Feehan can’t beat King Philip a 3rd time

In a see-saw battle, the King Philip softball team finally figured out Bishop Feehan when it counted the most.

No. 9 King Philip (18-6) dropped both regular season contests to the eighth-ranked Shamrocks, but squeaked out an 8-7 win in eight innings in a Division 1 South firstround contest yesterday in Attleboro.

Elise Pereira pitched 41⁄ innings of relief for the Warriors (18-6), allowing one inherited runner to score with the bases loaded in the fourth inning, and had an unearned run in the seventh which tied things 7-7.

“I was just trying to keep calm and hit my spots. I didn’t want anything too over the plate because they are such great hitters,” said the junior hurler. “We battled so hard. I’m so proud of my team, and you always have to be in the game because the ball always finds the person not in the game.”

After Pereira was able to get out of the bases loaded jam in the fourth, the Shamrocks loaded the bases again with two outs in the fifth.

Julia DaCosta, who already had a solo blast in the third inning, came to the plate looking to put things away — but Pereira forced a check-swing pop-up. Warriors catcher Brianna Lacy laid out head-first to make the highlight reel catch of the game to end the inning.

The Shamrocks (15-6) left 11 runners on base, but freshman leadoff hitter Jessica Levesque (4for-5, stolen base, run scored) hit a two-strike looping single with two outs in the seventh to send the game into extra innings.

Lacy scored the winning run in the top of the eighth. The junior was hit by a pitch and then moved to second on a one-out single by Sydney Phillips. Meghan Gorman (2-for-4, three runs scored) also was plunked by a pitch to load the bases. Lacy scored on an infield error on a ground ball by Hailey McCasland.

In other softball tourney action yesterday:

Julie MacMillan went 2-for2 with a home run and double, while Kylie Franks added a pair of hits and two runs scored as No. 15

Acton-Boxboro (12-9) defeated No. 18 Lincoln-Sudbury, 6-3, in a Div. 1 North preliminary contest. Lauren Meinhold scatted five hits in a complete game performance for the Colonials.

Holly Chin singled in the tying run and scored on a double by Kira Flegenheimer in the last of the sixth as No. 3 Newton North (18-3) rallied to defeat No. 14 Westford Academy, 4-3, in a Div. 1 North first-round contest.

In the Div. 1 South first round, sophomore Bryn Garczynski had three hits, including a triple and two RBI, as No. 10 Norwood (15-5) took down No. 7 Walpole, 13-10.

Kelly Nelson struck out 14 as No. 2 Norton (22-1) held off 15thseeded Case, 1-0, in the Div. 2 South first round.

Olivia Beauchesne drove in Kayle Hobbs with a walkoff single, giving No. 4 Whittier a 2-1 victory over 13th-seeded Essex

Tech in a Div. 3 North first-round contest. . . . Victoria DiCenso belted a pair of home runs and Mia Nowicki fired a no-hitter as No. 3

St. Mary’s (19-2) coasted to an 11-0 victory over No. 14 Shawsheen. ... Olivia McGrath fanned 17 batters and Shanty Pimentel racked up five RBI as No. 1 Latin Academy (21-2) topped No. 16 Mount Alvernia, 10-1. Meg Outerbridge and Jenna Raphel each had an RBI double as part of a four-run sixth as No. 2

West Bridgewater (19-2) rallied from a 3-0 deficit to defeat seventh-seeded East Bridgewater, 4-3, in a Div. 3 South quarterfinal. . . . Lindsay Whittles’ two-run single in the first proved to be the deciding play as Hopkinton (19-2) defeated Dartmouth, 2-1, in the Div. 2 South first round.

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Tommy Lambert pitched a complete-game shutout as No. 8 Durfee (13-8) edged ninth-seeded

Brookline, 1-0, in a Div. 1 South first-round contest.

Arthur Correira tossed a complete-game three-hitter, striking out seven, as No. 2 DightonRehoboth (17-4) defeated No. 18

Dartmouth, 4-2, in a Div. 2 South first-round matchup.

Robert Murphy doubled in Angelo McCullough in the top of the seventh as No. 16 Bishop Fenwick (12-10) stunned No. 1 Whittier, 3-2, in a Div. 3 North first-rounder.

Hank Reinhart drove in the winning run in the last of the ninth to lift No. 8 Dover-Sherborn (13-8) to a 7-6 victory over No. 9 Apponequet in a Div. 3 South first-rounder.