BEVERLY (Podcast) The Endicott College softball team will meet RPI on Thursday at MIT (2 p.m.) in an opening round NCAA regional tournament game. The Gulls (35-7) are coming off last weekend’s league championship win over Western New England. Endicott has now won four straight Commonwealth Conference Championships. In the podcast, head coach Katie Bettencourt shares team and player updates, reviews last weekend’s wins and previews this weekend’s NCAA games at MIT.
Katie Bettencourt – Endicott College Softball Coach with Bill Newell
NCAA Regional Softball Tournament Preview / Team Honors Below
EC STATSÂ |Â RPI STATSÂ |Â MIT STATSÂ |Â SIMMONS STATS
The Endicott softball team is scheduled to compete in the NCAA Tournament this week at the MIT Regional from May 18-20. Here’s a preview of the tournament.
Live stats and video will be available for all games this weekend.
Fans can also access the MIT Regional Tournament Page for updated information throughout the week.
TICKET PRICESÂ
$6 — Adults, $3 — Senior Citizens, $2 — Student (w/ ID) & Children (ages 3-12, Free — Children under 2
FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- The host Engineers are ranked No. 16 nationally in the latest National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Top 25 Coaches Poll
- Endicott has won 17 in a row dating back to its 2-0 home victory against then-No. 25 MIT
- All-time records against other teams in the bracket include Rensselaer (0-0), MIT (2-1), and Simmons (1-0, 5/12/12, ECAC Tournament)
- Rensselaer earned an at-large bid into the tournament after posting a 32-9 record this season
- RPI claimed three Liberty League major awards this week including Pitcher of the Year, Rookie of the Year, and Coaching Staff of the Year (full release)
GAME SCHEDULE — MIT REGIONAL
Thursday, May 18
Game One: RPI vs Endicott, 2 PMGame Two: No. 16 MIT vs Simmons, 4:30 PM
Friday, May 19
Game Three: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 12 PMGame Four: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 2:30 PMGame Five: Winner Game 4 vs. Loser Game 3, 5 PM
Saturday, May 20
Game Six: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 5, 12 PMGame Seven: Loser of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 6 (if necessary), 2 PM
DIRECTIONS/PARKING
Fans traveling to MIT can access maps, directions, and parking information here:Â MIT Visitor’s Guide
Information from Endicott College Sports Information
Endicott College Softball Players Earn League Honors
BEVERLY – Seven members of the Endicott softball team have earned Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) postseason honors, as announced by the league office earlier today.
Raven Comtois (Milford, N.H.) and Jaylin Couto (Taunton) highlighted the list of award winners with CCC Player of the Year and CCC Pitcher of the Year honors, respectively.
The remaining award winners for the Gulls included:
ALL-CCC FIRST TEAM
P – Jaylin Couto (Taunton)C – Raven Comtois (Milford, N.H.)OF – Lauren Misiaszek (Londonderry, N.H.)
ALL-CCC SECOND TEAM
P – Maria Hanchuk (South Windsor, Conn.)1B – Chloe Shapleigh (Lynnfield)SS – Emma DaSilva (Bristol, R.I.)OF – Christina Nowicki (Chelsea)
MAJOR AWARD WINNERS
RAVEN COMTOIS | SR. | CPlayer of the Year | All-CCC First Team
Comtois is the eighth student-athlete in program history to earn conference Player of the Year honors.
She joins Endicott Hall of Famer Meghan Sargent Plath ’09 (Salisbury) as the only other catcher in program history to win the award.
Sargent Plath won the award twice, in 2007 and 2008. She is the only student-athlete in the program to claim multiple conference Player of the Year accolades.
In 42 games played (all starts, 26 at C, 16 at DP), Comtois slashed .427/.471/.748 to go along with 31 runs, 61 hits – 10 doubles, 12 home runs – 36 RBI, 12 walks, and only 14 strikeouts in 143 at-bats.
Comtois compiled a team-leading 19 multi-hit games (2 – 12 | 3 – 7) and nine multi-RBI contests (2 – 5 | 3 – 3 | 4 – 1). She currently sports a 23-game hitting and 23-game on-base streak, the longest of anyone on the team.
The Gulls are 21-5 when she starts at catcher and 14-2 when Comtois starts at designated player this season. Endicott also is 17-0 since Comtois moved up to the two-hole in the lineup.
This is Comtois’ second career All-CCC First Team selection.
CCC RANKS:Â runs (8th), hits (3rd), doubles (9th), home runs (2nd), RBI (4th), total bases (2nd, 107), batting average (2nd), on-base percentage (3rd), slugging percentage (2nd)
NCAA RANKS:Â batting average (116th), hits (32nd), home runs (12th), home runs per game (20th), 0.29), on-base percentage (198th), RBI (116th), RBI per game (186th, 0.86), slugging percentage (50th), total bases (11th)
JAYLIN COUTO | JR. | PPitcher of the Year | All-CCC First Team
Couto is the sixth student-athlete in program history to receive conference Pitcher of the Year accolades (11th overall selection).
In 19 appearances (17 starts, 15 complete games, 6 shutouts), Couto produced a 16-3 record and a 1.11 earned run average (ERA) in 119 2/3 innings.
She yielded 84 hits, 28 runs (19 earned), and 17 walks alongside 86 strikeouts (5.03 K/7).
As a team, the Gulls went 14-3 in her 17 starts on the season (16-3 in 19 appearances).
Couto picked up marquee wins against Wesleyan (7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, career-high 13 Ks), No. 25 MIT (7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K), Babson (4/25), and Western New England (CCC Clincher, 6 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 2 K).
This is Couto’s second career All-CCC selection (second team, 20220)
CCC RANKS:Â games started (8th), wins (1st), complete games (2nd), shutouts (1st), innings pitched (5th), strikeouts (9th), strikeouts per game (9th), batting average against (2nd, .194), ERA (1st)
NCAA RANKS: complete games (79th), ERA (21st), hits allowed per seven innings (44th, 4.91), shutouts (29th), strikeout-to-walk ratio (71st, 5.06), victories (31st), walks plus hits per innings pitched (WHP, 21st, 0.84), walks allowed per seven innings (75th, .99)Â (Photo Credit –Â David Le ’10 / Jonny Ratner ’24)
