Softball Starts CNE Tourney with RWU Wednesday

SUFFOLK vs. ROGER WILLIAMS
Date Time Venue Video Live Stats Series Last Meeting Last Suffolk Win Streak	Wednesday, May 7 1:00 PM Softball Complex Beverly, Mass. Stretch GoSuffolkRams.com 9-10 April 18, 2025, W, 2-1 Same Won 1

BOSTON – Suffolk softball's quest for the 2025 Conference of New England crown is set to get underway Wednesday, May 7 as the first round pits the fifth-seeded Rams against fourth seed Roger Williams. First pitch at Endicott's Softball Complex in Beverly, Massachusetts is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. 

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2025 CNE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT

Wednesday, May 8
Game 1: No. 6 Wentworth vs. No. 3 Western New England ^ - Live Stats | Live Video
Game 2: No. 5 Suffolk vs. No. 4 Roger Williams * - Live Stats | Live Video
Game 3: Winner of Game 1 at No. 2 Nichols – 30 minutes after game 10 – Live Stats | Live Video
Game 4: Winner of Game 2 at No. 1 Endicott – 30 minutes after game 10

Thursday, May 9 
Game 5: Loser of Game 2 vs. Loser of Game 3 !
Game 6: Loser of Game 4 vs. Loser of Game 1 ! 
Game 7: Winner of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 5 !
Game 8: Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4 #

Friday, May 10
Game 9: Loser of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 7
Game 10: Winner of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 9

Saturday, May 11
Game 11: Winner of Game 10 vs. Loser of Game 10 (if necessary) – 30 minutes after game 10

^ Nichols Softball – at Nichols – Dudley, Mass. | * Softball Complex – at Endicott – Beverly, Mass.
! Hosted by Highest Seed in Losing Bracket | # Hosted by Highest Seed in Winner's Bracket

MORE INFO: CNE Tournament Central | 2025 CNE Softball Tournament Bracket

SUFFOLK IN THE CNE TOURNAMENT

• Suffolk will straight its fourth straight trip to the CNE Tournament. 
• The Rams are competing in the CNE postseason as the fifth seed for the first time. 
• Overall, Suffolk is 1-6 in the CNE postseason. 
• The Rams are 0-3 when playing at Endicott's Softball Complex in the CNE postseason.
• The Rams are 1-4 in the Megan Cook era in the CNE Tournament. 
• There have been two shutouts for Suffolk in the CNE Tournament. 
• The Rams are 1-1 when a team is kept off the scoreboard in the CNE postseason. 
• Two CNE Tournament games for Suffolk have been decided via run-rule, both came in 2023. 
• Suffolk is 0-2 when a game is determined via mercy-rule.
• The Rams have needed extra time to decide a winner in the CNE Tournament once, the 2024 CNE First Round Game against Nichols. 
• Suffolk fell in its only extra-inning CNE Tournament contest, 7-6, in 10 innings to Nichols.  

SUFFOLK IN CONFEREENCE POSTSEASON ACTION

• The Rams will start their 24th trip to the postseason, fourth straight. 
• Suffolk owns one conference crown to its credit, the inaugural Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) title in 1996. 
• Suffolk is the fifth seed in a conference tournament for the second time in program history, first in its CNE tenure and first since 2014, when it played as the fifth seed in the GNAC Tournament. 
• The Rams are 2-2 as the fifth seed in a league's postseason play.
• The blue-and-gold has never hoisted a league banner when an automatic qualifier for the NCAA Tournament has been on the line.    

LAST TIME OUT
In a true twirler's dual, Suffolk softball came out on the wrong side of a 2-0 decision to Western New England in the nightcap of a Conference of New England doubleheader Saturday at Golden Bear Softball Park.  

MORE READING: Softball Shutout by WNE in Game 2, 2-0

RAMS RUNDOWN
Suffolk was swept by Western New England to end the regular-season 16-20 overall.  

Catherine Carignan has been the leader at the plate for the blue-and-gold with team-best numbers in hits (45) and runs scored (25) to go along with 16 RBI, good for second on the squad. Julia Mills, meanwhile, has brought in a team-high 20 runs on 39 hits and scored 17 times herself. Lily Gustafson (33 H, 11 RBI, 17 R), Lily Newhall (28 H, 14 RBI, 13 R) and Ava Brandow (29 H, 11 RBI, 13 R) have been consistent contributors to the offense as well.  

Newhall (102.0 IP, 50 K, 3.02 ERA) and Cynthia Rucinski (87.1 IP, 3.21 ERA, 49 K) are the one-two punch in the circle for the Rams. 

HAVE TO KNOW 'BOUT THE HAWKS
Roger Williams rides a two-game win streak into the postseason that put the team at 22-16 on the year.  

Shannon Starratt has produced 45 hits including nine doubles, three triples and five jacks, for 26 RBI and 26 runs scored. Her hits and RBI sit atop the team. Lucy Maurao (38 H, 11 RBI, 20 R), Hailey Williams (36 H, 15 RBI, 20 R) and Christina Denovellis (32 H, 24 RBI, 10 R) have all supplied 30-plus hits to RWU's scoring unit.  

In the circle, Keira Quadros (93.2 IP, 2.79 ERA, 82 K) and Raegen Germano (91.0 IP, 3.16 ERA, 104 K) are the go-to starters.  

WE MEET AGAIN
Suffolk and Roger Williams dueled in a double feature April 18. The Rams were blanked in game one, 4-0, before they captured the nightcap in walk-off fashion, 2-1.  

MORE READING: Softball Blanked by Roger Williams in Game 1, 4-0 | Softball Walks-Off Nightcap Against Roger Williams, 2-1

INSIDE THE SERIES

• Suffolk is 9-10 all-time against Roger Williams. 
• The Rams split the regular-season doubleheader with the Hawks this season. Suffolk was shutout in game one, 4-0, and walked off game two, 2-1. 
• There have been three shutouts in the series.
• Suffolk is 1-2 versus RWU when a team is kept of the scoreboard. 
• The first-ever time a team was kept off the scoreboard was Suffolk blanked the Hawks, 9-0, April 24, 2021 in five innings.
• Suffolk sports a 1-4 record versus RWU in the Megan Cook era. 
• Suffolk and RWU battled in the CCC postseason twice, both elimination contests, 2022 and 2024.
• The Rams have yet to defeat the Hawks in the postseason, 0-2.
• Both postseason bouts between Suffolk and RWU have taken place at Endicott's Softball Complex. 

STATS SHOWDOWN

WHAT'S NEXT?
The winner of Wednesday's first round action will take on top seed Endicott 30 minutes after the conclusion of the game, while the losing team awaits its opponent from the battle between third seed Western New England and sixth seed Wentworth. That elimination contest is set for Thursday, May 8.