Fairfield Ludlowe falls short in FCIAC softball final | Sports

FAIRFIELD ? Nicole Buch ?? th? unquestioned matter ?f th? Darien softball team. In Friday?s final diversion ?f th? FCIAC tournament, heading ?ff th? bottom ?f th? seventh w?th th? measure tied, Buch?s falling line expostulate set th? theatre f?r th? Blue Wave?s initial championship.

In ?n finale th?t m??? adult f?r ?n significance wh?t ?t lacked ?n dramatics, Buch tagged adult following a cocktail adult ?n tainted domain t? give second-seeded Darien a 4-3 win over Ludlowe.

?It?s ?n?r???b??,? ???? Buch, wh? w?nt 3-f?r-4, scored dual runs ?n? cackle ?n a serve t? acquire th? MVP award. ?Th? initial time life ?n th? FCIAC final. we theory th? initial time ?? th? charm. Th?? ?? unbelievable.?

Darien w?? given a unbending exam b? th? eighth-seeded Falcons (14-9), wh? competent f?r th? playoffs ?n a tiebreaker, th?n soon knocked ?ff dominant Westhill en track t? th??r initial coming ?n th? final. Th? outcome b?nt churned emotions f?r Ludlowe, wh??h hold a 10-8 corner ?n hits, counting 3 b? Maggie Lapolla ?n? dual any fr?m Jennifer Hsieh ?n? Emily Nelson.

?Nobody w?? meditative w? w?r? going t? b? here,? Fairfield Ludlowe manager Tony Samuelian ????. ?W? kept removing improved w?th ???r? game. B?t I?m disappointed. we saw ??m? tears ?n th??r eyes, ?n? th?t w?? th? initial time we saw tears ?n th??r eyes ??? year.?

Th? Blue Wave (20-3) h?? t? convene ?ft?r Ludlowe scored 3 times ?n th? third inning f?r a 3-2 lead. Th?? tied th? diversion ?n th? fifth ?n a double b? Courtney Bell, wh? f?n??h?? adult removing h?r third ?n? determining RBI ?n ?n radical manner.

Buch doubled t? ?t?rt th? seventh ?n a round th?t scarcely resulted ?n a shoestring strike b? left fielder Colleen Lambert, th?n w?nt t? third bottom ?n ?n erring send throw.

?I slid ?n? saw th? shade ?f th? round ?n? ?n fact m??? th? br??k f?r third,? Buch ????.

Th? same mindset took ????? moments later, ?ft?r Samuelian h?? pitcher Aliza Guerrero travel th? bases loaded. Bell popped th? round adult ?n tainted territory, several feet behind third base. Brenna Martini m??? th? bump, b?t h?r movement carried h?r backward. Buch came home t? set adult a demoniac celebration.

?I w?? ??rt??n?? going t? tab adult t? ?t ????t pull th? chuck until we saw h?r tumble down, ?n? th?n we m??? a br??k f?r ?t,? Buch ????.

Darien manager Nick DeMaio ???? h? w?? assured ?b??t th? outcome prior t? th? inning ?t?rt??.

?I felt ???????nt ?n th? seventh w?th h?r heading ?ff,? DeMaio ????. ?I don?t wish anyone ?n front ?f h?r.?

Winning pitcher Jessica DeMaio, wh??? n?t ?? pointy ?? 24 hours earlier, wh?n ?h? close out Stamford ?n th? semifinals, played a pivotal purpose b? twice pitching out ?f bases-loaded jams but permitting a r?n.

Aft?r Darien took a 1-0 lead ?n th? initial wh?n Buch led ?ff w?th a singular ?n? f?n??h?? adult scoring ?n a bottom strike b? Bell, th? Falcons attempted t? convene ?n inning later. Martini walked ?n? Meredith McGann ?n? Lapolla followed w?th back-t?-back singles. DeMaio prompted 3 h?n??t balls strike t? th? infield.

In th? seventh, w?th th? bases full ?n? one out, DeMaio came behind ?n? ??t ?n infield cocktail adult ?n? th? final ?f h?r 4 strikeouts.

?Sh? wasn?t ?? frail ?? ?h? w?? final night (Thursday night), b?t ?h? ?h?w?? heart b?????? ?h? didn?t h??? h?r best stuff,? Nick DeMaio ???? ?f h?? niece.

Dave Ruden ??n b? reached ?t dave.ruden@scni.com. Read h?? blog ?t http://blog.ctnews.com/overtime/ ?n? follow h?m ?n Twitter ?t @DaveRuden.

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Records: Fairfield Ludlowe 14-9; Darien 20-3. Batteries: FL?Aliza Guerrero (L) ?n? Elise Perazzini. D?Jessica DeMaio (W) ?n? Olivia Gozdz.

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