NEWTON, MA – Carried by the right arm of Maureen Mikos (Fairfield, CT) Lesley University upset the #1 seed in the East, Lasell College, to advance to the NAC Championships, to be held at Elms College. Mikos threw a complete game seven hitter helping to lead her team to a 5-1 victory.

Lesley never trailed Lasell as they jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first inning. Katie Bennett (Bartlett, NH) help to put the pressure on Lasell by coming through with a huge two out, two RBI single in the third that gave Lesley a 4-0 lead.

From there it was all Mikos who handled everything that Lasell threw at her. Mikos finished with a season high 10 strikeouts.

Lasell managed to score in the bottom of the fifth to cut the lead to 4-1. However, Lesley then countered in the seventh with another insurance run as they stretched the lead to 5-1.

In the bottom of the seventh Lasell was able to load the bases with two outs. With the game and the right to advance to the NAC Championships on the line Mikos managed to get the Lasell batter to fly out to shortstop, Lani Cabral-Pini (Wilmington, MA) to end the game.

Lesley will now travel to Chicopee, MA where the NAC Softball Championship will be held. The Lady Lynx will take up Elms College in the semifinals. For more information on the Championships or the Lesley softball team please go to their website.