the upper hand early on.
The Hawks added to their advantage in the fourth and Suffolk found itself chasing seven.
Suffolk's offense had a change to sneak on the board in the top of the seventh as the Rams filled the bags on a walk, single and a Hawks fielding mishap. Germano got out of the jam and kept a zero on Suffolk's side of the board as Diana Rucinski popped up to short for the final out of the blue-and-gold's season.
PITCHERS PICTURE
- Cynthia Rucinski took the loss after giving up five runs on five hits and one walk with one strikeout in 1.2 innings of work.
- Lily Newhall allowed two runs on nine hits with a pair of punchouts in 4.1 frames of relief.
- Germano compiled a two-hit, one-walk and two-strikeout, complete-game shutout.
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
- Jolie Quintana and Julia Mills were responsible for Suffolk's only hits with one each.
- Delaney Doidge drew one walk.
NOTEWORTHY
- Suffolk is in the midst of its third straight trip to the CCC Tournament.
- The Rams are competing in the CCC postseason as the sixth seed for the first time.
- The Rams are 1-2 in the Megan Cook era in the CCC Tournament.
- Overall, Suffolk is 1-6 in the CCC postseason.
- The Rams are 1-3 when playing in a league tournament as the sixth seed and 1-2 in the CC Tournament as the sixth seed.
- Suffolk met Roger Williams in the CCC postseason for the second time, first since an elimination game in 2022.
- The Rams bested the Hawks in the CCC Tournament for the first time.