Classical softball bows out after Woburn no-hits Rams

WOBURN – There isn’t much to say when your team is no-hit while your pitchers walk eight batters.With all that going against you, a 7-0 loss is about what you’d expect. And that’s what Classical’s softball team got Sunday at Library Park Field, as Woburn eliminated the Rams from the Division 1 North state tournament in the first round.Click here for a photo gallery.”We knew going in what to expect,” said Classical coach Chris Warren, referring to senior pitcher Kryssie Cudmore of the Tanners. “She’s by far the best pitcher we’ve faced this year.”She was on,” Warren said, “and we had far too many walks and a couple of errors thrown in there. That’s pretty much what you’d expect to happen with their pitcher throwing a no-hitter against us.”Still, despite the loss, Warren was not disappointed in how the season went.”We learned an awful lot between the first day and the end of the season,” he said. “And I credit that to the captains (Jen Garrity, Rachel Carroll and Fallon Gaudet). They taught the younger kids how to act and what to expect.”You look over there (the Woburn side) and it’s all seniors,” he said. “They have a lot of players who have been there. They’re us, two years ago.”Classical got into trouble immediately in the first inning when Woburn got back-to-back singles from Ashley Shea and Toni DiCampo off starter Jen Garrity with one out. Garrity then plunked Kathi Davis and walked Meg Moore to force home Woburn’s first run.Garrity appeared to be headed toward minimizing the damage by striking out Kim DeLang, but she walked the next batter, forcing home another run, giving way to Katie Cuozzo. An infield single by Amanda Pappalardo brought home another run and it was 3-0 after an inning.Shea walked to lead off the second, and eventually came around to score on an infield out to make it 4-0.Woburn scored its final three runs in the fourth on Moore’s bases-loaded triple to deep centerfield.Woburn will travel to Acton-Boxborough today at 4.Classical finishes its season with a 13-8 mark. The Rams won seven of their last eight regular-season games after starting the season at 6-6.