EAST PROVIDENCE 6, EAST GREENWICH 0: Stephanie Normand tossed a one-hitter to lead the Townies to a Division I-South victory.

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East Green. 000 000 0 -- 0 1 0
Normand and Nestell; Palombo and Doehler.

EAST PROVIDENCE 9, PORTSMOUTH 1:

Ali Birkes and Danielle Normand each had RBI singles as the Townies defeated the Patriots in a Division Igame in Portsmouth.

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Portsmouth 000 01 -- 1 2 4
Shattuck and Nestell. Galib and Drago.

EAST PROVIDENCE 5, BAY VIEW 2:   Amanda Shattuck pitched a two-hitterand had two hits and two RBI to lead the Townies to a nonleague victory.  Teammates Katrina Finona and Ali Birkes each had two hits and one RBI for the winners. Kaitlyn Dulac had both hits for the Bengals.

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Shattuck and Nestell; Madison and Allienello.

EAST PROVIDENCE 7, MIDDLETOWN 0:   Steph Normand struck out nine during her two-hitter and Jocelyn Nestell had two doubles, a single, three RBI and scored once for the Townies in Division I-South.

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Normand and Nestell; Clark and Daley.

East Providence    024 40 -- 10 8 0
Barrington             000 00 -- 0 1 4

Shattuck and Nestell; Coury, Millard (4) and Gastonguay.

Chariho             100 000 000 000 00 -- 1 5 3
East Providence 010 000 000 000 01 -- 2 8 4

Kiley and Celani; Shattuck, Normand (12) and Nestell.

                    Still smarting from a first-round elimination in the playoffs last season, and with a dedication to the team that leads players to miss family trips, East Providence has run up an undefeated record in Division I-South.

                  The Townies nearly suffered their first loss yesterday, going 14 innings against Chariho before escaping with a 2-1 win. Starting pitcher Amanda Shattuck, a freshman, struck out 16 Chargers batters in 112/3 innings, and senior co-captain Andrea Medeiros hit a triple to start the 14th and later scored the winning run on an error. It is Shattuck who is missing out on a school-vacation trip to Disney World this week, saying that she made a commitment to her team and wanted to honor it.

                  Coach Rob Traverse said it's that kind of decision that makes it easy and fun to lead this team.

                  Looking at the boxscores, it seems as though offense is East Providence's forte,  but Traverse said pitching and defense are really the Townies' strengths, as evidenced by their four shutouts in six games.

                  Senior lefty pitcher Stephanie Normand has been starting for three years. (She, Medeiros, Katrina Finona and catcher Jocelyn Nestell are sharing the captain duties this season.)

                  Nestall, a junior, has been one of the Townies' most consistent hitters over the last three years, and Traverse said left fielder Finona "can flat-out hit." Medeiros,  the center fielder, hits from the leadoff spot, and is integral to the team's offensive success.

                  "As she goes, the offense goes," Traverse said. "She steals a lot of bases, she makes things happen. When she's on base, that's good for us."

                  Junior first baseman Ali Birkes is off to a strong start at the plate, while sophomore shortstop Marissa Savastano is a defensive standout. The cleanup hitter is junior Jillian Berg, who patrols the hot corner.

                  Right-field duties are split between senior Kelly Deschenes and sophomore Danielle Normand. Senior Ciara Charbonneau serves as designated hitter.

                  Last year, the Townies went 17-3 and were awarded the top seed in the state tournament, but were upset by Portsmouth, a team they had beaten twice during the regular season.

                  While they graduated All-State pitcher/outfielder Ashley Stringfellow and first baseman Marcia Hustalen, who is now playing at URI, and three other players, Traverse said there are enough players who saw significant time last season and remember the hurt they felt in the playoffs last year.

                  "They talk about it often -- they're hungry. They're just as intense, and they do remember what it felt like to be knocked out early," he said.

                  He added that the players know they have to take care of business, especially when there are so many good teams, teams that could beat them on any given day.

                  Tomorrow they face just such a squad, the also undefeated Skippers at North
                  Kingstown

Normand and Nestell; Feix and Coszela.

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Vachon and Decesaris; Shattuck and Nestell.

Normand and Nestell. McNamara and Stebbins.

                   Division I-South

                  W L

                  N. Kingstown 8 1

                  Chariho 7 1

                  E. Prov. 6 2

                  S.King 5 2

                  Westerly 5 3

                  E. Green. 4 4

                  Pilgrim 3 4

                  Barrington 3 5

                  Ports. 1 7

                  Middletown 1 7

                  W. Warwick 1 8

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E. Prov. 312 152 -- 14 11 3

White and Ponte. Shattuck, Normand (3) and Nestell.

 Mancuso and Haun; Shattuck and Nestell.

East Greenwich     000 00 -- 0 2 3
East Providence    223 21 -- 10 13 2

Palumbo and Carbone; Shattuck and Nestell.

EAST PROVIDENCE 10, PORTSMOUTH 0: Kelly Deschenes, Mallery Andreozzi eachhad two hits and two RBI. Jill Berg also had two hits and two RBI.  Steph Normand pitched a one-hitter for the Townies.
 

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Smith and Polselli; Normand and Nestell.

EAST PROVIDENCE 5, MIDDLETOWN 0: Ali Birkes and Kelly Deschenes each had two hits and pitcher Amanda Shattuck struck out 13 for the Townies. Siobhan Daley had the Islanders' only hit.
 

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Clark and Daley; Shattuck and Nestell

Chargers rally, retain share of A-South lead

                  05/16/2002

                  BY ROBERT LEE
                  Journal Sports Writer

                  RICHMOND -- East Providence is the only team to put a blemish on Chariho's record this season -- and that in a 14-inning marathon. Yesterday's rematch would be another close contest, decided in the final at-bat.
                  Chariho's Stacy Celani hit a walkoff single that drove in Colleen Gill to win it 4-3, as Chariho improved to 14-1 in league play, 15-1 overall, and kept pace atop A-South with North Kingstown, which also has only one loss. East Providence drops to 10-4 (12-4 overall) and is in third place in A-South.

                  "She's come on strong the last couple of games," Chariho coach Bill Capalbo said of Celani, who had three RBI. "She got three hits yesterday and had three today. She's hitting the ball hard."

                  The game was a pitchers' duel early on as the Chargers' Jill Kiley and the Townies' Amanda Shattuck overpowered opposing batters through the first three  innings. Kiley (10 strikeouts in five innings) struck out seven of the first nine
                  Townies. On Tuesday, Kiley pitched a 16-strikeout no-hitter against Middletown. It was her third straight no-hitter this season and fourth overall. Shattuck pitched a complete game, fanning 10 and scattering seven hits. "I felt OK out there but they have good hitters," Kiley said after the game. "I was doing OK but I didn't have my best stuff. But this was a big game. We finally beat the only team that beat us."

                  "Jill might not have had her best stuff today but she battled like crazy," Capalbo said. "Then we brought (Audrey) Poulton in and she is more than capable of doing a good job." Poulton was credited with the win. "Amanda pitched well enough to win," East Providence coach Rob Traverse said. "But Chariho is a good team."

                  Kiley and Shattuck each had a no-hitter through three innings as each used a blinding fastball and a mean changeup to frustrate opposing hitters, but both squads' bats came alive in the fourth.

                  East Providence struck first in the top of the fourth when leadoff hitter Andrea Medeiros broke up Kiley's bid for a no-hitter with a bloop single to right. Medeiros went to second and third on a wild pitch and scored on a Danielle Normand grounder to first.

                  Jocelyn Nestell singled to left field, and Alison Birkes reached first on a fielder's-choice bunt back to the pitcher on which Normand was thrown out at third. Jillian Berg reached first on a fielder's choice to load the bases and Kelly Deschenes brought in Nestell and Birkes with a double to left that gave East Providence a 3-0 advantage.

                  Chariho answered with two runs in the bottom of the fourth. Gill reached on an error; Kiley was walked and Celani drove in Gill with a single down the first-base line. Kiley crossed home on a Nicole Kennedy single. Chariho eventually loaded the bases with no outs but Shattuck struck out the next three batters.

                  The Chargers made it 3-3 in the bottom of the fifth when Julia Moseley singled to right and East Providence right fielder Steph Normand misplayed the ball for a two-base error as Moseley ended up on third. Moseley scored on a Celani single to right and Celani's walkoff single in the bottom of the seventh won the game for Chariho.

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Feix and Koszela. Shattuck and Nestell.

I-SOUTH
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East Providence    002 020 x -- 4 6 1

Lofredo, Coury (5) and Taber; Normand and Nestell.

EAST PROVIDENCE 10, WEST WARWICK 5: Ali Birkes collected two singles, a double and two RBI, while Amanda Shattuck had two singles and two RBI as the Townies defeated the Wizards in a I-South game in West Warwick.  Marissa Savastano belted a two-run double for the winners.

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Normand and Nestell. Vachon, Hopkins (5) and DeCesaris.

Shattuck's fifth shutout lifts East Providence, 2-0

                  05/25/2002

                  Amanda Shattuck pitched her fifth shutout of the season, striking out 11, and led
                  East Providence to a 2-0 victory over Westerly yesterday in a Division I fast-pitch
                  softball game. The Townies' got all the offense they would need when Jocelyn
                  Nestell tripled and scored on an error in the first inning. EP got an insurance run in
                  the fifth when Andrea Medeiros singled, stole second and scored on another error.

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                  East Providence 100 010 x -- 2 4 0

                  Algiere and LaMonaca; Shattuck and Nestell.

EAST PROVIDENCE 3, SOUTH KINGSTOWN: Jill Berg had an RBI double and scored a run in the fourth inning, leading the 14-5 Townies to a Division I-South victory.
 

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Normand and Nestell; White and Ponte.

FAST-PITCH SOFTBALL

EAST PROVIDENCE 4, PILGRIM 1: Jill Berg had a single, double and two RBI for EP. For Pilgrim, Holly Coutu had two hits and one RBI.

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Shattuck and Nestell; Mancuso and Haun.

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Lotti and Vale; Shattuck and Nestell, Chappell (6).