NEWBURGH, NY - The CMSV Softball team returned to action Saturday, needing one win to advance to the Skyline Conference Championship round. The Dolphins first opponent was #1 seed and host, Mount Saint Mary's College. The Knights defeated the Dolphins 4-1, forcing CMSV to take on #2 seed Sage College, in an elimination game, with the winner moving to the championship round. The Dolphins lost 8-4 to the Gators, ending the 2016 season for CMSV.

#1 MSMC 4 #3 CMSV 1 - Game 5

After breaking out for eight runs the day before, the CMSV bats were stifled by Knights starting pitcher Cindy Connoly, who limited the Dolphins to two hits, while giving up only one run and striking out nine batters.

CMSV starter Kathryn Dalton went five innings in the circle allowing four runs, one earned, on seven hits. The senior struggled with control as she issued seven free passes on the day.

The Dolphins lone run came in the sixth inning with two outs. Joann Guerra smacked a double to left center and then came around to score on a single by Danielle Maffei, the only two hits the Dolphins could muster on the day.

The loss put the Dolphins in Game #7, where they would take on Sage, who they defeated Friday.

#2 Sage 8 CMSV 4 - Game #7

The Dolphins bats woke up early in their matchup with the Gators. Samantha Broo scored an unearned run in the first inning after an error by the Sage infield allowed her to score. 

CMSV added another run in the third inning, on an RBI single by Dalton to make it 2-0. Sage would get one back in the fourth inning but the Dolphins responded getting two more runs of their own in the fifth. 

Broo earned a leadoff walk and then would score on an RBI double by Katie Moos to make it 3-1. Moos would score three pitches later when Rachel Heizer smacked a double to right center to make it 4-1. The Dolphins rally was halted when Dalton lined into a double-play.

The game came unraveled for the Dolphins in the top of the sixth inning, as the defense committed three errors, allowing seven runs to score, giving the Gators an 8-4 lead. 

In the bottom of the seventh, the Dolphins tried to start a rally and it started off well with a leadoff single by Moos but after two straight fly outs, Rianna Laughridge, ripped a single to center, sending Moos to second. Both runners would advance to scoring position on a wild pitch but Kierstyn Bourdeau would line a 2-2 pitch right at the shortstop ending the rally and the game.

The 21 wins in the 2016 season are the most for the program since 2014, when the team went 28-7.