New Rochelle Falls In Softball Thriller

THIELLS, N.Y. - The Ursuline High softball team traveled to take on North Rockland in Thiells Wednesday afternoon, and to no one's surprise, the game turned out to be a gem, decided in the final inning.

Daily Voice talks to coaches from Ursuline and North Rockland, as well as NR captains Kayla McDermott and Alicia Bertolino, about Wednesday's game.

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Ursuline's Korina Guerra is called out at the plate, as North Rockland catcher Bella Chiorazzi applies the tag.
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Spectators try to keep warm on a chilly spring day.
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Ursuline pitcher Val Cucci took the loss Wednesday at North Rockland.
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The Raiders celebrate a walkoff win.
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Ursuline players cheer from the dugout.
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North Rockland gets a pep talk from coach Jackie DiNuzzo before the bottom of the seventh.
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04/07/2016 8:30 a.m.

In the end, it was North Rockland's Kayla McDermott - who also picked up the win on the mound - who tripled home the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning, breaking a tie to give her team a 6-5 victory in walkoff fashion.

North Rockland broke a 2-2 tie by rallying for three runs in the fifth to go up 5-2, but the Koalas responded with a clutch, three-run outburst in the top of the sixth to tie it up again.

Team captain Alicia Bertolino had a pair of triples and two RBI for NR (2-0), and Victoria Alonso had a triple, a double and an RBI. Ursuline dropped to 0-2.

Check out the video to see Daily Voice get reactions from coaches from both teams, as well as North Rockland captains Kayla McDermott and Alicia Bertolino.

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