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Meredith MEREDITH 3-8
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Winner Methodist University MUSB 5-14
Meredith MEREDITH
3-8
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Final
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Methodist University MUSB
5-14
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Meredith MEREDITH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 2
Methodist University MUSB 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0

W: Jones, Brittany (4-7) L: S. Gundlach (2-4)

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Winner Meredith MEREDITH 4-8
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Methodist University MUSB 5-15
Winner
Meredith MEREDITH
4-8
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Final
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Methodist University MUSB
5-15
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Meredith MEREDITH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 7 2
Methodist University MUSB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1

W: D. Hunt (2-6) L: Jones, Taylor (1-3)

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

8th-Inning Drama

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.  Both games of the USA South Athletic Conference doubleheader between Methodist softball and visiting Meredith College needed extra innings as the Monarchs won the first game, 2-1, in the eighth inning, and the Avenging Angels took Game 2 by a score of 4-1 in the eighth.

Brittany Jones' efforts in the pitcher's circle earned her the win. She went the full eight innings and allowed just six hits and one earned run while striking out six.

THE ESSENTIALS
Final scores: Methodist def. Meredith, 2-1 (8 Inn.); Meredith def. Methodist, 4-1 (8 Inn.)
Records: Methodist 5-15 (1-5 USA South); Meredith 4-8 (4-2)
Location: Price Field; Fayetteville, N.C.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • To start the eighth inning of Game 1, Ashlynn Elliott was placed on second base (International tiebreaker rule) with Sara Darling up to bat. Darling placed a sacrifice bunt to the third basemen and an errant throw led to Elliott scoring the walk-off run from second.
  • Methodist struck gold first in the game, scoring a run in the bottom of the fourth. Heather Tsapp led with a double to left-center. Reagan Parks, entering as a pinch-runner, moved to third following a sacrifice bunt from Taylor Jones and scored from a single by Taylor Bowen. Meredith tied the game 1-1 in the top of the sixth, thanks to a sacrifice bunt moving runners to second and third and a sacrifice fly scoring the player at third.
  • Game 2 was a near repeat of the first game with the contest being tied 1-1 entering extra innings. Unfortunately, the Avenging Angels grabbed the win thanks to a single scoring the runner placed on second and an infield error scoring two more runners.
  • Tsapp scored in the first inning to give Methodist the early lead. With one out, Tsapp hit a double down the right-field line. Taylor Bowen moved Tsapp to third with a single and a Meredith error scored her. The Avenging Angels utilized two doubles and a sacrifice bunt to tie the game in the top of the fifth.
  • Tsapp led the team as she was responsible for three of the Monarchs' six combined hits for the day.
  • For Meredith, Danielle Hunt got the win by going eight innings and striking out six batters while allowing four hits and no earned runs.
  • Game 1's win came despite the Monarchs getting outhit, 7-2. Meredith left six runners on base.
UP NEXT
  • The series between Methodist and Meredith continues in Raleigh, N.C., for a non-conference doubleheader on Saturday, March 27. First pitch is at 1 p.m.
  • Following its series with the Avenging Angels, Methodist has a conference doubleheader against Mary Baldwin University in Staunton, Virginia, on April 3.
    
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