{"id":6692,"date":"2015-05-11T12:18:12","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T16:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/softball-team-headed-to-nationals-in-rochester-mn\/"},"modified":"2015-05-11T12:18:12","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T16:18:12","slug":"softball-team-headed-to-nationals-in-rochester-mn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/softball-team-headed-to-nationals-in-rochester-mn\/","title":{"rendered":"Softball team headed to Nationals in Rochester, MN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/SOFTBALL1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-57096\" src=\"http:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/SOFTBALL1-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Following a 19-3 season and winning the Region 3 B Championship on Saturday, the Hudson Valley Community College Vikings softball team is on its way to Rochester, Minnesota for the <a href=\"http:\/\/njcaa.org\/sports_nationalChampionship.cfm?category=National%20Championship&amp;sid=29&amp;divid=3&amp;slid=14\" target=\"_blank\">NJCAA National Tournament<\/a>, which begins on Thursday, May 14.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is only the second time in school history that the softball team has made Nationals.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Team members are<\/strong>:<br \/>\nEmily Aubin (Waterford-Halfmoon\/Waterford)<br \/>\nJayda Bryant-Bonarrigo (Albany\/Albany)<br \/>\nShelby Fenton (Catholic Central\/Troy)<br \/>\nAllison Ford (Mechanicville\/Mechanicville)<br \/>\nHannah Hoffman (Averill Park\/Wynantskill)<br \/>\nShannon Johnson (Averill Park\/Wynantskill)<br \/>\nRebekah Johnson (Amsterdam\/Amsterdam)<br \/>\nMercedes Martell (Coxsackie-Athens\/Coxsackie)<br \/>\nCourtney McDonnell (Shenendehowa\/Clifton Park)<br \/>\nHannah Mochrie (Colonie\/Colonie)<br \/>\nMichaela Pickett (Albany\/Albany)<br \/>\nJackie Rossi (Shaker\/Latham)<br \/>\nCourtney Schlosser (Shaker\/Latham)<br \/>\nBrittany Ubrich (Mechanicville\/Mechanicville)<br \/>\nKristen Vooris (Columbia\/East Greenbush)<br \/>\nBrittany Wilson (Ichabod Crane\/Kinderhook)<\/p>\n<p>Head coach is Christopher Mazzeo, and Richard Andrews<br \/>\nand Kayla Kuilema are assistant coaches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rossi, Mochrie, and Ford all made the All-Tournament Team, with Ford being named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. It was also announced that McDonnell, Shelby Fenton (Catholic Central\/Troy), Mochrie, and Ford were named Second-Team All-Region.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The team defeated Genesee Community College (25-11) 16-5 in the final game of the Region 3 B Championship on Saturday. The Vikings split with Genesee on Friday winning game one 2-1 and then lost 8-7 in game two.<\/p>\n<p>The Vikings fell behind 3-2 in the first inning of the final game, but a five-run third gave them a 7-3 lead en route to the 16-5 victory. Courtney McDonnell (Shenendehowa\/Clifton Park) led the Vikings with a triple, double, and three RBIs. Allison Ford (Mechanicville\/Mechanicville), Hannah Hoffman (Averill Park\/Wynantskill), and Brittany Ubrich (Mechanicville\/Mechanicville) each added two hits, while Ford picked up the win on the mound.<\/p>\n<p>In game one on Friday, Ford pitched nine dominating innings, allowing only one run which was unearned. It wasn\u2019t until the top of the ninth when Hannah Mochrie (Colonie\/Colonie) hit her eighth homerun of the season to break the 1-1 tie, giving the Vikings a 1-0 series lead.<\/p>\n<p>The Vikings turned around and gave up a 6-0 lead in game two. Hudson Valley trailed 8-6 in the seventh and scored early to put them within one, but they stranded a runner on third to end the game. Jackie Rossi (Shaker\/Latham) led the team with three hits in the loss.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/SOFTBALL_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-57111 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/SOFTBALL_2-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Mon, 11 May 2015 12:18:12 +0000 by\u00a0j.hoyt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Following a 19-3 season and winning the Region 3 B Championship on Saturday, the Hudson Valley Community College Vikings&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accolades"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}