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FDU-Florham FDU-FLOR 0-1
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Winner Methodist MUSB 5-10
FDU-Florham FDU-FLOR
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Methodist MUSB
5-10
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
FDU-Florham FDU-FLOR 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 8 1
Methodist MUSB 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 7 0

W: Jones, Brittany (4-5) L: A. Scarengel (0-1)

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FDU-Florham FDU-FLOR 0-2
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Winner Methodist MUSB 6-10
FDU-Florham FDU-FLOR
0-2
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Final
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Methodist MUSB
6-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
FDU-Florham FDU-FLOR 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 1
Methodist MUSB 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 8 0

W: Propst, Jordyn (1-4) L: M. Zaccario (0-1)

Game Recap: Softball | | Ja'Shawn Steward-Johnson

Walkoffs & Extra Innings at Price Field

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.  Just when you thought it could not get any more dramatic, Methodist softball followed up its 4-3 walkoff victory in the first game of a non-conference doubleheader against visiting Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham with another walkoff triumph, a 3-2 eight-inning win in the nightcap Monday evening.

Neither win would have been possible without impressive performances in the pitcher's circle by Brittany Jones and Jordyn Propst. Each pitched a complete game to earn the win with Jones giving up three earned runs and Propst allowing only one earned.

The bats of Kelsey Smith and Ashley Benge provided a big assist, as well. Smith drove in the game-winning run of the first game, and Benge bunted in the final run in Game 2.

THE ESSENTIALS
Final scores: Methodist def. FDU-Florham, 4-3; Methodist def. FDU-Florham, 3-2(8)
Records: Methodist 6-10, FDU-Florham 0-2
Location: Don Price Field; Fayetteville, N.C.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • After the Monarchs escaped the top of the eighth in Game 2 with a Devils' runner left on third, Methodist bunted pinch runner Savannah Dunn from second to third and finally… the bunt from Benge scored her.
  • However, extra-innings would have never been possible without Carleigh Haywood booming a triple down the left field line in the bottom of the seventh. Haywood needed assistance to tie the game in the form of an FDU fielding error with two outs.
  • In Game 1, down 3-2 with two outs and only a runner on first, Methodist needed something spectacular for a win and the Monarchs delivered the fireworks. Pinch hitting, Bri Caton delivered a dagger on a full count over the shortstop to bring Blythe Best home for the tying score and in the next at-bat, Smith sent a bomb over the left fielder's head to bring Bethany Junker home for the walk-off run.
  • Trailing 2-1 in the top of the seventh of the first game, the Devils' Francesca Shipe thought she had won the game for FDU-Florham with a perfectly placed single past the diving shortstop. Shipe brought home two runs for the lead.
  • Both teams scored one run in the first inning of Game 1. The game would stay a 1-1 draw until Kelsey Smith scored from a wild pitch in the sixth. The nightcap featured a 2-1 score (Devils led) from the fourth to the seventh innings.

STAT FACTS
  • In close games like these, every run counts. One stat that always get parsed over more closely is players left stranded, and each team left a lot of potential runs on the base paths. In Game 1, each team failed to capitalize off of a bases loaded situation. In the nightcap, the Devils had a runner on third with no outs and couldn't score her and the Monarchs failed to convert a bases loaded in the game.
  • Propst earned her first win of the season.
  • Prior to the seventh inning of Game 1, Jones had given up only five hits and one earned run while Propst gave up seven hits altogether.
  • Samantha Jacobs' plate discipline helped her draw a team-high two walks in the first game. In Game 2, Jacobs had two hits and a walk.
  • Junker and Haywood also each had two hits in the nightcap.

UP NEXT
  • Methodist is home again Friday for a doubleheader against Maryville (Tenn.) at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
  • FDU-Florham continues its road trip with two sets of doubleheaders against Pfeiffer University on Wednesday and Thursday.
    
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