BEVERLY, Mass. – The Roger Williams University softball team advanced to Championship Saturday, and will face the loser of No. 2 Western New England and No. 4 Wentworth, after defeating No. 3 Nichols, 3-0, on Thursday at Endicott.
 
Kiera Quadros (East Providence, R.I.) pushed her record to 6-1 on the season, pitching a complete game 7.0 innings, with two walks and three hits with four strikeouts. Nichols' Chelsea Indyk took the loss, throwing 6.0 innings with three hits, allowing one earned run, with three runs allowed.
 
At the plate, Shannon Starratt (Lake George, N.Y.) had one hit, with an RBI, while Christina Denovellis (Rocky Hill, Conn.) and Cece Baptista (Central Falls, R.I.) each picking up a hit. Kayleigh O'Connor (Southington, Conn.) scored two runs, with Denovellis coming around to score once. For Nichols, Allie Silliman had a pair of hits, while Ava Slavinsky picked up one hit.
 
In the bottom of the first, O'Connor came in to score, after Starratt hit a ball down the left field line for an RBI double.
 
Quadros allowed only two runners, one off an error, before the Hawks tallied a pair of runs off an error in the bottom of the fourth, that brought in Denovellis and O'Connor, putting the Hawks up 3-0.
 
With Nichols still trailing heading into the sixth, the Bison loaded the bases, but the Hawks forced a fielder's choice, getting the out at third, to maintain the shut out.
 
Roger Williams (21-16, 9-7 CCC) will face the loser of the No. 2 Western New England and No. 4 Wentworth on Saturday, May 11 at 1:00 pm, with the winner advancing to the championship series.