Cancelled Event: Softball versus Tarleton State
Softball
vs Tarleton State
Cancelled
Providence College Athletics
Friday, May 9
Villanova, Pa.
8:30 PM
Providence College
25-30
10
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St. John's
39-17-1
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Providence
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Sixth-Seeded Providence Upsets No. 1-Seed St. John’s
5/9/2025 11:53:00 PM | Softball
VILLANOVA, Pa. – The sixth-seeded Providence College softball team upset top-seeded St. John's, 10-0, in a five-inning mercy rule decision in an Elimination Game in BIG EAST Softball Championship on Friday, May 9 at the Villanova Softball Complex in Villanova, Pa.
GAME RECAP
- The Friars kicked off the night's scoring in the first. Rachael Petrarca (Tampa, Fla.) reached on a fielding error to score Elisa Smith (Glen Allen, Va.) and Emma Eichten (Alamo, Calif.) fouled out to right field; Cameron Dunn (Bothell, Wash.) crossed the plate.
- The Friars ignited a six-run scoring drive in the second. Sofia Peterson (Bordentown, N.J.) launched a solo home run to start. Smith added an RBI triple and Rachael Petrarca (Tampa, Fla.) reached on a fielder's choice. Hanna Aldrich (Taunton, Mass.) capped off the inning with a three-run triple.
- PC continued to mount the scoring with two additional runs in the third highlighted by an RBI single by Emma Douma (Midland Park, N.J.).
- The Friars held the Johnnies scoreless across the next two innings to clinch a 10-0 win in five.
- Sophomore pitcher Alyssa Twomey (Warwick, R.I.) tossed a complete game for Providence. She held the Red Storm to only six hits.
- The Friars have now shut out two opponents this postseason, earning a 7-0 victory over no. 6-seed Butler on May 8.
- Elisa Smith recorded two hits, two RBI and one RBI and two runs scored. With her two hits tonight, she moves into second place all-time for a Friar in single-season hits (66). Smith is now fourth all-time in runs scored in a single-season (41).
The No. 6-seeded Friars will make their first BIG EAST Semifinal appearance since 1994; where they went on to win their lone Championship title. Providence will take-on fourth-seeded Creighton at 1:30 p.m. on BEDN.
-GO FRIARS-
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Twomey, Alyssa (6-13)
L: Francia, Loreley (19-7)
Base Running:
SB: Konopka, Madison 1
HBP: Serafinko, Ana 1
Batting:
3B: Smith, Elisa 1 ; Aldrich, Hanna 1
HR: Peterson, Sofia 1
RBI: Smith, Elisa 1 ; Dunn, Cameron 1 ; Douma, Emma 1 ; Petrarca, Rachael 1 ; Eichten, Emma 1 ; Aldrich, Hanna 3 ; Peterson, Sofia 1
SH: Smith, Elisa 1
SF: Dunn, Cameron 1 ; Eichten, Emma 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Lee, Gabriella 1 ; Smith, Elisa 2 ; Dunn, Cameron 1 ; Douma, Emma 1 ; Petrarca, Rachael 1 ; Eichten, Emma 1 ; Peterson, Sofia 1 ; Sebastian, Gabriella 2
SB: Dunn, Cameron 1
HBP: Douma, Emma 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
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2
RBI
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2
RBI
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3
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RBI
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AB
1
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H
1
RBI
1
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