Softball Recap: Fitchburg Finds Home Field Redemption Against Nashoba Regional

There's no place like home for Fitchburg, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. They won by a run and slipped past the Nashoba Regional Wolves 15-14. This was a revenge game for the Blue Raiders: when they faced off against the Wolves back in April, they had to take a 14-10 defeat.

Ivy Antocci

Runs Batted In (Career)

05/07/25 vs Nashoba Regional	3
04/30/25 vs North Middlesex Regional	2
04/02/25 @ North Middlesex Regional	2
03/27/25 vs Conant	2
05/01/25 @ Ashland	1

Ivy Antocci made a big impact no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, tossing five innings while giving up just two earned (and three unearned) runs off six hits. Antocci was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-5 with three runs and three RBI. Those three RBI gave her a new career-high.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Ella Kitchin, who got on base in all five of her plate appearances with one home run, three runs, and three RBI. Another player making a difference was Alana Beauchemin, who got on base in four of her five plate appearances with two runs, two RBI, and one double.

Fitchburg was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .382. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .333 or higher in five consecutive matches.

Fitchburg has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 5-8 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 13.8 runs over those games. As for Nashoba Regional, they now have a losing record of 5-6.

Coming up, Fitchburg will venture away from home to challenge Shepherd Hill Regional at 3:45 p.m. on Friday. As for Nashoba Regional, they will host Leominster at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.