8 June, 2016
On Monday June 6th, the #6th seeded, Hopkinton Hillers took down the #11th seeded Plymouth South Panthers 1-0. Heather Holly scored the only Hillers run off of a Emily Whelan single. The Hillers scored 1 run off of 4 hits. Bri Mirabile struck out 11 in the victory.
On Tuesday June 7th, the Hillers met up with #19th seeded Walpole. Hopkinton plated a run in the 1st after back to back triples to start off the game by Lily Morningstar and Katy Holly. No other runs scored until the bottom of the 6th in which the Hillers added 3 more. Walpole threatened on the Top of the 7th but Mirabile struck out the final 2 hitters to secure the 4-2 victory.
Hopkinton advances to host #7th seeded King Phillip at Taunton High School Wednesday (June 8th) at 5pm. View the highlights from the 1st two playoff games below and interviews with Head Coach, Kiely Murray and Starting Pitcher, Bri Mirabile.
