Huddle_5.8.19
Steve McLaughlin
0
Hartford HARTFORD 20-30
3
Winner UMBC UMBCSB 27-22
Hartford HARTFORD
20-30
0
Final
3
UMBC UMBCSB
27-22
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Hartford HARTFORD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
UMBC UMBCSB 1 1 1 0 0 0 X 3 7 0

W: Courtney Coppersmith (18-12) L: Kocenski, Julianna (14-16)

5
Winner Binghamton BING 18-28
3
Hartford HARTFORD 20-31
Winner
Binghamton BING
18-28
5
Final
3
Hartford HARTFORD
20-31
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Binghamton BING 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 5 14 1
Hartford HARTFORD 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 0

W: Morgan Bienkowski (5-6) L: Kocenski, Julianna (14-17)

Game Recap: Softball | | Athletics Communications Assistant

Softball's Season Comes to an End at America East Tournament

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – Hartford softball's season came to an end at day one of the America East Tournament, falling to UMBC (3-0) and Binghamton (5-3) Wednesday afternoon.
 
Freshman Julianna Kocenski blasted her second home run of the season and pitched two complete games, as the Hawks finis the season to 20-31 overall.
 
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GAME ONE: UMBC 3  HARTFORD 0 
After UMBC scored a run in each of the first three innings to take a 3-0 lead, Hartford threatened in the top of the fourth. After sophomores Danielle Rocheleau and Kiana Harris walked to put runners on first and second, senior Kylie Dazalla stepped in as the tying run. Dazalla battled through an eight pitch at bat to force a full count, but could not capitalize as UMBC managed to get the final out and sneak out of the inning.
 
The Hawks mounted its final rally in the top of the seventh, as Dazalla worked a walk with two outs. Retrievers' freshman Courtney Coppersmith, however, closed things out, completing her fourth no-hitter of the season with her 11th strikeout of the game, taking game one of the tournament, 3-0.
 
GAME TWO: BINGHAMTON 5 HARTFORD 3
After Binghamton took a 1-0 led in the top of the first, Hartford immediately answered in the bottom of the frame. With one out and sophomore Nicolette Barranger on second base, Rocheleau knocked a double to left center field, scoring Barranger and tying the score at one.
 
In the next inning Hartford took its first lead of the game thanks to the long ball. Kocenski stepped into the batter's box and proceeded to send the 1-1 pitch over the center field wall for the Hawks only home run of the day, making the score 2-1.
 
The Bearcats responded in the top of the fifth with two runs in top of the fifth, scoring three runs on four hits for the 4-2 lead.
 
Hartford wasted little time answering the Binghamton run, as junior Amber Mianti led off the bottom of the inning with a triple to center field. Later in the inning, sophomore Lily Sencer stepped in and hit a sacrifice fly to right field, plating Mianti and moving the Hawks back within one run (4-3).
 
Binghamton, however, closed out game two, tacking on one more run for the 5-3 victory.
 
NEWS AND NOTES
  • Hartford finished with 20-wins for the first time since 2013
  • The Hawks reached the America East Tournament for the first time since 2017
  • Kocenski (14-17) went the distance in both games, pitching 13 innings and compiling five strikeouts
  • Mianti's triple in game two was the second of her career
  • Dazalla hit her eighth double of the season
  • Rocheleau finished her sophomore campaign as the single-season leader in hits (67), RBI (36) and total bases (99) and registered the highest batting average in a single-season (.421)
  • The Hawks finished with the most RBI in a single-season (156) and was second with 186 runs scored
  • Hartford returns 15 players next season
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