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Softball Drops Regular-Season Finale
May 09, 2004 | Softball
May 9, 2004
AMHERST, Mass. -- After a two and a half hour rain delay, the Boston College softball team dropped an 8-1 decision to Massachusetts Sunday afternoon at the UMass Softball Complex in the final regular-season game of the season. With the loss, the Eagles fell to 33-23 on the season (11-9 BIG EAST).
Boston College scored an unearned run in the top of the first off pitcher Kelli Arnold, but it was all Massachusetts after that. In the third inning, the Minutewomen scored three runs to take the lead for good. The Minutewomen added a solo run in the fifth on a RBI single and then broke the game open with four runs in the sixth. The highlight of the inning was a two-RBI double. They also scored runs in the frame on a wild pitch and an error.
Tekae Malandris (Chula Vista, Calif.) started for the Eagles and gave up three runs on four hits and two walks in 2.2 innings. She was relieved by Michelle Daly (Concord, Mass.).
The Eagles will be the fourth seed in the 2004 BIG EAST Tournament in Syracuse, N.Y. May 13-15. They will face the top-seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish Thursday at 7:00 p.m.
2004 BIG EAST Softball Championship Schedule Thursday, May 13 Game 1 5 p.m. No. 2 Seton Hall vs. No. 3 Villanova Game 2 7 p.m. No. 1 Notre Dame vs. No. 4 Boston CollegeFriday, May 14 Game 3 3 p.m. Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 Game 4 5 p.m. Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 Game 5 7 p.m. Loser Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4
Saturday, May 15 Game 6 1 p.m. Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 5 Game 7 3 p.m. Same teams as Game 6 (if necessary)
Live statistics and audio will be available for each championship game will be available via the conference website at www.bigeast.org. Visitors to the website will be able to view box scores and play-by-play in-progress from the championship venue. Statistics will be updated as the game is being played, giving users real-time access to scoring. Followers of BIG EAST softball will also have the opportunity to listen to live broadcasts via www.bigeast.org. Live audio will be provided for each championship contest. Dan D'Uva and Todd Robbins will be calling all of the action from Syracuse.
