BEVERLY, Mass. — The University of New England advanced to the Commonwealth Coast Conference softball championship game by earning a 6-2 win Friday against top-seeded Endicott in a winners’ bracket showdown.
After surrendering a run in the bottom of the first, UNE (26-14) answered with two runs in the second on an RBI single by Alexis Kapsambelis and a throwing error. The Nor’easters added three runs in the third, and Syndee Bessler made the lead stand up, limiting Endicott (29-5) to six hits, striking out four and walking two.
Avery Alberghini went 3 for 4 and Sarah Lachapelle had a single and a double for UNE, which will play either Endicott or Salve Regina on Saturday. UNE will have two chances to win one game for the conference title.
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