How it Happened
Five seniors playing in the final games made significant contributions as Rhode Island (13-32-1, 6-11-1 Atlantic 10) ended its season with a 6-2 win over George Wasington Saturday. The visiting Colonials (18-31-1, 4-12) won the first game of the doubleheader 7-6 in a thriller.

In her first start of the season, Cassie Baker (1-1) pitched five innings to earn the victory, limiting George Washington to two runs on one hit. Sam Bedore pitched the final two innings to earn her third save of the season, tying the school record set by Kathy Regan in 1994.

On the offensive side, seniors Stacey Fox, Amy Gleason and Jocelyn Mattison combined for three hits, one walk, one run scored, four runs batted in. All three had at least one RBI, with Gleason delivering a two-run double for the Rams' lone extra base hit of the game.

The first game of the day was a back-and-fourth contest that ended with Rhody having the winning run in scoring position. After George Washington scored twice in the top of the first, Rhode Island put together a five-run third highlighted by Lauren Klepchick's three-run home run.

The Colonials responded with two in the top of the fourth and three more runs in the fifth inning to take a 7-5 lead. In the bottom of the sixth, Rhody has a rally going, but Fox was called out on a questionable play at the plate to thwart that threat.

In the bottom of the seventh, Gleason drilled a single by the third baseman to start the inning, and with one out, Emily Hendricks reached on an error. Pinch hitter Deanna Wolf then launched a ball to left center that just missed getting out of the park for a walk-off home run. Instead, the ball hit the base of the wall, and because the runners had to hold to see if it would be caught, each advanced one base. Fox drove in Gleason with a ground out to make it a one-run game. Rhody still had runners on second and third with two outs, but a groundout ended the comeback attempt.

Inside the Box Score:

• Rhode Island entered the day with a chance to make the Atlantic 10 tournament, but was officially eliminated with Dayton rallied from a four-run, extra-inning deficit against first-place Fordham. The Flyers eventually won the game in 10 innings, earning the final playoff spot.
• Sophomore Lauren Klepchick had a big day at the plate, going 4-for-6 with a home run, double, one walk, two runs scored and four RBI. She finished the season batting .296 in A-10 play.
• Senior Jocelyn Mattison finished her career second in school history with 1,109 putouts, behind only Courtney Wall (1,216 from 2003-06). With a single in the second game, Mattison also became the 20th player in program to record 125 career hits and finished her career tied for 20th all time with 51 career RBI.
• Senior Stacey Fox finished her career with a .984 fielding percentage, the third highest in program history. With 571 career putouts, she ranks fifth all time and first among non-first basemen.
• Senior Sam Bedore had six strikeouts over nine innings of work. She ended her career with 370 strikeouts, behind only Gwen Rack (493 from 1999-2002) in Rhody history.
• Senior Amy Gleason had a double and single on the day. The double was her fourth of the season tying her for third most on the team.
• Senior Cassie Baker hurled five innings to start the second game. It was her longest outing since pitching a pair of complete games as a freshman. Baker finished the season with a 3.27 ERA.
• Freshman Danielle Gariglio singled twice, drove in two runs and scored one run on the day. With six putouts Saturday, she finished with 73 putouts for the season.
• Sophomore Taylor Archer delivered a pinch hit, RBI single in the first game.
• Freshman Ali Summers walked twice, was hit by a pitch and scored one run. Over her final three games, Summers reached base safely six times in 11 plate appearances.
• Freshman Marylynn Muldowney singled, walked three times and scored two runs. She finished the season batting an even .300 in conference play.
• The six league wins were the most for Rhody since 2010.

Stat of the Day
200 – Senior Jocelyn Mattison's final game was also the 200th of her career. Mattison started every possible game of her career. She is just the sixth player to appear in 200 games for the Rams, joining Christine Tindall (209, 1999-2002), Kristen Havdoglous (208, 2000-03), Courtney Prendergast (207, 2009-13), Kelly Coker (2010-13) and Gabby Zagami (2001-04).