With bat and glove, freshman Alyana DeJesus seals a Division 4 three-peat for Joseph Case softball
Then, with two outs and the tying run on second in the top of the seventh, DeJesus secured the final out at shortstop to seal Case's 7-6 win in the Division 4 softball championship game at Worcester State.
For a third-straight season, Joseph Case was hoisting a trophy.
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The win gave the Cardinals (19-6) their third consecutive state championship, and marked their second-straight year topping Tyngsborough in the final.
'This definitely was the hardest of the three [to win],' said Case coach Shannon Silva. 'This entire season was a grind. We had some young players fill some important roles this year, and it took a little bit to figure it out . . . today's game, with a freshman coming up with a game-winning home run, it's just a testament to them never giving up.'
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D4 FINAL: Joseph Case 7, Tyngsborough 6.
After Tyngsborough plated one run in top of the 7th, Syndney Haslam grounds out with the tying run in scoring position to end it.
In an absolute thriller, Case has won their third consecutive D4 state championship.
— Matty Wasserman (@Matty_Wasserman)
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Fresh off a one-hit gem in Thursday's semifinal win over Hampshire, Case sophomore Lila Alvarez allowed four earned runs and stuck out 12 against the talented Tigers (20-5).
Tyngsborough opened the scoring in the second on junior Kaelyn DiMento's two-out, two-RBI single, and went back in front 3-2 in the fourth on sophomore Carly Smith's solo home run.
But each time the Tigers punched, the Case offense answered against Hogan, a junior committed to Boston University.
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With two outs in the fourth, Cardinals senior Breanna Fontes gave Case a 4-3 lead with a two-run single to center. Two pitches later, junior Meghan Pereira doubled to bring Fontes home and put the Cardinals ahead, 5-3.
'The thing about our team that is so extremely special, is we are never down,' Fontes said. 'You can never count us out, no matter how bad we are playing or how bad you think we are. We are always about to come back.'
Joseph Case center fielder Meghan Pereira was fired up after her second diving catch of the game.
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Down by two runs in the seventh, Tyngsborough freshman Adrianna Arsenault narrowed the gap with a two-out RBI to make it 7-6.
But with the championship hanging in the balance, Alvarez induced a groundout to DeJesus at shortstop to end it with a runner in scoring position.
'It felt great to come through for my team and pick them up throughout the game,' DeJesus said. 'We just all worked so hard for this.'
Sophomore Lila Alvarez struck out 12 for Joseph Case.
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Joseph Case center fielder Meghan Pereira (right) celebrates an inning-ending diving catch with teammate Skye Dupre.
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Joseph Case's Alyana DeJesus watches her go-ahead home run leave the field at Worcester State.
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Kiley Hogan, who is committed to Boston University, took the loss for Tyngsborough.
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