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Team huddle during the Ferrum game
Mike Anthony
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Winner Methodist MUSB 13-10, 3-2 USA So.
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Greensboro GBC 13-8, 2-1 USA So.
Winner
Methodist MUSB
13-10, 3-2 USA So.
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Final
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Greensboro GBC
13-8, 2-1 USA So.
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Methodist MUSB 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 8 1
Greensboro GBC 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 0

W: Margoupis, Kiersten (9-2) L: L. Engel (9-4)

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Methodist MUSB 13-11, 3-3 USA So.
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Winner Greensboro GBC 14-8, 3-1 USA So.
Methodist MUSB
13-11, 3-3 USA So.
5
Final
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Greensboro GBC
14-8, 3-1 USA So.
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Methodist MUSB 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 8 2
Greensboro GBC 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 6 14 4

W: K. Charlton (3-1) L: Neeley, Emma (0-2)

Game Recap: Softball | | Michael Spratt

Methodist and Greensboro Each Take a Game in USA South Doubleheader

GREENSBORO, N.C.  On Saturday, March 30, Methodist University softball traveled to Barber Park to face USA South Athletic Conference foe Greensboro College, in a league doubleheader. After the Monarchs held onto a 3-2 win in Game One, the Pride required extra innings, eight, before getting a 6-5 walk-off victory in Game Two.

THE ESSENTIALS
Final scores: Methodist def. Greensboro, 3-2; Greensboro def. Methodist, 6-5 (8 Inn.)
Records: Methodist 13-11 (3-3 USA South); Greensboro 14-8 (3-1)
Location: Barber Park; Greensboro, North Carolina

HOW IT HAPPENED – GAME 1
  • Greensboro nearly claimed an early advantage in the first inning, with bases loaded and two outs, but Methodist hurler Kiersten Margoupis put an end to the threat by striking out a batter to end the inning.
  • Following four scoreless innings, the Monarchs were the first team to score a run, in the top half of the fifth. Singles by Haley Downes and Alexandra Edwards had two Methodist runners on base, then Hannah Lovick drove in Downes, from second base, with her hit to right field. Two batters later, Alyssa Rivas drove in two additional Monarch runs on her base hit.
  • After getting two outs to start the bottom half of the fifth, two Pride singles and a Methodist error filled the base path from Greensboro. Another base hit then brought in two Pride runners to narrow the Monarchs lead to one-run, 3-2.
  • Unable to add any insurance runs in the sixth or seventh, Methodist looked to protect its one-run advantage during Greensboro's final at-bats. The Pride led off with a triple, but Margoupis, of the Monarchs, stood tall and induced a groundout and pop out before striking out the last batter.
HOW IT HAPPENED – GAME 2
  • Like in Game One, Methodist tallied the first three runs of the second game. In the first inning, Edwards came around to score on a base hit by Rivas. Two innings later, Sydney Sizemore plated a pair of Monarch runs with a 2-RBI double.
  • Greensboro registered its first run of the ballgame in the third then took a 4-3 lead, in the fourth, following a three-run homerun.
  • In the seventh inning, Sizemore tallied her third RBI of the day to tie the game at 4-4, and force extra innings.
  • A Pride miscue allowed Methodist to capitalize and take a 5-4 lead.
  • With Greensboro runners on second and third base, a sacrifice fly allowed the runner from third to score. On the same play, the runner from second successfully moved up to third before a Monarch error let the winning run score.
NUMBERS
  • For the second time this weekend, Margoupis tossed a complete game while giving zero earned runs. She improves to a team best 9-2 record.
  • Between both game, Rivas went 4 for 7, which includes a career-high three hits in the second contest, with three RBIs. 
UP NEXT
One week from now is when Methodist plays again, as the Monarchs host Brevard College in a USA South doubleheader. First pitch is scheduled for 1 PM.
    
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