First-year IF/OF Samantha Pothier went 6-7 at the plate with five RBI in the Badgers doubleheader at Maine Maritime on Sunday
CASTINE, Maine
4/17/11
GAME 1: MMA 12, Johnson 4
In the first game, Sabrina Keach (Chesterville, ME) drove in five runs helping Maine Maritime Academy to a 12-4 win over Johnson State College in a North Atlantic Conference match-up on Sunday.
The Badgers (1-16, 0-7 NAC) got the scoring started in the first inning when lead-off hitter Amber McCullock (Morrisville, VT) bunted her way on base and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Two batters later Samantha Pothier (Enosburg Falls, VT) knocked in Sullivan with a drag bunt down the first base line.
MMA (13-5, 7-2 NAC) answered with two runs of their own in the bottom of the 1st, on RBI walks by Casey McCloskey (Howland, ME) and Sabrina Keach to give the Lady Mariners a 2-1 lead after one inning.
The Lady Mariners took a 8-1 lead in the bottom of the 2nd capped off by a Keach base hit that scored two runs followed up by a bases loaded clearing double by Erica Taylor (Mesquite, TX) giving MMA the seven run lead. Taylor finished the game with four RBI's.
MMA tacked on three more runs in the bottom of the third inning highlighted by a Keach two run double increasing the Lady Mariner lead to 11-1.
Tanya Randall (Fryeburg, ME) kept the Badgers alive in the top of the 5th with an RBI double that capped off a three run inning, closing the gap to 11-4.
MMA finished off the game by the eight run rule in the bottom of the 6th when Autumn Jones (Windham, ME) got an inside the park home run capping off the scoring at 12-4.
McCloskey recorded the win for MMA pitching six innings and striking out eight batters while Caitlin Mackey (St. Albans, VT) took the loss for Johnson State.
Game 2: MMA 4 Johnson 3
In the second game of the double header, Autumn Jones (Windham, ME) collected three RBI's to lead MMA to a 4-3 win.
The Badgers (1-17, 0-8) once again scored in the top of the first when Morgan Rogerson (Hardwick, VT) tripled to right center scoring Samantha Pothier (Enosburg Falls, Vt.) to take a 1-0 lead.
MMA (14-5, 8-2) responded with a run in the bottom of the 2nd inning on a Taylor RBI single after Jones tripled to right center tying the score at 1-1.
Pothier gave the Badgers a 2-1 lead with an RBI single in the top of the third, plating Amber McCullock (Morrisville, VT) with their second run of the game. The Lady Mariners tied the game in the bottom of the 3rd on a Mallery Stanley (Standish, ME) RBI ground out.
MMA extended their lead to 3-2 in the fourth and then added another run in the bottom of the 6th on another Jones base hit.
The Badgers rallied in the top of the 7th scoring on another Pothier RBI single but left the bases loaded, losing by the score of 4-3.
Erica Taylor (Mesquite, TX) picked up the win of the year for MMA while Meagan Russ (Burlington, VT) took the hard luck loss for the Badgers.