Posted: Jul 23, 2017

Top Five Flashback: Softball #3

NEWPORT, R.I. - Salve Regina University athletics resumes its summer series with a daily flashback to the top five moments of 2016-17 for each of its 19 varsity sports. Beginning with Memorial Day (Monday, May 29, 2017) and finishing with the final day of August, 95 moments (19 x 5) will be shared to relive the most exciting happenings of the most recent Seahawk season.

Salve Regina softball earned the No. 1 seed in the 2017 Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) championships and the right to host the entire postseason. Meeting Roger Williams in the finals for the second consecutive season, the Seahawks went to work offensively in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Sophomore All-CCC third baseman Elizabeth Lombardo (Thomaston, Conn.) led off with a bunt single and classmate Amanda Riley (Barrington, N.H.) poked one through the right side for runners at first and second with no outs. Sophomore All-CCC catcher Emily Woznick (Sandy Hook, Conn.) brought the Seahawk crowd to its feet with a long blast to left field, but it got held up by a stiff wind and Tara Chatowsky (No. Kingstown, R.I.) got under it a few feet from the fence for the first out.

After a wild pitch moved runners to second and third, Juliet Hulme (Duxbury, Mass.) struck out the next batter. Senior All-CCC shortstop Nikki Bukovsky (Westport, Conn.) drove in Lombardo with the game's first run with a bunt single. Senior Lexie Soucie (North Easton, Mass.) followed with her second basehit, a single to left center that plated Riley and Bukovsky for a 3-0 lead.

Kelsey Boarman (No. Dighton, Mass.) retired the last seven Hawks she faced and finished with three strikeouts. She got the last out on a comebacker to the circle, and underhand flipped to first baseman Kristen Hickey (New Hyde Park, N.Y.).

Salve Regina University
Salve Regina athletics sponsors 20 NCAA Division III varsity sports for men and women. The Seahawks compete in the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC - baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, field hockey, football, men's ice hockey, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's tennis, women's track and field, women's volleyball), New England Hockey Conference (NEHC - women's ice hockey), New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA - sailing). Beginning in 2017-18, Salve Regina will also sponsor equestrian as a varsity sport, and adds junior varsity programs for baseball and men's lacrosse.