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Final in Game #6-- NESCAC semfinal #2  single elimination

#3 seed Williams 2, #7 seed Bates 1

NESCAC Championship game-- tomorrow at 11 AM Eastern-- #1 seed Tufts vs #3 seed Williams

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In a real shocker both UW-Oshkosh & UW-Whitewater were knocked out prior to the tournament championship game!

#3 seed La Crosse knocked off #5 Stevens Point to get the WIAC AQ!

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5/14 Landmark docket:
Moravian vs. Susquehanna  (Susquehanna needs 2 wins to advance.

NCAC:
Game 1:  Denison/DePauw
Game 2:  Game 1 winner vs. Hiram

SCIAC:
Chapman/Redlands

American Rivers Conference:
Wartburg vs. Luther in a winner-get-AQ
   (Likely with the Knights' Nelson going against Luther's Cooper)

UMAC:
Bethany Lutheran vs. UW-Superior
    (UW-Superior needs 2 wins to advance.)

NJAC:
TCNJ vs. Ramapo
     Ramapo needs 2 wins to advance.

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Final:  DePauw 4, Denison 0 (The Big Red had a threat going with 2 out, the bases loaded and the potential tying run at the plate in the 7th, but DePauw pitcher Megan Asher induced a fly ball to right field for the final out, allowing the Tigers to advance to play Hiram.)

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NCAC--

#1 seed DePauw defeated #3 seed Denison in a 10 AM Eastern elimination game, 4-0.

DePauw advances to the NCAC Championship Final vs #4 seed Hiram.

DePauw needs 2 wins to clinch the AQ, while Hiram needs 1 win.

NESCAC Championship Game-- Winner gets AQ--

#3 seed Williams 1, #1 seed Tufts 0   Top 2nd 0 out.

NJAC--

TCNJ 0, Ramapo 0 after 2 innings.

Landmark--

Susquehanna 1, Moravian 0  Top 4th 2 out.

MASCAC-- noon Eastern

#1 Framingham State vs #2 Bridgewater State-- Bridgewater needs 2 wins to clinch the AQ, while Framingham needs 1 win.

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NESCAC Championship game--

#3 seed Williams 3, #1 seed Tufts 0  Top 3rd 1 out.

Tufts starting pitcher Emile Doty only lasted 2.1 innings, giving up 2 earned runs before the call to the bullpen for relief.

Doty pitched 53 pitches, faced 12 batters, gave up 3 hits, walked 1, and struck out 3 before handing the ball to Sky Johnson.

Williams starting pitcher Sadie Leonard giving up 2 hits in the first 2 innings, walking 3, and striking out 4 batters so far today.

NJAC--

TCNJ 0, Ramapo 0 Top 5th 1 out.

Landmark--

Susquehanna 1, Moravian 0 Top 7th 1 out.   Moravian is the designated home team this game.

MASCAC--

After 1/2 inning, Bridgewater State 0,  Framingham State now at bat.

American Rivers Championship game--

Wartburg 3, Luther 0  After 1/2 inning.

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Landmark--

Susquehanna 1, Moravian 1  Bottom 7th 1 out.  Moravian has just tied the ball game on an RBI single from Emily Silberman after her sister opened up the bottom of the 7th with a triple.

Moravian has the AQ clinching run on 1st base, but now with 2 out.   At the very worst, the game will be headed to extra innings.

12:21 PM Eastern update-- Susquehanna and Moravian are headed to extra innings, tied at 1-1 through 7.

NJAC--

TCNJ 2, Ramapo 0 through 4 1/2 innings.

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Landmark--

Susquehanna 1, Moravian 1  Bottom 7th 1 out.  Moravian has just tied the ball game on an RBI single from Emily Silberman after her sister opened up the bottom of the 7th with a triple.

Moravian has the AQ clinching run on 1st base, but now with 2 out.   At the very worst, the game will be headed to extra innings.

12:21 PM Eastern update-- Susquehanna and Moravian are headed to extra innings, tied at 1-1 through 7.

Is that impeccable timing by the Greyhounds or what?

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MASCAC--

#1 seed Framingham State leads over #2 seed Bridgewater State, 3-2  Top 2nd nobody out.

Bridgewater State has runners on second and third.

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Wartburg now up 5-0 on Luther-IA, (Reegan Deputy just homered) top of 2nd

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Bottom of the 8th in the Landmark Conference-- 1 out

Holly Walter of Moravian on second base in scoring position with the AQ clinching run.

Sacrifice fly advances Holly Walter to third base, but now there are 2 out in the bottom of the 8th.

  Moravian has just clinched the Landmark Conference AQ on an RBI single from Lindsey Gawrys to have Holly Walter score the walkoff run.

Final score in 8 innings-- #1 seed Moravian 2, Susquehanna 1.

Congratulations to Moravian-- 2023 Landmark Conference Softball Champions-- AQ to NCAA DIII Softball Tournament

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Hiram-DePauw underway: Tigers up 1-0 in 1st inning

Luther now trailing Wartburg 5-3 in 2nd and still batting. . .

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Tufts has the bases loaded with 0 out in the 6th inning. . .

  infield out to SS  1 out
  fielders choice out to 3rd, run scores, 2 out
  foul-out to catcher  3 out

Leonard gets out of it, Jumbos still down 3-1. 

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NjAC--

TCNJ 2, Ramapo 0 After 6 innings

NESCAC Championship game--

Williams 3, Tufts 1  After 6 innings.

American Rivers Championship game--

Wartburg 5, Luther 3  Bottom of 3rd 2 out.  Luther batting.

MASCAC--

Framingham State 4, Bridgewater State 2-- Bridgewater batting top of 4th 1 out.

NCAC--

DePauw 1, Hiram 0  DePauw batting top of 2nd no outs.

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NJAC--

TCNJ 3, Ramapo 0   TCNJ batting-- Top of 7th 1 out.

TCNJ will clinch the AQ with a win vs Ramapo.

1:05 PM Eastern update-- TCNJ 4, Ramapo 0 After 6 1/2 innings.