Softball Ends Record Breaking Season at NCAA Regionals
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SYRACUSE, NY – The Bryant University softball team saw its incredible season end Friday as the Bulldogs were eliminated from the 2005 NCAA Regional Championships with a tough 1-0 loss to host Le Moyne.  The Bulldogs were making their second-straight NCAA appearance and end the year with a record fo 29-17 - setting a new school mark for wins in a season - and capturing the school's first-ever Northeast-10 Conference Championship. 

After falling to Dowling in the opener, the Bulldogs managed just three hits off Le Moyne pitcher Sarah Reed as the third-seeded Dolphins held off the fifth-seed Bulldogs.  Le Moyne would score its only run of the game in the top of the first as Jennifer Winters lined a one-out double to right and came around to score on Reed's two-out single to right. 

The Bulldogs did have an opportunity to get on the scoreboard earlier in the top of the first.  Northeast-10 Conference Player of the Year Deidre Kittredge and Jordan Dargon each line back-to-back singles, but Reed struck out the final batter of the inning to end the threat. 

Bryant would also have runners in scoring position in the second and fifth innings but could not get a run home.  Jessica Valenti accounted for the only other hit on the day as pitcher Diane Cummings took the loss, despite striking out six Le Moyne batters.