Roger Williams Ends Softball’s Season in CCC Tournament

BEVERLY, Mass. – The sixth seeded Suffolk softball team was eliminated from the 2024 Commonwealth Coast Conference Tournament by fifth seed Roger Williams Thursday morning as Raegan Germano twirled a two-hit gem to blank the Rams, 7-0, at the Softball Park on the campus of Endicott College.   

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 0 | Roger Williams 7
RECORDS: Suffolk (19-24) | Roger Williams (20-16)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
A huge, five-run second stanza gave Roger Williams the upper hand early on.  

The Hawks added to their advantage in the fourth and Suffolk found itself chasing seven. 

Suffolk's offense had a change to sneak on the board in the top of the seventh as the Rams filled the bags on a walk, single and a Hawks fielding mishap. Germano got out of the jam and kept a zero on Suffolk's side of the board as Diana Rucinski popped up to short for the final out of the blue-and-gold's season.  

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Cynthia Rucinski took the loss after giving up five runs on five hits and one walk with one strikeout in 1.2 innings of work. 
• Lily Newhall allowed two runs on nine hits with a pair of punchouts in 4.1 frames of relief. 
• Germano compiled a two-hit, one-walk and two-strikeout, complete-game shutout. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Jolie Quintana and Julia Mills were responsible for Suffolk's only hits with one each. 
• Delaney Doidge drew one walk.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk is in the midst of its third straight trip to the CCC Tournament. 
• The Rams are competing in the CCC postseason as the sixth seed for the first time. 
• The Rams are 1-2 in the Megan Cook era in the CCC Tournament. 
• Overall, Suffolk is 1-6 in the CCC postseason. 
• The Rams are 1-3 when playing in a league tournament as the sixth seed and 1-2 in the CC Tournament as the sixth seed. 
• Suffolk met Roger Williams in the CCC postseason for the second time, first since an elimination game in 2022. 
• The Rams bested the Hawks in the CCC Tournament for the first time.