Completed Event: Softball at Boston University on April 8, 2026 , Loss , 7, to, 8
Softball
at Boston University
Final
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Providence College Athletics
Sunday, March 8
Fresno, Calif.
1:00 PM
Providence College
4
vs
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Northern Illinois
Softball Defeated By Northern Illinois, 5-4
3/8/2009 12:00:00 AM | Softball
March 8, 2009
FRESNO, Calif. - The Providence College softball team was defeated by Northern Illinois, 5-4, in the final game of Bayer CropScience Classic Sunday afternoon in Fresno, Calif.
The Friars (3-10) took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when sophomore Justine Stratton (Bakersfield, Mass.) hit a triple to drive in junior Jenna Garcia (Morro Bay, Calif.) who reached on a fielder's choice and stole second base. However, in the fourth inning, the Huskies (3-9) scored four times to take a 4-1 lead. Katie Colby capped off the inning with a bases-loaded double to drive in three runs.
The Friars pulled to within 4-3 in the fifth inning when senior Mary Rose Sheehy (Woodbridge, Conn.) hit a double to drive in two runs. The Huskies added another run in the seventh inning to increase their lead to 5-3. Providence rallied in the bottom half of the inning cut the lead to 5-4 on an RBI groundout by Stratton. PC had the bases loaded but was not able to score the equalizer.
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