Rivier 0   Emerson 4
Rivier 0   Emerson 9
 
Riv could not have picked a worse time to play their sloppiest 2 games of the season. Mental mistakes on top of physical errors proved too much for the Raiders to overcome against the best team in the conference. The Lions pounced early as they scored a single run in the 1st inning off an error, a hit, a walk and a hit batter. Three more errors as well as failed base coverage in the 3rd inning led to 2 more Emerson runs. Senior Ann Marie Day as well as juniors Monica White, Jillian Robar and Brenna Campbell were the only Riv players to get hits. On the mound, White yielded 9 hits while striking out a season-low 4 batters. Senior Jenna Beadle continues to prove why she is one of the best catchers in the GNAC as she threw out yet another baserunner. On the season, Beadle has thrown out 6 of the 10 runners attempting to swipe a freebie. Both the amount of runners caught stealing and the limited amount trying to steal are conference-bests for this senior.
 
The Raiders played well in the first couple of innings in Game 2 but again lost their focus and had untimely errors and mental mistakes. The 3rd inning is when things began to unravel for Riv. Three hits, a walk and 2 Riv errors allowed 3 Lion runs to cross homeplate. Emerson kept their foot on the gas pedal as they tagged the Raiders for 3 more runs on 5 hits (including a 2-out; 3-run blast to left-centerfield) in the 4th. They mercied Riv with a 3-run; 3-hit 5th inning. Offensively, the Raiders went down in order in 4 of the 5 innings played with the only hits coming off the bats of Ann Marie Day and Jillian Robar. Junior Alexa Feener got banged around for 6 runs and 8 hits in 4 innings pitched.