05.14.06

Nicholas, McNamee, and Semedo lead Knights to Second Place at NJCAA Track Nationals

05.12.06

Raunisio Oliveira (East Providence, RI)

Todd Levellee (North Scituate, RI)

Daniel Ortiz (East Providence, RI)

Jose Grajales (Central Falls, RI)

Anne Kineke and Honorable mention All-American (East Greenwich, RI)

Brittney Godbout (Cranston, RI)

Lindsay Laurie (Warwick, RI)

Jami Elliott and second team All-American (Cumberland, RI)

Sharon Barbosa (Fall river, MA)

Jessica Mullett (Woonsocket, RI)

Kathryn Finn (Warwick, RI)

Chris Farrell (Lincoln, RI)

Ron Guenard- and All-American (Cumberland, RI)

Joe Hannon (Gloucester, RI)

Bryan Galvin (Seekonk, MA)

Luis Rodriguez (Lincoln, RI)

Mark Langlois (Warwick, RI)

Sherilyn Nicholas and all-american (Taunton, MA)

April Oberhelman (Woonsocket, RI)

Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA)

Kimiyo Garcia (East Providence, RI)

Sonja Nealy (Woonsocket, RI)

Marvin Owens and 1^st team All-American (Bridgeport, CT)

Marquis Victor (Lawrence, MA)

Travon Little (Danbury, CT)

Monet Johnson (Brooklyn, NY)

Jenny Kinney (Milford, NJ)

Nick Weinhofer (New Foundland, Canada)

Maurice Rogers (Clinton, MA)

Jasmine Jennings and All-American (Warwick, RI)

All-Region XXI

Brad Hertzler

Drew Powell

Seth Desautel

Eric Page

Kyle Johnson

Softball

Jen Dupont

Jenna Peters

Christina Campopiano

Alyse Fram

Heather Lynch

Jasmine Bonanca

Andrew Parente

Sherilyn Nicholas

Rachael Proctor

Mary Oyekoya

Lani Pollack

Michelle McNamee

Chris Farrell

Jaimaal Munir

Joe Hannon

Bryan Galvin

Jake McMillen

Hunter Stewart

Kyle DeCosta

Robert Maloof

Women’s soccer- Jami Elliott (Cumberland, RI)

Men’s soccer- Raunisio Oliveira (East Providence, RI)

Volleyball- April Oberhelman (Woonsocket, RI)

Volleyball- 7^th player Nicole Pedro (Fall River, MA)

Cross Country women- Sherilyn Nicholas (Taunton, MA)

Cross Country men- Bryan Galvin (Seekonk, MA)

ID track women- Mary Oyekoya (Woonsocket, RI)

ID track men- Maurice Rogers (Clinton, MA)

Men’s basketball- Marvin Owens (Bridgeport, CT)

Women’s basketball-Renee buck (will not be there)

Baseball- Brad Hertzler (East Providence, RI)

Softball- Christina Campopiano (Johnston, RI)

Golf- Peter Fish (West Greenwich, RI)

OD Track Men- Sarean Kao (Cranston, RI)

OD Track Women- Mary (Temi) Oyekoya (Woonsocket, RI)

Tennis- Jason Garrahan (Smithfield, RI)

Gregg Cornell (will not be there) (Pascaog, RI) Northern RI

05.09.06

Knights fall 5-0 to UConn-Avery Point to finish season 23-11

The CCRI men’s baseball team lost 5-0 to the Pointers of UConn-Avery Point on Monday in the deciding Region XXI Championship game. With the win UConn-Avery Point wins the Region XXI Championship Series 2-1, with the loss the Knights end their season 23-11 and runner-up in Region XXI.

Michael Shuckerow (Milford, CT) pitched well but took the tough loss as he gave-up four runs on four hits in 3 2/3 innings. Jesse Ladig (Deerfield, FL) pitched four innings of great relief allowing just one run on four hits. UConn-Avery Point’s Nick Carlucci pitched a great game throwing a complete game five-hitter allowing no runs and striking out six while walking only one, Carlucci was the same pitcher that CCRI had beaten earlier in the year 5-3. The one shining light for CCRI offensively came in the form of Co-Captain Brett Thornton (Coventry, RI) who had three of the CCRI five hits on the day.

Though the Knights ended the season with a loss, they still had one heck of a season finishing 23-11. In addition they had five Knights make first team All Region XXI they were: Pitcher Brad Hertzler (East Providence, RI), Catcher Drew Powell (Osceola, FL), Co-Captain Infielder Seth Desautel (Cumberland, RI), Outfielder and DH Kyle Johnson (North Kingstown, RI), and Outfielder Eric Page (South Kingstown, RI).

Great Season Knights!!!

05.08.06

CCRI Splits with UCAP 12-4 and 7-3 Region XXI Championship down to pivotal Game 3 at UCAP

The CCRI Knights men’s baseball team won the first game of the Region XXI Championship Series 12-4 on Saturday but fell 7-3 to UCAP on Sunday which leaves the pivotal deciding Championship game to be played Monday May 8^th at 3:00pm at UConn-Avery Point. Wit the win and loss the Knights record now stands at 23-10 on the season.

Brad Hertzler (East Providence, RI) pitched very well against a tough UCAP line-up scattering ten hits over seven innings allowing four runs while striking out seven to earn his sixth victory of the year. Offensively the Knights were led by David Boyajian (Warwick, RI) who went 2-3 with two RBI, Drew Powell (Osceola, FL) who went 2-3 with an RBI and two runs scored, and Jang-Won Lee (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) who went 2-3 with two runs scored. With the victory the Knights take a 1-0 series lead in the Region XXI Championship and run their season record to 23-9.

Frank Mazza (North Kingstown, RI) got the start but only lasted 2 2/3 innings allowing three runs and striking out three. Chad Denomme (West Warwick, RI) got the loss pitching four innings allowing four runs and striking out one, Dave Gladding (Cranston, RI) and Jesse Ladig (Deerfield, FL) each came in to pitch scoreless innings to help keep the Knights close. The only offensive highlight was Co-Captain Seth Desautel (Cumberland, RI) who went 2-3 with an RBI, contributing two of just five hits for the Knights. With the loss UCAP ties the Championship Series at 1-1 and the Knights record falls to 23-10 on the season. The Knights look to bounce back in the deciding game of the Series Monday at 3:00pm at UCAP.

Go Knights!!!

Sherilyn Nicholas (Taunton, MA) led the CCRI women’s track team to a second place finish at the Northeast District Championship Meet. Nicholas became District Champion in the 400m, 800m, high jump, and scored in the 200m dash, 100m dash, 100m high hurdles, long jump, and javelin. Nicholas was also part of the District Champion 4x100m relay team with Temi Oyekoya (Woonsocket, RI), Lani Pollack (Deland, FL), and Michelle McNamee (Cranston, RI). Also turning in District Championship performances were Rachael Proctor (East Providence, RI) in the 1,500m and McNamee in the javelin. CCRI women’s outdoor track team came close to taking the title but with the absence of power house runner Elisa Semedo (Portugal), who had family obligations, Gloucester CC won by on point. Here’s how they finished: 1- Gloucester cc 173—2 CCRI 172—3 Middlesex CC 86—4 Northern Essex 68—5 Nassau CC 26—6 Bergen 22—7 Howard cc 20—8 Thaddeus Stevens 18—11 Duchess cc 6—11Bronx cc 6---13 Queensborough cc 3

The CCRI Men’s outdoor track team finishes only 4 points out of first with many great efforts. Including District Championship efforts from Chris Farrell (Lincoln, RI) in the 1500m run, Jaimaal Munir (Warwick, RI) in the high jump, the 4x800m relay team of Joe Hannon (Woonsocket, RI), Bryan Galvin (Seekonk, MA), Jake McMillen (Coventry, RI), and Hunter Stewart (Foster, RI), and Sarean Kao (Cranston, RI) in the hammer throw. Here’s how all the teams finished: 1 Gloucester cc 173—2 CCRI 169—3 Thaddeus Stevens 96—4 Bergen cc 94—5 Howard cc 65—6 Middlesex cc 52—7 Northern Essex cc 44—8 Queensborough cc 36—9 Bronx cc 24—10 Nassau cc 17—11Montgomery College 15—12Cumberland cc 8—13 Dutchess cc 4

Complete CCRI women’s results: 100m-2^nd Nicholas 13.41, 200m-3^rd Nicholas 28.44, 400m-1^st Nicholas 1:00.61, 800m-1^st Nicholas 2:34.41, 3^rd Procter 2:49.82, 6^th Pollak 2:59.99, 1500m, 1^st Procter 5:36.01, 6^th Pollak 6:27.24, 5000m- 4^th Lanctot 22:37.54, 100mHH-1^st Oyekoya 16.39, 400mh-1stOyekoya 1 1:20.76, 4x100m- 1stOyekoya , Nicholas, Pollak, and McNamee- 57.87, HJ- 1^st Nicholas, 1.57m, 3^rd Oyekoya 1.52m, LJ- 5^th Oyekoya 4.89-6^th Nicholas 4.88, TJ- 2^nd Oyekoya 10.46m, Shot- 8^th Mcnamee-9^th Alison 8.01

Discus- 4^th Peter 28.67—6^th McNamee 25.53m, Hammer- 2^nd Peter 27.96 6^th McNamee 20.19

Javelin- 1^st McNamee 33.96m-5^th Peter 26.78-6^th Nicholas 26.12.Complete CCRI men’s results

100m-2^nd Delude 11.15, 6^th Saucier 11.54, 200m-2^nd Delude 23.52, 10^th Saucier 24.35, 400m-8^th Stewart 54.33

800m 5^th Hannon 2:12.30-6^th Stewart 2:13.20-7^th McMillen 2:14.59, 1500m 1^st Farrell 4:27.33 –4^th Hannon 4:36.16

5000m 2^nd Farrell 16:58.69-3^rd Guenard 17:01.46-5^th Galvin 18:11.65, 10000m-2^nd Guenard 39:08.97

110m HH 4^th Munir 19.27, 400mh 5^th Lopardo 1:07.64-6^th Munir 1:08.23

3000mst 3^rd Galvin 11:00.37, 4x100 6th Munir Saucier McMillian Delude 45.41

4x400 2^nd Stewart McMillian Hannon Delude 3:36.64, 4x800m 1^st Hannon Galvin McMillian Stewart 8:22.22

HJ 1^st Munir 1.87m-3^rd Lopardo 1.77m—6^th Delude 1.72m, LJ 5^th Delude 6.28m-8^th Munir 5.93m-10^th Lopardo 5.66m, TJ 4^th Munir 12.58m-6^th Lopardo 11.62m, Shot 6^th Kao 11.97m-10^th Dolan 10.72m

Discus 7^th Kao 35.04m –10^th Dolan 28,64m, Hammer 1st Kao 46.32m-2^nd Dolan 42.19m

Javilin 7^th Obenhause 40.39m

For the women Elisa Semedo (Portugal) set two school records 100 meter hurdles with a time of 15.75 seconds and 400 meter hurdles in a time of 1:07.88. Samedo also was a member of the 4x400m relay team that set a school record with Sherilyn Nicholas (Taunton, MA), Mary Oyekoya (Woonsocket, RI) and Rachael Procter (East Providence, RI) in a time of 4:16.90. In her first meet as a member of the CCRI Track & Field team Michelle McNamee (Cranston, RI) joins the list of NJCAA Div. III National qualifiers with a 33.26m (109’-11") throw in the Javelin.

On the men’s side Kevin White (Swansea, MA) ran a strong 57.87 in the 400m hurdles and adds another event to his list of NJCAA National qualifying marks including the 400m, 4x400m relay team, 4x100m relay team, as well as being an alternate on 4x800m relay team. Hunter Stewart (Foster, RI) also qualifies for his second open event at the Championship with a 52.14 in the 400m dash. Jaimaal Munir (Warwick, RI) did his best high jump of the outdoor season with a 1.86m (6’-01.25").

100m 20^th Oyekoya, 400m 14^th Nicholas 1:00.36, 800m42nd Procter 2:36.52-49^th Pollak 2:52.50—53^rd Lanctot 2:55.65, 1500m 55^th Procter 5:32.75—60^th Lanctot 5:44.20,100m H 7^th Semedo 15.75-10^th Oyekoya 16.15, 400mH 11^th Semedo 1:07.88, 4x400m 9^th Nicholas, Semedo, Oyekoya, and Procter 4:16.90, LJ 18^th Semedo 4.52m 14-10, Discus 14^th Peter 27.44m 90-00, Javelin 11^th McNamee 33.26m 109-01—26^th Peter 23.22 76-02

100m 10^th Saucier 11.63—14^th White 11.88, 400m 12^th 52.14, 800m 20^th Hannon 2:05.59—26^th McMillen 2:08.05-28^th Galvin 2:10.62, 1500m 36^th Farrell 4:24.83, 5000m Guenard 17:03.28, 400mH 6^th White 57.87, 3000msteeple 7^th 10:54.95, 4x100 6^th Munir, Saucier, White, and McMillen 45.68, 4x400m 6^th Stewart White McMillen Hannon 3:33.32, HJ 5^th 1.86m 6-01.25 Munir –7^th Lopardo 1.81 5-11.25, LG 11^th Munir 5.71m 13^th Lopardo 5.63 18.05.75, TJ5th 12.70m Munir

Co-Captain Jen Dupont (Lincoln, RI) pitched an excellent game pitching seven innings allowing just four hits and one run that was unearned while striking out four to earn her eighth victory of the year. Co-Captain Jenna Peters (Lincoln, RI) led the Knights offensively by going 2-3 with two RBI and Missy Keeley (West Warwick, RI) went 2-3 with a run scored. Also contributing for the Knights were Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) who had a hit and a run scored and Heather Lynch (Warwick, RI) who added a pinch-hit RBI double. With the victory The Knights become 2006 Region XXI Champions. The Knights now face Orange County CC to see who will go on to compete in the Northeast District Championship at Region XIX nest weekend.

Ashley Vachon (West Warwick, RI) pitched three great innings but it wasn’t enough as she allowed two unearned runs and got the hard luck loss. Co-Captain Jen Dupont (Lincoln, RI) pitched three scoreless innings of relief and struck out three. Offensively the Knights were led by Co-Captain Jenna Peters (Lincoln, RI) who went 2-3 and Nicole Brierley (Lincoln, RI) also went 2-3 for the game. Once again the Knights scattered eight hits but could not score a run in the tough 2-0 loss. With the victory Orange County CC advances to the Northeast District Championship next week at Region XIX

Co-Captain Jen Dupont (Lincoln, RI) becomes CCRI win leader with 17 career victories, in addition set a single-season strikeout record with 80 strikeouts (ranked #17 in the nation), and career strikeout leader with 142 strikeouts. Dupont also holds the top two ERA’s in CCRI History with 1.51 as a freshman and 1.57 as a sophomore for a CCRI career best 1.54 ERA. Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) set the single-season hit record with 46 hits in 2006 and recorded the 3^rd highest batting average in CCRI history at .605 for the season, a mark that ranks her #2 in the Nation for the 2006 season

Region XXI Fast-pitch Softball Tournament re-cap Day 1

Knights cruise past Cougars 10-0 and 14-1 in doubleheader to end regular season 17-5

The CCRI Knights women’s fast-pitch softball team cruised past the cougars of Holyoke CC 10-0 and 14-1 in their final doubleheader of the regular season. With the two victories the Knights end the regular season with a 17-5 record. On the mound the Knights are led by Co-Captain Jen Dupont (Lincoln, RI) with a team-leading 1.93 ERA, seven victories and two saves with 64 strikeouts in just 54.1 innings pitched. At the plate the Knight are led by the Nations leading hitter Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) batting .651, and is on pace to set the single-season hit mark with 41 hits, just two hits shy of Lindsay Cavanagh’s 2005 mark of 43 hits. Bonanca has 29 RBI and 22 runs scored along with five doubles and four triples, and seven stolen bases to go along with the high batting average. Also contributing for the Knights offensively are Heather Lynch (Warwick, RI) with 33 hits including five doubles and three homeruns, 23 RBI and 21 runs scored, Christina Campopiano (Johnston, RI) batting .508 with 32 hits including eight doubles and two triples with 21 RBI, and Kara Serapiglia (Johnston, RI) batting .464 with 32 hits 12 RBI and 27 runs scored.

Ashley Vachon (West Warwick, RI) pitched a fantastic game five scoreless innings allowing just four hits while striking out three to pick-up her fifth victory of the year. Offensively the knights were led by Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) who was 4-4 with three RBI and a run scored, Kara Serapiglia (Johnston, RI) who was 3-4 with a double, three runs scored and two RBI, and Mallery Andreozzi (East Providence, RI) was 3-3 with two RBI and two runs scored. Also contributing for the Knights were Christina Campopiano (Johnston, RI) who was 2-2 with an RBI and Alyse Fram (Lincoln, RI) who went 2-3. This game got out of hand quick as the Knights scored one run in the first, four runs in the second, and five runs in the third before calling of the dogs to win by a final of 10-0.

Amy Lemmon (North Attleboro, MA) pick-up her fifth victory of the year pitching three innings of one-hit ball allowing just on unearned run while striking out two, Co-Captain Jen Dupont earned her second save of the year as she came in to pitch the final two innings and did it in impressive fashion as she struck out six of the nine batters she faced. Leading the way for the Knights at the plate were Kara Serapiglia (Johnston, RI) who went 3-4 with two RBI and two runs scored, Christina Campopiano (Johnston, RI) went 2-3 with two doubles two RBI and a run scored, and Cassie Cooney (Central Falls, RI) was 2-2 with a double two RBI and two runs scored. Also contributing for the Knights were Missy Keeley (West Warwick, RI) went 1-2 with a double two RBI and a run scored, Lindsay Laurie (Warwick, RI) went 1-2 with two RBI and a run scored, and Alyse Fram (Lincoln, RI) added a double, RBI and a run scored.

The Knights look forward to the Region XXI Tournament this weekend as they are set to face-off against Massasoit CC at 10:00am on Saturday.

Knights outlast Springfield 8-5 and 11-10 to sweep doubleheader and improve to 15-5

The CCRI women’s fast-pitch softball team outlasted the Pride of Springfield College JV squad 8-5 and 11-10 to improve their record to 15-5 on the season. On the mound they are led by Co-captain Jen Dupont (Lincoln, RI) who came into yesterday’s doubleheader with a 2.01 ERA and ranked #14 in the nation in strikeout average striking out 1.17 batters per inning. Offensively the Knights are led by Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) who came into yesterday’s doubleheader with a stellar .623 batting average which ranks her #2 in the Nation, with 33 hits including three doubles and four triples with 17 runs scored with 22 RBI and Heather Lynch (Warwick, RI) is not too far behind her with a .566 batting average ranking her #4 in the nation, with 30 hits including four doubles a triple and three homeruns. Defensively the Knights have looked to Sophomore Christina Campopiano (Johnston, RI) who has saved countless runs with her sparkling glove at the "hot corner" (3B).

Game 1

CCRI 8 Springfield 5

Jen Dupont (Lincoln, RI) picked-up her team-leading seventh win pitching seven innings allowing only two earned runs and striking out five. Offensively the Knights were led by Mallery Andreozzi (East Providence, RI) who had two hits and three RBI, Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) was 2-3 2ith two doubles an RBI and a run scored, and Kara Serapiglia (Johnston, RI) also pick-up two hits with two runs scored. Also contributing for the Knights were Missy Keeley (West Warwick, RI) who had an RBI double and two runs scored, and Christina Campopiano (Johnston, RI) also added an RBI double and a run scored.

Game 2

CCRI 11 Springfield 10

Amy Lemmon (North Attleboro, MA) pitched 5 1/3 solid innings but was a victim of a barrage of "Texas league hits" (bloopers) and defensive miscues that helped Springfield amass 10 runs seven earned, the numbers can be misleading because Lemmon pitched very well. Ashley Vachon (West Warwick, RI) was able to get the victory, her fourth of the year, as she pitched 12/3 innings of one-hit scoreless ball. Offensively the Knights were led by Kara Serapiglia (Johnston, RI) was 4-5 with two RBI and a run scored, Co-Captain Jenna Peters (Lincoln, RI) was 2-3 with three RBI and two runs scored, Nicole Brierley (Lincoln, RI) was 3-3 with a double, two RBI and two runs scored, and Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) added a hit with three RBI and two runs scored. Also contributing for the Knights were Heather Lynch (Warwick, RI) who had two hits including a double and two runs scored and Lindsay Laurie (Warwick, RI) had two hits a run scored and the two game winning RBI.

What a fantastic finish! With the Knights down 10-9 in the bottom of the seventh inning with two outs Heather Lynch singled to left, followed by a walk to Co-Captain Jenna Peters , followed by a single by designated player Nicole Brierley leaving the bases loaded for Lindsay Laurie who singled home the tying and go ahead run to give the Knights the 11-10 victory.

The Knights play next in a doubleheader Thursday at 4:00pm at Winslow Park in Warwick.

Knights rip Rams 7-2 to improve record to 2-2 on the season

CCRI Freshmen Heather Neal of Lincoln, RI saw action in her first match of the season and overcame the inexperience of both her and her opponent to post a respectable 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-7) defeat to her opponent Matthew Reilly of STCC. Both Neal and Reilly are new to tennis and needed assistance on the scoring and, in particular, the scoring of the match tiebreak (also called super tiebreak) in place of the third set.

CCRI Sophomore Drew Hochman of Cranston and Freshman Ashley Frey of E. Greenwich posted their first victories of the season. Hochman teamed up with fellow sophomore, Smithfield native Jason Garrahan of CCRI and they posted a 10-6 pro-set (first to 10 games, win by two) victory. Frey teamed up with fellow freshman and Smithfield native Andrew Parente and they posted a 10-4 pro-set (first to 10 games, win by two) victory.

CCRI maintained the momentum gained on Friday by carrying through and defeating an improved Springfield Tech team. The weather played a factor as well, as rain threatened to impact the matches, but the first drops started falling as the players were picking up their bags to walk off the court. Springfield Tech came to play, and play they did, getting in all six matches that were playable with the four players they were able to bring. The Knights look forward to the Region XXI Tournament this weekend. The week off will do the team well as several players are nursing nagging injuries. We will have some light practice, focusing on preparing for the weekend. All of The Knights are looking forward to the weekend and optimistic about the team’s chances to get to the Nationals in Texas!

Complete scores:

1s. Ben Tabor (CCRI) def Mike Kirkpatrick (STCC) 6-1, 6-1

2s. Andrew Parente (CCRI) def William Kane (STCC) 6-4, 6-4

4s. Matthew Reilly (STCC) def Heather Neal (CCRI) 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-7)

1d. Jason Garrahan/Drew Hochman (CCRI) def Mike Kirkpatrick/William Kane (STCC) 10-6

2d. Ashley Frey/Andrew Parente (CCRI) def Kevin Andrew/Matthew Reilly (STCC) 10-4

3d. Heather Neal/Christopher Rich (CCRI) default

CCRI used the experience gained against the Holyoke squad from a week earlier and took the match to their home courts. The Knights were able to turn over the results in three of the nine matches, taking third and sixth singles, as well as second doubles. Freshman Andrew Parente (Smithfield, RI) led the Knights with a victory in both third singles and, teamed up with fellow freshman (and Smithfield native) Christopher Rich to take second doubles. Both matches were closely contested and Andrew and Chris showed some great resolve to pull out their matches.

In the most interesting match of the day, Sophomore Brittney Godbout of Cranston, RI outlasted her opponent, Nick Chavez of HCC, the very same Chavez that she lost to a week ago. Godbout showed great perseverance and patience, outlasting Chavez 6-7 (7-2), 6-3, 1-0 (10-3). Chavez took the opening set in a tie-break, with Godbout double faulting her serve on set point in the tie-break. Most people would have let that get to them, but not Godbout. She stormed out to a 3-0 lead in the second set, never looking back as she closed out the set 6-3 and dominated in the match tiebreak (also known as a super tiebreak – first one to 10 points, win by two), 10-3.

The drama of the match was stirred-up by Holyoke Head Coach Steve Roswicz. Roswicz at one point said that if Nick Chavez were to split sets with Brittney Godbout that he would commit suicide. It turned out to be a bit of melodrama as he clearly didn’t follow through on his threat. Bobby Riggs and Billy Jean King taught us a long time ago not to make such ridiculous claims they will come back to haunt you.

Freshman Christopher Rich of Smithfield teamed up with fellow freshman (and Smithfield native) Andrew Parente to also reverse their score from last Friday’s second doubles contest against Jay Danek and Matt Lentes of HCC. Last Friday Rich and Parente fell 11-9 in a 10-game pro-set (first to 10 games, win by two). This Friday, the results were reversed as Rich and Parente persevered 11-9 in the same format, against the same opponents!

Knights to face Massasoit CC in Region XXI Softball Tournament

The CCRI women’s fast-pitch softball team, seeded #1, will face the #4 seed Warriors of Massasoit CC in the first round of the Region XXI fast-pitch softball Tournament to be held this weekend Saturday April 29^th and 30th at Winslow Park in Warwick.

The CCRI Knights will face Massasoit CC at 10:00am followed by #2 seed Dean College who will face #3 seed Orange County CC out of Middletown, NY at 12noon. The losers of games 1 and 2 will face off at 2:00pm and the winners will face off at 4:00pm.

The finals of the loser’s bracket will play Sunday at 10:00am and the winner of the loser’s bracket game will play the winner of game 4 at 1:00pm if both teams then have one loss they will play an "if" game at 3:00pm.

The winner of the Tournament will go on to play in the Northeast District Tournament on May 6-7 at Region XIX. Note: if Orange County wins the Tournament the highest ranking Region XXI team will be declared the Region XXI Champion but Orange will still go on to play in the District Tournament.

The CCRI Knights women’s fast-pitch softball team avenged their only Region XXI loss in emphatic fashion by dominating the bulldogs of Dean College defeating them 8-0 in the first game of the doubleheader and 9-1 in the second game. With the wins the Knights improve their record to 13-5 on the season and 7-1 in Region XXI. In addition the Knights have won the regular season Region XXI Title and will host the Region XXI Tournament that will be held Saturday April 29 and Sunday April 30^th. The Region XXI Tournament will feature Massasoit CC, Dean College, Orange County CC from NY, and the host team CCRI Knights.

Co-Captain Jen Dupont (Lincoln, RI) dominated the Dean batters allowing just three hits over five innings while striking out four to earn her team-leading sixth victory of the year and lowered her ERA to 2.01 with 53 strikeouts in just 45.1 innings pitched. Offensively the Knights were led by Alyse Fram (Lincoln, RI) who was 3-3 with an RBI and three runs scored, Christina Campopiano (Johnston, RI) who was 2-2 with an RBI and a run scored, and a stolen base, and Co-Captain Jenna Peters (Lincoln, RI) was also 2-2 with an RBI a run scored and a stolen base. Also contributing for the Knights were Heather Lynch (Warwick, RI) who was 1-1 with an RBI double and a run scored and Nicole Brierley (Lincoln, RI) was 1-2 with an RBI.

Amy Lemmon (North Attleboro, MA) pitched her best game of the year allowing just one run on one hit over five innings while striking out three to earn her fourth victory of the year and lower her ERA to 3.00. Offensively the Knights were led by Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) who was 3-4 with two RBI and two runs scored, and a stolen base, Kara Serapiglia (Johnston, RI) was 3-3 with a double two RBI and a run scored, Mallery Andreozzi (East Providence, RI) was 3-4 with two runs scored and a stolen base, and Lindsay Laurie (Warwick, RI) was 3-3 with a double, a stolen base and two runs scored. Also contributing for the Knights were Christina Campopiano (Johnston, RI) who had two hits and two RBI and Heather Lynch (Warwick, RI) added two hits and a run scored.

The Knights next games will be Tuesday April 25^th for a doubleheader with Springfield College JV at 3:00pm at Winslow Park in Warwick.

The CCRI Knights fast-pitch women’s softball team defeated Region XXI foe Massasoit CC in a doubleheader 6-2 in the first game and 11-2 in the second game. With the victories the Knights improve their record to 11-5 on the season and 5-1 in Region XXI.

Game 1

Co-Captain Jen Dupont (Lincoln, RI) pitched a great game allowing just one unearned run on three hits over seven innings striking out seven to earn her team-leading fifth victory of the year. Dupont has been excellent this season on the mound leading the team with a 2.26 ERA and 49 strikeouts in just 40.1 innings pitched with five wins and a save. Offensively the Knights were led by Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) who was 2-2 with two RBI, a run scored, and a stolen base, Mallery Andreozzi (East Providence, RI) was 3-4 with an RBI and a run scored, and Christina Campopiano (Johnston, RI) added a two-RBI double. Also contributing for the Knights at the plate were Heather Lynch (Warwick, RI) and Nicole Brierley (Lincoln, RI) who had two hits each.

Game 2

Ashley Vachon (West Warwick, RI) pitched very well allowing just one earned run while scattering seven hits over five innings and striking out four to earn her third victory of the year. Offensively the Knights were led again by Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) who was 4-4 (6-6 on the day) with two RBI and two runs scored, Heather Lynch (Warwick, RI) was 3-5 with four RBI and a run scored. Bonanca and Lynch have provided a solid one-two punch in the middle of the line-up leading the team in almost all offensive categories Bonanca has a .630 batting average with 29 hits including three doubles, four triples with six stolen bases, 20 RBI and 15 runs scored while Lynch’s line looks like this: .551 batting average with 27 hits including three doubles, one triple and three homeruns with 22 RBI and 16 runs scored. Also contributing for the Knights were Lindsay Laurie (Warwick, RI) was 2-3 with a triple two RBI and a run scored, Kara Serapiglia (Johnston, RI) who was 2-4 with an RBI and a run scored, Christina Campopiano (Johnston, RI) who had two hits and a run scored, Nicole Brierley (Lincoln, RI) added a hit, two RBI and a run scored while Co-Captain Jenna Peters (Lincoln, RI) and Cassie Cooney (Central Falls, RI) each added a hit and two runs scored.

The Knights next games will be a doubleheader Thursday versus Region XXI rival Dean College at 3:00pm at Winslow Park in Warwick.

Knights handled by Holyoke 9-0

The CCRI tennis team was outmatched by a more-experienced Holyoke squad that has been playing all winter and has even taken a couple of trips South to get some early season matches in. Holyoke was playing in at least their sixth match while it was only CCRI’s second match. The experience was still a very good one for the CCRI team. The Knights showed them that we are not that far off from the defending Region XXI Champions of Holyoke CC considering how competitive the matches actually were.

All the matches were a lot closer than the scores would suggest as the CCRI tennis team fought hard against the defending Region XXI champions, Holyoke CC. In fact Jason Garrahan (Smithfield, RI) and Brittney Godbout (Cranston, RI) both led their singles matches in the first set, getting an early break, but finally succumbing to the experience of their HCC opponents. Second Doubles Chris Rich (Lincoln, RI) and Andrew Parente (Smithfield, RI) exchanged breaks back and forth and actually served for the match at 9-8 in the 10 game pro-set, before succumbing to the greater experience of their Holyoke opponents. First doubles Ben Tabor (Seekonk, MA) and Drew Hochman (Cranston, RI) were on serve in was shaping up to be the fiercest battle of the afternoon until Hochman retired with severe cramps in both calves.

Head Coach John Panzica said: "We faced stiff, experienced competition but appear to be poised to return this Friday in a rematch with the defending Region XXI Champions on their home turf, ready to take back some of our pride and demonstrate that this year’s tournament will not be a cake-walk for Holyoke CC." The Knights are showing that they will not back down from any opponent which is always the first step on the road to success for the CCRI tennis program.

Complete scores:

1singles Tom Tillotson HCC def Ben Tabor CCRI 6-2, 6-1

2singles Trevor Chan HCC def Chris Rich CCRI 6-2, 6-2

3singles Jay Danek HCC def Jason Garrahan CCRI 6-4, 6-3

4singles Matt Lentes HCC def Andrew Parente CCRI 6-3, 6-2

1d. Tom Tilottson/Trevor Chan HCC def Ben Tabor/Drew Hochman CCRI 3-2 (ret)

2d. Jay Danek/Matt Lentes HCC def Chris Rich/Andrew Parente CCRI 11-9

3d. Jay Paul/Nick Chavez HCC def Ashley Frey/Jason Garrahan CCRI 10-2

Game Note: The weather forced CCRI tennis into the Lincoln Fieldhouse. Thanks to the teamwork of Gregg Cornell, Head Track Coach, Kevin Salisbury, Team Administrator, and Saraen Kao, of the CCRI track team, we were able to line the two remaining courts in Lincoln to allow us to complete the match.

CCRI Track & Field Teams finish third at UMASS-Dartmouth meet

Both of the CCRI men’s and women’s track & field teas finished third at the UMASS-Dartmouth Invitational on Saturday here are the team placements: Women- Westfield State 194, Smith College 107, CCRI 100, UMASS-Dartmouth 91, Salem State 76, Emmanuel 60, Northern Essex 33, Roger Williams 25; Men-Westfield State 303, UMASS-Dartmouth 138, CCRI 97.5, Salem State 76, Northern Essex 21.5, Roger Williams 19, Wentworth 5.

New NJCAA Division III National qualifiers include: Jaimaal Munir (Warwick, RI) in the long jump with a jump of 6.29m, Sarean Kao (Cranston, RI) in the shot put 12.51m, Dante Lopardo (Johnston, RI) in the high jump with a leap of 1.82m, the team of Galvin, Hannon, Stewart, and White 4x400m with a time of 3:35.72. Also Hunter Stewart (Foster, RI) in the 800m in a time of 2:04.43, Dave Delude (South Kingstown, RI) 100m 11.18, Kevin White (Swansea, MA) in the 400m with a time of 51.63, in the Javelin Tom Obenhaus (Warwick, RI) qualified with a throw of 43.16m. For the women in the triple jump Elisa Semedo (Portugal) leaped 10.45m and Mary (Temi) Oyekoya (Woonsocket, RI) leaped 10.25m, in the long jump Semedo leaped 5.29m and Sherilyn Nicholas (Taunton, MA) jumped 4.78m the 4x400m team of Nicholas, Lanctot, Procter, and Pollak ran in 4:43.95, in the 200m Nicholas ran 1:00.35, and in the 800m Rachael Procter (East Providence, RI) ran 2:38.60.

Complete List of CCRI Women Finishers: 400mH -5^th Oyekoya 1:21.59, 4x400-3^rd, Nicholas, Lanctot, and Pollak, and Procter 4:43.95, high jump-3^rd Nicholas 5-00, 6^th Oyekoya 4-08, LJ-1^st Semedo 5.29, 6^th Nicholas 4.78,TJ-1^st Semedo 10.45m, 2^nd Oyekoya 10.25m, 200m-4^th Nicholas 27.94, 400m-1^st Nicholas 1:00.35,800m, 3^rd Procter 2:38.60, 9^th Lanctot 2:54.42, 11^th Pollak 2:58.97, 1500m- 3^rd Procter 5:23.43, 6^th Lanctot 5:46.67, 7^th Pollak 6:21.60

100m hurdles-1^st Oyekoya 16.02, and 2^nd Semedo 16.08.

Complete List of CCRI Men Finishers: Discus—1^st Kao 39.59m, Hammer 1^st Kao 45.50m

Javelin 6^th Obenhaus 43.16, 100m 2^nd Delude 11.18—5^th Saucier 11.65, 200m—3^rd Delude 23.05—8^th White 24.04—10^th Saucier 24.19—15^th Lopardo 25.54, 400m 4^th White 51.63

800m—2^nd Stewart 2:04.43—5^th Hannon 2:05.91-7^th McMillian 2:08.23-9thFarrell2:18.06-11^th Saucedo 2:21.61-12^th Guenard 2:25.12, 1500m—3^rd Farrell 4:22.12-4^th Galvin 4:23.08-7^th Guenard 4:28.56, 4x400m—Stewart, Hannon, Galvin, and White 3:35.72, Shot –5^th Kao 12.51m

TJ—6^th Lopardo 11.66m, LJ 5^th Munir 6.29m-11^th Lopardo 5.71m, HJ-4^th Lopardo 1.82m-5^th Munir 1.82m

Knights split doubleheader with Region XXI rival Dean 7-6 and 5-4

Ashley Vachon (West Warwick, RI) pitched a very good game though she got the loss. Over six innings she allowed just four earned runs while striking out four. Offensively the Knights were led by Heather Lynch (Warwick, RI) who was 2-3 with a triple and a double, two RBI and a run scored, Alyse Fram (Lincoln, RI) was also 2-3 with two singles with two RBI. Co-Captain Jenna Peters (Lincoln, RI) went 2-4 with two singles an RBI and a run scored and Kara Serapiglia (Johnston, RI) was 2-4 with two singles and a run scored.

Dean got on the scoreboard first with two runs in the second CCRI answered with three runs in the fourth and three runs in the sixth. After a twenty minute rain delay Dean rallied for two in the sixth and three in the bottom of the seventh to earn the victory. This was a great game but tough loss for the Knights who fall to 8-5 for the season.

Amy Lemmon (North Attleboro, MA) pitched an excellent game allowing just two earned runs over seven innings striking out five to earn her third victory of the season. Offensively the Knights were led by Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) who was 2-3 with a triple and a single with an RBI and a run scored and Christina Campopiano (Johnston, RI) who was 2-4 with a triple and a double. Kara Serapiglia (Johnston, RI) was 2-4 with a double, a single with an RBI and a run scored, Nicole Brierley (Lincoln, RI) went 2-2 with two singles an RBI and a run scored, and Co-captain Jenna Peters (Lincoln, RI) added an RBI double with a run scored.

Another great game that started with both teams scoring one run each in the first inning, both teams remained silent in the second third and fourth and each scored one more in the fifth. The Knights put together five hits in the top of the sixth to score three runs. Jasmine Bonanca led off the inning with a single and was batted on a single from Heather Lynch, Lynch later scored on a double from Jenna Peters and the inning was capped off by Nicole Brierley singling home Jenna Peters giving the Knights a 5-2 lead. Dean answered back in the bottom of the sixth with two runs making the score 5-4 in the seventh. In the top of the seventh the Knights got two hits but some great defense from Dean prevented the Knights from scoring an insurance run as Christina Campopiano tripled with Alyse Fram on first but Fram was cut down at the plate on an excellent relay throw from centerfield to shortstop Amy Grail to catcher Tiffany Integlia. Dean was able to get runners on first and third in the bottom of the seventh with two outs but could not tie the game as Amy Lemmon struck out Kathleen Bruce looking to preserve the victory. With the win the knights improve their record to 9-5 on the season and 3-1 in Region XXI.

The Knights next games will be Tuesday April 18^th versus Massasoit CC at their home field Winslow Park in Warwick. The Knights have also re-scheduled two doubleheaders Tuesday April 25^th at 3:00 versus Springfield College JV and Thursday April 27^th at 4:00pm versus Holyoke CC.

Marvin Owens (Bridgeport, CT) was voted First Team NJCAA Division II men’s basketball All-American, adding yet another accomplishment to his impressive resume. Owens was earlier voted First Team All-Region XXI.

CCRI Sophomore forward Marvin Owens had a year to remember. Owens was the nation’s leading scorer in NJCAA Division II, averaging 27.4 points per game for the #15 ranked CCRI Knights men’s basketball team. Owens became CCRI all-time scoring leader with his 22 points in the District Semi-final loss to Lackawanna College Saturday March 11^th, giving him a career total of 1,407 points. Owens now owns both the single season scoring mark with 794 points in a season in the Region XXI championship game versus Massasoit CC March 4^th. Owens is the only player in CCRI history to eclipse the 1,400 point mark with 1,407 points.

In his freshman year Owens was selected All-Region XXI after averaging 19.8 points per game in the regular season and to the All-Tournament team at the NJCAA Division II basketball Nationals in Danville Illinois where he averaged 19 points and 6.5 rebounds per game against Defending National Champion Cuyahoga CC and Lincoln College.

During the Knights Florida Road Trip Owens became the 10^th player in CCRI history to score 1,000 points in his career, he did it at the 9:00 mark versus Broward CC Thursday January 5^th.

Owens is a complete player not only scoring 27.4 points per game but adding 8 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.75 steals per game while guarding the best player on opposing teams. Owens truly leads the Knights on both ends of the court. Every time the Knights need a big play Owens is the man they turn to.

Off the court Owens is a polite a jovial young man who acts as leader to his teammates. Marvin always encourages teammates to do the right thing both on and off the court. Academically Owens has come a long way his improved study habits will help him succeed at the Division I College level.

Owens hopes to continue his college career at a Division I College playing basketball which is almost a certainty. Owens has played against top Division I talent and has showed he belongs, even scoring 42 versus Broward College in Florida and 41 versus Globe Institute in February. Northwood College (current home of legendary former Villanova Coach Rollie Massimino), St. Bonaventure, Fordham, and University of Louisiana-Monroe have already shown an interest in Marvin at the next level.

Knights wallop Warriors in doubleheader 14-1 and 9-0 to improve to 8-4

The CCRI Knights women’s fast-pitch softball team beat the Warriors of Massasoit CC 14-1 in the first game and 9-0 in the second game of their doubleheader on Tuesday. With the two victories the Knights improve their record to 8-4 on the season and 2-0 in Region XXI.

Sophomore Co-Captain Jen Dupont (Lincoln, RI) was dominant on the mound pitching five innings allowing just one unearned run and scattering five hits while striking out 12 Massasoit batters to earn her fourth victory of the year. Offensively the Knights were led by Christina Campopiano (Johnston, RI) who went 4-4 with two singles, a double and a triple, with three RBI and three runs scored as well as making a few unbelievable stops at the hot corner. Heather Lynch (Warwick, RI) was also hot going 3-3 with two singles and a two-run homerun with three RBI and three runs scored. Also contributing three hits was Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) with three singles, three RBI and three runs scored, Amber Cerreto (Hope, RI) added two hits and an RBI, and Kara Serapiglia (Johnston, RI) added two hits and two runs scored. With the win the Knights record improves to 7-4 on the season.

Amy Lemmon (North Attleboro, MA) had her best outing of the season pitching five shutout innings allowing just four hits, walking one and striking out four to earn her second victory of the season. Offensively the Knights were led by Sophomore Co-Captain Jenna Peters (Lincoln, RI) who went two for two with a triple and a homerun, two RBI and three runs scored and Missy Keeley (West Warwick, RI) was also two for two with a triple and a homerun with two RBI and two runs scored. Heather Lynch (Warwick, RI) added her second homerun of the day going one for two with two RBI and two runs scored. Mallery Andreozzi (East Providence, RI) added two hits and two RBI. Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) and Nicole Brierley (Lincoln, RI) added two hits each. With the win the Knight improve their record to 8-4 on the season

The game was relatively close at 4-0 in the top of the fifth until Christina Campopiano started a one out rally with a base hit she was driven home on a ridiculous two-run home run by Heather Lynch . Jenna Peters followed with another homerun to left field just short of where Lynch hit hers then Missy Keeley made it back-to-back-to-back homeruns with a homerun that landed about five feet to left of where Peters hit hers. Mallery Andreozzi later knocked in Nicole Brierley making it 9-0. Amy Lemmon retired the side in the fifth allowing just one base runner to secure the victory.

The Knights play a doubleheader this Thursday at Region XXI rival Dean College at 3:00pm

Go Knights!!!.

Nicholas, Oyekoya and Guenard lead CCRI at Bryant University Invitational

Sherilyn Nicholas (Taunton MA) won the 400m run in a time of 1:01.99 to qualify for the Nationals in yet another event. Nicholas had already qualified for nationals in the 800m and high jump earlier in the year. Mary (Temi) Oyekoya (Woonsocket, RI) leaped 4’10" in the high jump to qualify for Nationals. Ron Guenard (Cumberland, RI) qualified in the 5000m with a 4^th place finish in a time of 16:08.66. The CCRI men’s 4x100m team of Jaimaal Munir (Warwick, RI), Anthony Saucier (Coventry, RI), Kevin White (Swansea, MA) and David Delude (South Kingstown, RI) qualified for Nationals in a time of 45.73 seconds. Elisa Semedo (Portugal) qualified in the 100m hurdles in a time of 16.28 seconds and in the triple jump with a leap of 31’-08.75".

Full CCRI Women placements:

100m: 8^th Oyekoya 13.87

200m: 7^th Nicholas 28.77

400m: 1^st Nicholas 1:01.99

800m: 17^th Procter 2:43.16, 29^th Lanctot 2:58.7, 32^nd Pollak 3:06.95

1500m: 20^th Procter 5:43.78, 28^th Lanctot 5:56.25, 37^th Pollak 6:21.89

100m Hurdles: 2^nd Oyekoya 16.24, 3^rd Semedo 16.28

High Jump: 2^nd Nicholas 5-00.00, 3^rd Oyekoya 4-10-00

Triple Jump: 4^th Semedo 31-08.75

Discus: 2^nd Peter 96-06

Javelin: 24^th Peter 69-03

Full CCRI Men Placements:

100m: 3^rd Delude 11.41, 5^th Saucier 11.86

200m: 3^rd Stewart 24.95

400m: 8^th Stewart 53.19, 11^th White 53.93

5000m: 4^th Guenard 16:08.66, 14^th Farrell 17:12.53

4x100m: 7^th Munir, Saucier, White and Delude 45.73

High Jump: 3^rd Munir 5-08, 5^th Lopardo 5-08

Shot: 2^nd Kao 38-10.50

Discus: 4^th Kao 121-11

Hammer: 8^th Kao 137-05, 9^th Dolan 131-05

Javelin: 13^th Obenhaus 125-10

Knights take it to Region XXI rival DEAN 10-2 in eight innings

CCRI 10 Dean 2

Frank Mazza (North Kingstown, RI) had a stellar performance pitching against rival Dean College. Mazza had eight strikeouts and two earned runs in seven innings of work. In his first five innings, Mazza did not allow a run. He was later relieved by freshman Michael Shukerow (Milford, CT) who pitched a solid scoreless inning, while striking out one. The Knights had fine offensive games from freshman tandem of Kyle Johnson (North Kingstown, RI) and Matt Ranaudo (Milford, CT). Johnson went 2-5 with a double and a homerun and Ranaudo also went 2-5 with two RBI and two stolen bases. Sophomore Co-Captain Brett Thornton (Coventry, RI) made some noise on the base paths with two stolen bases and two runs scored.

The team chalked up their first runs in the third inning with two outs, Matt Ranaudo slapped a single to center with the bases loaded that drove in Thornton and Jacob Sullivan. In the fourth, the boys of spring put three more runs on the board highlighted with Sullivan’s bases loaded singled scoring two (Boyajian, Thornton). The Knights put the game out of hand when Jang Won-Lee (Toronto, Ontario) drove in two in the fifth with an infield single to put them up eight to zero. Kyle Johnson ended the game in the eighth with a moon-ball homerun.

Eleven CCRI Track & field team members become National qualifiers at the first meet of the year which qualifies them for the Division III NJCAA Outdoor Track & Field Nationals on Saturday at the RIC Invitational which was their first meet of the season.

On the women’s side Mary (Temi) Oyekoya (Woonsocket, RI) qualified in the 200m with a time of 27.60 seconds and in the 100m hurdles with a time of 16.0 seconds and Rachael Proctor qualified in the 1,500m with a time of 5:28.80. In addition, the Women’s 4x800m relay team of Proctor, Kristina Lanctot (Lincoln, RI), Lani Pollack (Deland, FL), and Sherilyn Nicholas (Taunton, MA) qualified with a time of 11:33.40, Nicholas also qualified in the high jump with a leap of 1.53m and the 800m with a time of 2:30.10, and Alison Peter (Middletown, RI) qualified in the discus with a throw of 28.70m and Javelin with a throw of 26.21m.

On the men’s side Bryan Galvin (Seekonk, MA) qualified in the 1,500m with a time of 4:16.20. Sarean Kao (Cranston, RI) qualified in the discus with a throw of 38.11m and in the hammer with a throw of 44.27m. Mike Dolan (South Kingstown, RI) also qualified in the hammer with a throw of 44.49m. Ron Guenard (Cumberland, RI) qualified in the 10,000m with a time of 34:57.40, and Jaimaal Munir (Warwick, RI) qualified in the high jump with a leap of 1.83m.

This was an excellent day for the CCRI Outdoor Track & field team as they put forth great times and distances to qualify for Nationals. In addition, the times recorded were hand-timed so the officials automatically add on .24 seconds which makes the qualifying times even more impressive.

The Knights next meet will be this Saturday the 8^th at the Bryant University Invitational.

Go Knights!!!

Knights sweep Dutchess CC 2-1 and 4-1 to improve to 6-4 on the season

Jen Dupont (Lincoln, RI) pitched a great game allowing one unearned run on four hits over seven innings while striking out four she was relived in the eighth inning by Amy Lemmon (North Attleboro, MA) who pitched one inning to earn her first victory of the year. Offensively the Knights were led by Mallery Andreozzi (East Providence, RI) who had two of CCRI’s three hits and the game winning RBI and Christina Campopiano (Johnston, RI) also contributed a hit.

The Knights got on the score board first after Co-Captain Jenna Peters (Lincoln, RI) drew a walk, stole second and advanced to third on a bad throw from the catcher putting her on third base. From there Nicole Brierley (Lincoln, RI) sacrificed her home giving the Knights the 1-0 lead. Dutchess answered back in the top of the sixth with an unearned run. Neither team scored in the seventh setting up the championship tie-breaker rule wherein a runner starts on second base to being each extra inning. CCRI pitcher Amy Lemmon was helped by some great fielding by Christina Campopiano who cut down the go ahead run at the plate preserving the tie score. To start the eighth inning Kara Serapiglia (Johnston, RI) started on second base with the Championship tie-breaker rule, Mallery Andreozzi laid down a perfect bunt single and Serapiglia scored easily after a bad throw by Dutchess, giving the Knights the 2-1 victory. With the win the Knights record improves to 5-4 on the season.

Ashley Vachon (West Warwick, RI) pitched an excellent game allowing just one unearned run on four hits while striking out two over seven innings to earn her second victory of the year. Offensively the Knights were led by Christina Campopiano (Johnston, RI) who had a double and RBI and a run scored, Jasmine Bonanca (Swansea, MA) who had a hit with an RBI, and Nicole Brierley (Lincoln, RI) added a hit and an RBI.

The Knights got on the scoreboard first again as Jasmine Bonanca drove-in Kara Seripiglia in the bottom of the first inning. The Knights erupted for three runs in the fourth highlighted by an RBI double by Christina Campopiano that scored Heather Lynch (Warwick, RI) the eventual winning run. With the win the Knights record improves to 6-4 on the season.