Olivia Araujo crushed her first varsity homer, blasting Greater New Bedford softball off to Division 3 final
With the 10th-seeded Bears trailing No. 6 Foxborough by a run in the top of the sixth inning, the sophomore crushed a two-out, two-run homer to left, launching the Bears into their third state final in eight years with a 3-2 Division 3 semifinal win at UMass Dartmouth.
'I love big moments,' said Araujo. 'I love the pressure. There's not a better situation you can be in.'
Did she know it was gone off the bat?
'Absolutely not,' she said.
How about her coach, Craig Soares?
'Never expected that from Olivia,' he said. 'She's a gamer. She hits the ball. But I wasn't expecting that.'
10th seeded
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Araujo's blast complemented Akiira'ley Vazquez's big day. The freshman homered in the first inning and pitched a complete game, striking out eight while working around seven hits and three walks, including escaping a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the sixth.
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'I wanted to win it for my team,' Vazquez said. 'They do so much to help me. When I put people on or when someone gets on, I try super hard not to let them score.'
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Foxborough (15-9) went ahead in the bottom of the fifth when Emma Callahan grounded an RBI single up the middle and Mackenzie Crockford raced home on a wild pitch for a brief, 2-1, lead.
In the title game, the Bears (18-8), who won it all in 2018 and 2022, will take on the winner of top-seeded Dighton-Rehoboth (22-2) and No. 5 Nipmuc (21-2), who play Thursday.
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Greater New Bedford's Hayden Gomes (15) takes a rip against Foxborough.
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Greater New Bedford's Emma Machado (5) celebrates after reaching second against Foxborough.
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The Greater New Bedford softball players were in a celebratory mood after edging Foxborough, 3-2, in the Division 3 semifinals.
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