BRISTOL, Conn. – Abby Murrell wasn’t stopping.

Murrell smashed a drive that skipped up the alley and toward the fence in left field.

She didn’t slow down until she crossed the plate with the fifth run Sunday en route to a 10-0 mercy-rule victory for Scarborough against Northwest Little League of Swanton, Vt., in the third day of competition at the Eastern Regional.

Scarborough (1-2) will clinch a spot in the championship round with a victory tonight against Fairfield, Conn. Four of the five New England teams will qualify.

The game ended after five innings when Vermont (0-2) was unable to bring its deficit below 10 runs.

“It was obviously important for us to beat Vermont and to do it the way we did it,” Scarborough Manager Dave Littlefield said. “We’re feeling pretty good right now. (A win over Connecticut) would be huge because they always have a good team.”

Murrell went 2 for 3, drove in four runs and reached base in all four plate appearances. She was credited with a triple and continued home when Vermont’s relay broke down.

Murrell also stroked a two-run single in Scarborough’s four-run fifth. Murrell, now batting .625 (5 for 8) with two triples in three games, said proper use of her eyes, hips and arms are conducive to her power hitting.

“Try hitting one to the fence with your eyes closed,” she said.

Chloe Griffin set Vermont down in order over the first two innings to earn the win. Ashley Littlefield pitched three innings of two-hit relief. Since Griffin pitched just two innings, she is available to face Connecticut, Littlefield said, but the hard-throwing Murrell is the likely starter.

“By Ashley pitching those three innings, we have our No. 1 and No. 2 starter available to go up against a very tough team,” he said.

Scarborough scored twice in the top of the first inning. Lindsey Kelley led off with a single. Lucy Bogdanovich tapped back to the mound and both runners came all the way around when the throw to first sailed into foul territory.

Murrell’s triple was the highlight of the three-run second. Hannah Ricker stole home to make it 6-0 in the third.

“You have to time the pitcher and catcher, and watch when the catcher throws it back if they look at you,” Ricker said. “It’s all about timing. You have to watch their rhythm to get your rhythm.”

Murrell’s bases-loaded single was the centerpiece of the four-run fifth.

“She’s an incredible hitter,” Dave Littlefield said. “She’s had two hits in this series that would have been over the fence in a normal (200-foot) Little League field.”

The distance at Leon J. Breen Field is 225 feet to all fields.

Felicia O’Reilly had two singles. Ashley Littlefield dropped down a successful squeeze in the fifth.