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Braintree Needham

Wamps

Rockets

The Needham (MA) varsity softball team won Monday's home conference game against Braintree (MA) by a score of 11-10.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Braintree	3	0	0	0	3	0	4	10	13	2
Needham	2	1	0	0	1	7	-	11	15	1

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Braintree (25-26)

Braintree has not entered stats for this game.

Needham (25-26)

Needham

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
	Team Totals	.441	37	34	11	15	10	1	1
2	Ellie Gersel	.500	4	4	1	2	1	1	0
3	Maddie Navales	.600	5	5	1	3	0	0	0
6	Liv Kirschner	.333	4	3	2	1	1	0	0
7	Liv King	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
8	Kaitlyn Cheng	.667	4	3	2	2	2	0	1
9	Naomi Dabuzhsky	1.000	1	1	0	1	2	0	0
12	Morgan Kraft	.500	4	4	2	2	1	0	0
13	Annie Silverman	.500	3	2	0	1	0	0	0
14	Arianna Schmidt	1.000	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
15	Audrey Muzikant	.250	4	4	1	1	1	0	0
16	Bailey O’hearn	.250	4	4	1	1	2	0	0

Needham

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	3	2	1	3	8	.486	.559	1.045
2	Ellie Gersel	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.750	1.250
3	Maddie Navales	0	0	0	0	1	.600	.600	1.200
6	Liv Kirschner	1	0	0	1	2	.500	.333	.833
7	Liv King	0	2	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
8	Kaitlyn Cheng	1	0	0	0	1	.750	1.667	2.417
9	Naomi Dabuzhsky	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
12	Morgan Kraft	0	0	0	1	3	.500	.500	1.000
13	Annie Silverman	1	0	0	0	0	.667	.500	1.167
14	Arianna Schmidt	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
15	Audrey Muzikant	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.500
16	Bailey O’hearn	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.250	.500

Needham

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E
	Team Totals	.955	22	21	1
2	Ellie Gersel	1.000	2	2	0
3	Maddie Navales	.667	3	2	1
5	Caitlyn Peters	1.000	1	1	0
6	Liv Kirschner	1.000	3	3	0
7	Liv King	1.000	1	1	0
8	Kaitlyn Cheng	1.000	3	3	0
12	Morgan Kraft	1.000	6	6	0
15	Audrey Muzikant	1.000	2	2	0

Needham

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	9.00	1
8	Kaitlyn Cheng	0.00	1
15	Audrey Muzikant	9.45	1

Needham

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	13	10	9	4	7	39	35
8	Kaitlyn Cheng	.1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2
15	Audrey Muzikant	6.2	12	10	9	4	7	37	33

Needham

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P
	Team Totals	.371	.436	3	128
8	Kaitlyn Cheng	.500	.500	0	5
15	Audrey Muzikant	.364	.432	3	123

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Game Story

Massachusetts High School Softball - Braintree held off by Needham

May 18, 2026: Needham, MA 02494

In Monday's league test, the Needham Rockets (Needham, MA) softball squad got by the visiting Braintree Wamps (Braintree, MA), by a tally of 11-10.

Next, the Rockets clash with the Walpole Timberwolves (Walpole, MA) in a non-league test, on Wednesday, May 20. Needham will attempt to advance on its 14-2 season record.

The Wamps (9-6) will now prepare for their test against Milton (Milton, MA). The Wildcats go into the non-league test with a 9-4 record.

Braintree @ Needham Softball Game Info

Mon., May. 18, 2026 @ 4p

Needham-Defazio Complex

The Needham (MA) varsity softball team won Monday's home conference game against Braintree (MA) by a score of 11-10.

Rankings & Records

Braintree (25-26)

MA	Div.
63	21

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
12-10	4-3	6-5	6-4	0-1	.545	.571	155	138

Needham (25-26)

MA	Div.
47	14

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
15-4	6-1	7-1	8-2	0-1	.789	.857	175	89

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Braintree	1.0	.4	1.8	.6	1.8	1.6	4.0	-	7.0	10.0	2.0
Needham	2.2	2.6	1.0	.8	1.9	1.8	1.3	3.0	9.2	12.3	1.6

Head-to-Head

Braintree won on 4/10/2026

4/10 @ 4p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Needham 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 8 4
Braintree 1 0 5 1 0 0 - 7 8 3

The Needham (MA) varsity softball team lost Friday's away conference game against Braintree (MA) by a score of 7-3.
Box score
Needham won last month

5/18 @ 4p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Braintree 3 0 0 0 3 0 4 10 13 2
Needham 2 1 0 0 1 7 - 11 15 1

The Braintree (MA) varsity softball team lost Monday's away conference game against Needham (MA) by a score of 11-10.
Box score

4/10 @ 4p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Needham	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	8	4
Braintree	1	0	5	1	0	0	-	7	8	3

Team Stat Comparison

Braintree		Needham
-	Batting Average	.385
-	On Base Percentage	.449
-	Slugging Percentage	.526
-	Fielding Percentage	.918
-	Win Loss Percentage	1.000

Team Leaders

Braintree		Needham	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#8 Kaitlyn Cheng.542	.288
-	On Base Percentage	#8 Kaitlyn Cheng.596	.406
-	Slugging Percentage	#17 Katie Murray1.143	.395
-	Fielding Percentage	#11 Emily Karp1.000	.828
-	Win Loss Percentage	#17 Katie Murray1.000	.557

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Braintree	7-4		Needham	9-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/6/26	Braintree	Walpole	(W) 6-3	4/13/26	Needham	Walpole	(L) 4-0
5/11/26	Walpole	Braintree	(L) 9-3	5/20/26	Walpole	Needham
4/9/26	Weymouth	Braintree	(W) 12-8	4/6/26	Weymouth	Needham	(W) 13-3
5/13/26	Braintree	Weymouth	(L) 7-1	5/11/26	Needham	Weymouth	(W) 7-4
4/13/26	Milton	Braintree	(L) 7-5	4/15/26	Needham	Milton	(W) 17-4
5/21/26	Braintree	Milton	(W) 12-5	5/7/26	Milton	Needham	(W) 9-6
4/15/26	Braintree	Newton North	(L) 8-2	4/27/26	Needham	Newton North	(W) 8-7
4/27/26	Braintree	Framingham	(W) 8-3	5/13/26	Needham	Framingham	(W) 13-6
4/29/26	Natick	Braintree	(W) 12-4	5/4/26	Natick	Needham	(W) 15-3
5/4/26	Braintree	Brookline	(W) 17-3	4/8/26	Brookline	Needham	(W) 20-5
5/6/26	Wellesley	Braintree	(W) 6-3	4/29/26	Wellesley	Needham	(W) 8-0

Record Breakdown

Braintree (25-26)		Needham (25-26)
12-10	Overall	15-4
4-3	League	6-1
7-6	Non-League	9-2
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
7-4	Common Opponent	9-1
6-5	Home	7-1
6-4	Away	8-2
0-1	Neutral	0-1
1-1	Playoff	0-1
12-10	In-State	15-4
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0