DuBois, PA - Game 1 L 15-1
The Central Maine Community College Mustangs lost the lead late in a 15-1 defeat to Penn State New Kensington in their first game of the World Series. The game was tied at one with Penn State New Kensington batting in the top of the fourth when a single on a 2-1 count, scored a run.
The Mustangs struggled to put runs on the board and had a tough time defensively containing Penn State New Kensington, giving up 15 runs. New Kensington fired up the offense in the first inning, when an error scored one run for New Kensington.
CM knotted the game up at one in the bottom of the first inning. Emily Wormwood singled on a 2-1 count, scoring one run. New Kensington pulled away for good with one run in the fourth inning. Penn State then scored 11 runs in the sixth inning. A combination of hits, errors and mental mistakes contributed to the breakdown inning for the Mustangs. The Mustangs ended the game with 5 errors.
Gregg was the winning pitcher for New Kensington. She allowed three hits and one run over six innings, striking out six.
Olivia Scott took the loss for Central Maine Community College Mustangs. The pitcher allowed 11 hits and 12 runs over five and two-thirds innings, striking out six.
Scott, Sarah Poli, and Wormwood each collected one hit to lead Central Maine Community College Mustangs.
New Kensington was sure-handed in the field and didn't commit a single error.
Game 2 L 4-2
Game 2 of the World Series saw the Mustangs battle and stay in it until the end, but Mississippi University for Women Owls pulled away late in a 4-2 victory on Tuesday. With one out in the top of the sixth Madison Crosby doubled on the first pitch of the at bat, scoring one run.
The Mustangs lost despite out-hitting the Owls nine to six.
In the first inning, MUW got their offense started when Riley Phillips hit a solo homer.
The Mustangs knotted the game up at one in the bottom of the first inning, when Abby Ferland grounded out, scoring one run.
Avery Byerly led the Owls to victory on the rubber. The bulldog surrendered two runs on nine hits over seven innings, striking out five and walking zero.
Olivia Scott took the loss for the Mustangs. The pitcher went seven innings, allowing four runs on six hits and striking out nine.
Sarah Poli went 2-for-3 at the plate to lead CM in hits.
Maiya Joe led Mississippi University For Women with two hits in three at bats.
The Mustangs committed 3 errors in the game to Mississippi committed 2.
Coach Robertson stated, "I've been saying all along if we play our game, we will do fine. Well we played our game for 5 innings in game 1. These are the best 10 teams in the Nation, and you can't give them extra outs and we gave them 5 extra outs with errors and the added extra mental mistakes to help them out. Game two saw us play our game much better and we still committed 3 errors. Scotty pitched arguably her best game of the season as she held the team that went to the championship game and averaged double runs scored all tournament to just 4 run and 6 hits their lowest. Our bats were much better we just came up short. We had 9 hits to their 6 and we were still a little impatient at the plate. That last inning really got exciting when Paige Ouellette got a big hit then our Captain Abby Ferland took one off the Wall giving her a double and Riley McNamara had a great hit between center and right and their center fielder made an ESPN top 10 catch that would have scored Ferland. That's a catch you just can't be mad about it was all out. It was not the outcome we wanted on this trip, but we learned a lot that will help us for next year. As we have the largest and probably the most talented recruiting class I've ever brought to CM and they are hungry. That says a lot as we have been to the World Series 2 years in a row with a couple great teams. We now focus on the 2023-24 season and getting back the USCAA Small College World Series."
