Thomas softball falls in playoffs, face elimination Saturday

May 12, 2017

The Thomas College Terriers softball team made school history on Friday when they faced off with Williams College at the Ephs home field in a first round NCAA Division III regional game.

Thomas, competing in their first ever regional, got a first inning RBI double from Sydney Lebourbeau, and another RBI in the fourth from Kayla Bess to take a 2-0 lead over the highly ranked Ephs.

But Williams College used a six run bottom of the fifth to take the 6-2 victory, highlighted by a solo homer by Rebecca Duncan and a two run homer by Jessica Kim.

Thomas drops to 14-22. They will face RPI in an elimination game Saturday at 11 a.m. Williams is 32-10 and will begin the day with a winners bracket game against Staten Island College at 9 a.m.