2025 NAC Softball Tournament: Day 2 Recap

2025 NAC Softball Tournament: Day 2 Recap

GAME 5: #4 UMaine-Farmington 14, #6 Vermont State University Lyndon
The Beavers delivered a dominant performance over Vermont State University Lyndon, securing a decisive 14–0 five-inning victory in Game 6 of the 2025 NAC Softball Tournament. With the win, UMaine-Farmington advanced to Game 8 of the tournament and improves to 16-17 for the season and 2-1 in the tournament.

Farmington racked up 17 hits and 11 RBIs, producing runs in every inning. Ruthless from the start, the Beavers scored three runs in the first inning, added eight more in the second, one in the third, and two in their final at-bat.

Lyndon struggled to find offensive rhythm, managing just three hits, and leaving three runners stranded. Farmington’s pitching duo of Mack Bergen and Lisa Truchin combined for five strikeouts and allowed zero earned runs. Bergen got the start, tossing three scoreless innings and striking out three. Truchin came in for two innings of relief, preserving the shutout and recording two strikeouts.

Offensively, the Beavers were led by Christa Allen, who had a perfect 4-for-4 day at the plate with an RBI and a run scored. Melissa Mayo went 2-for-3 with two RBI doubles and scored twice. Abby Wrinn collected three hits and scored four runs, while Maddie Pike and Stephanie Morse each went 2-for-4. Every part of the Beavers' lineup contributed to the win.

UMaine-Farmington Leaders:
  • Christa Allen: 4-for-4, 1 RBI
  • Abby Wrinn: 3-for-4, 4 runs, 1 double
  • Melissa Mayo: 2-for-3, 2 doubles, 2 RBIs, 1 SB
  • Stephanie Morse: 2-for-4, 2 RBIs
  • Olivia Paradis: 2-for-3, 2 RBIs
  • Mack Bergen (W): 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 K, 0 BB
  • Lisa Truchin: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 K, 1 BB
Vermont State University Lyndon Leaders:
  • Claudia Knapp: 1-for-2, 1 double
  • Shyanne Glencross: 1-for-2
  • Kazandra Gonzalez: 1-for-1
  • Emily Anderson (L): 1.1 IP, 10 H, 7 ER
  • Riley McNamara: 2.2 IP, 7 H, 3 ER
 
GAME 6: #2 SUNY Cobleskill 10, #5 SUNY Delhi 6
SUNY Cobleskill continued its run in the NAC Softball Tournament with a 10–6 victory over SUNY Delhi, improving to a 20-11-1 overall record. With the win, the Fighting Tigers advanced to Game 7 of the tournament to face off against #4 UMaine-Farmington.

Cobleskill got off to a strong start, with the Wendelken sisters each driving in a run on extra-base hits. Mackenzie Wendelken hit an RBI double, scoring Jenna Smyczynski, who had singled to right field. Moments later, Gabriella Wendelken delivered an RBI triple to bring in Mackenzie. Gabriella later scored on a Delhi throwing error, ending the first inning with a 3–0 lead.

SUNY Delhi got on the board in the top of the second, as Danielle Seymour reached on a Cobleskill error, advanced to third, and scored on a sacrifice bunt by Angelina Dickel. After two scoreless innings, Delhi capitalized on Cobleskill's defensive mistakes again, scoring two unearned runs in the fourth to tie the game at 3–3. Cobleskill responded in the bottom half with three runs on three hits, reclaiming a 6–3 lead.

Delhi continued to fight, adding three more runs in the fifth inning to even the score again at 6–6. However, their comeback was cut short, as Cobleskill scored four runs across the fifth and sixth innings, aided by Delhi’s five defensive errors, to close out the game 10–6.

Gabriella Wendelken earned the win, pitching a complete game. She allowed three earned runs on six hits, walked five, and struck out one over seven innings.

SUNY Cobleskill Leaders:

  • Hannan Dean: 2-for-3, 2 runs, 2B, 1 RBI
  • Gabriella Wendelken (W): 1-for-3, 3B, 2 R, 1 RBI; 7.0 IP, 3 ER, 6 H, 5 BB, 1 K
  • Mackenzie Wendelken: 1-for-3, 2B, 1 RBI
  • Avery Prievo: 1-for-4, 2B, 1 RBI
  • Kylie Rattigan: 1-for-4, 1 RBI
  • Jenna Smyczynski: 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 SB

SUNY Delhi Leaders:

  • Stephanie Huckabee: 2-for-2, 2 SB, 1 R
  • Jaden Taylor: 1-for-4, 2B , 2 R
  • Hannah Caughey: 1-for-3, 1 RBI
  • Angelina Dickel: 0-for-1, 2 RBIs (on sacrifice bunts)
GAME 7: #1 Husson University 10, #3 Thomas College 1
Top-seeded Husson University remains perfect heading into the final day of the 2025 NAC Softball Tournament after a 10–1, six-inning victory over Thomas College on Saturday. The Eagles now advance to the championship game on Sunday, May 11, 2025, where they look to secure their fifth consecutive NAC title.
After two scoreless innings, Husson broke through in the top of the third with five runs on seven hits. Bulla McCabe doubled to plate Lydia Rice and Camryn King and later scored on a Julia Gregoire base hit to right field. Tori Exel capped the inning scoring with a two-run single.
Husson tacked on another run in the fourth when King doubled to left field, advanced to third on Kiara McLeod’s sacrifice bunt, and scored on McCabe’s sacrifice fly to center. Thomas scored its only run in the bottom half of the inning. Carlie Jarvais reached on a single to third base, then Megan Oberholzer and Mackenzie Toner helped advance her before Teresa McLinden drove her in with an RBI single to center, making it 6–1.

After a scoreless fifth inning, Husson added four more runs in the sixth. McLeod, Gregoire, Lexi Volinsky, and Lydia Reed all contributed hits. All scored, except for Gregoire, who was pinch-run for by Morgan Curtis, who would eventually come around to score.

Thomas was unable to generate any additional offense in the bottom of the sixth, ending the game at 10–1. Sky Johnson continued her dominance in the circle for the Eagles, earning the complete-game win. She allowed just four hits, one earned run, no walks, and struck out five batters over six innings.

 Husson University Leaders:
  • Lexi Volinsky: 2-for-4, 4 RBIs, 2B, 1R
  • Bulla McCabe: 1-for-3, 3 RBIs, 2B, SF, 1 R
  • Camryn King: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B
  • Julia Gregoire: 2-for-4, 2 RBIs, 2B
  • Lydia Rice: 1-for-3, 1 R
  • Kiara McLeod: 2-for-2, 1 R, 2 SH
  • Morgan Tainter: 2-for-4, 1R, SB
  • Lydia Reed: 2-for-3, 1 RBI
  • Sky Johnson: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 5 K, 0 BB
 Thomas College Leaders:
  • Megan Oberholzer: 2-for-3
  • Carlie Jarvais: 1-for-3, 1 R
  • Teresa McLinden: 1-for-2, 1 RBI
 
GAME 8: #2 SUNY Cobleskill 18, #4 UMaine-Farmington 12
#2 SUNY Cobleskill (22-11-1) erased a 10-7 deficit with seven unanswered runs in the fifth and sixth innings to defeat #4 UMaine-Farmington (16-19), 18-12, in a NAC Softball Tournament elimination game Saturday at SUNY Oneonta.

With the win, SUNY Cobleskill advances to face #3 Thomas College in the final elimination game of the NAC Tournament at 5:00 PM. The winner will move on to face undefeated #1 Husson University in Sunday’s 1:00 PM championship. As the only unbeaten team left in the double-elimination tournament, Husson needs just one win to secure the title. Cobleskill or Thomas would need to defeat the Eagles twice—once Sunday and again in a winner-take-all final—to claim the NAC crown.

For UMaine-Farmington, the setback signals the end of  both the Beavers’ NAC tourney run and 2025 season.

The teams combined for 17 runs in the first two innings, with SUNY Cobleskill jumping out to a 7-3 lead on a two-run single by freshman Avery Prievo in the second. UMaine-Farmington answered with seven runs in the bottom half, capped by a three-run triple from sophomore Abby Wrinn, to take a 10-7 lead after two.

The teams traded runs in the third, and senior Kailee DiGiacco tied the game at 11-11 in the fourth with a two-run triple and a run scored on an error. In the bottom half, junior Maddie Pike doubled home sophomore Melissa Mayo to give UMF a brief 12-11 lead—its final run of the game.

Cobleskill reclaimed the lead with two in the fifth and sealed the win with a five-run sixth. Prievo delivered the go-ahead RBI single in the fifth and later added a three-run triple to finish off the 18-12 victory.

SUNY Cobleskill Leaders:
  • Kylie Rattigan: 4-for-5, 3 runs, 3 doubles, RBI
  • Kailee DiGiacco: 4-for-5, 2 runs, triple, 2 RBI
  • Avery Prievo: 3-for-4, triple, 7 RBI
  • Aliyah Neeser: 2-for-5, 2 runs, 3 RBI
  • Gabriella Wendelken (W): 5.0 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 3 SO / 1-for-4, 3 runs, RBI
UMaine-Farmington Leaders:
  • Maddie Pike: 3-for-5, run, double, RBI
  • Abby Wrinn: 2-for-5, triple, 3 RBI
  • Olivia Paradis: 2-for-3, run, 3 RBI
  • Christa Allen: 2-for-5, 3 runs, 2 RBI
  • Bella Miller: 2-for-3, run, RBI, 2 stolen bases
 
GAME 9: #2 SUNY Cobleskill, 8 #3 Thomas College, 7
#2 SUNY Cobleskill (23-11-1) fought back from a 7-1 deficit with seven unanswered runs, including three in the top of the seventh, to defeat #3 Thomas College (17-20), 8-7, and remain alive in the double-elimination 2025 NAC Softball Tournament on Saturday evening.

With the thrilling triumph, the Fighting Tigers move on to face undefeated #1 Husson University in Sunday’s 1:00 PM championship. As the only unbeaten team left in the double-elimination tournament, Husson needs just one win to secure the title. Cobleskill would need to defeat the Eagles twice—once Sunday and again in a winner-take-all final—to claim the program's first NAC crown.

For Thomas, the loss signals the end of the 2025 campaign.

Trailing 7-5 with no outs in the top of the seventh, Aliyah Neeser doubled home Mackenzie and Gabrielle Wendelken to tie the game and later scored the go-ahead run with two outs when sophomore Madelynn Orosz lined a 2-2 pitch up the middle.
Orosz then closed out the victory in the circle, sitting down the Terriers 1-2-3 on three flyouts in the bottom of the seventh.

The Terriers held a 3-1 advantage after two innings but put a four-spot off four hits on the board in the bottom of the third, when Corinne Vasvary and Leah Knight delivered an RBI apiece and Abby Farone roped a two-run double to make it a 7-1 game.

SUNY Cobleskill methodically chipped away at the Terrier lead with two runs in the top of the fourth and a pair of runs on three hits in the top of the sixth, when Avery Prievo and Jenna Smyczynski posted RBI base hits to achieve a more manageable 7-5 deficit.

With Orosz – who faced one batter over the minimum over 4.2 innings – holding the Terriers in check, the Fighting Tigers proceeded to win the game in exciting fashion, as the Wendelken sisters singled and walked to set the stage for Neeser, who knotted the game at 7-7 with the aforementioned two-run double.
 
SUNY Cobleskill Leaders:
  • Aliyah Neeser: 3-for-4, 2 runs, 2 doubles, 2 RBI
  • Mackenzie Wendelken: 2-for-3, run, RBI
  • Jenna Smyczynski: 2-for-4, run, RBI, stolen base
  • Avery Prievo: 1-for-4, run, 2 RBI
  • Madelynn Orosz (W): 4.2 IP, 1 hit, BB, 0 runs / 1-for-2, RBI
Thomas Leaders:
  • Megan Oberholzer: 2-for-4, 2 runs, home run, RBI
  • Abby Farone: 1-for-3, double, 3 RBI
  • Leah Knight: 1-for-3, run, 2 RBI
  • Corinne Vasvary: 1-for-2, 2 runs, RBI
  • Addy Boyce (L): 7.0 IP, 6 ER, 9 hits, 6 BB, 7 strikeouts