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Kiersten Margoupis pitching to batter
Ainsley McGinn
3
Lynchburg LYNSB 8-3
4
Winner Methodist MUSB 7-12
Lynchburg LYNSB
8-3
3
Final
4
Methodist MUSB
7-12
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Lynchburg LYNSB 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 4
Methodist MUSB 0 0 1 0 3 0 X 4 10 2

W: Margoupis, Kiersten (5-5) L: K. Dorcsis (5-1)

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Winner Lynchburg LYNSB 9-3
1
Methodist MUSB 7-13
Winner
Lynchburg LYNSB
9-3
4
Final
1
Methodist MUSB
7-13
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Lynchburg LYNSB 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 5 1
Methodist MUSB 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1

W: E. Charlton (3-2) L: Neeley, Emma (2-8)

Game Recap: Softball | | Matthew Shealy

Methodist Wins One Versus Lynchburg

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.  Hosting the University of Lynchburg Hornets, the Methodist softball team earned a doubleheader split on Saturday, capturing a win in the first game before dropping game two of the afternoon. The win by the Monarchs handed Lynchburg just its third loss of the season.  

THE ESSENTIALS
Final scores: Methodist def. Lynchburg, 4–3; Lynchburg def. Methodist, 4–1
Records: Methodist 7–13; Lynchburg 9–3
Location: Price Field; Fayetteville, North Carolina

HOW IT HAPPENED – GAME 1
  • Down 1–0, the Monarchs used a Lynchburg error to their advantage to tie the game in the bottom of the third.
  • In the top of the fifth, the Hornets pieced together two hits and an error by the Monarchs to score two runs, reclaiming the lead.
  • Methodist answered in the next frame, tallying five hits. Bailey snowed reached on a single to the pitcher, then was advanced by Rachel Blanchard before scoring on an error. Next, Blanchard was batted in by Alyssa Rivas, who doubled to left–center field. Dakota Putman was inserted as a pinch runner for Rivas, advancing to third on a Grace Hobbs sacrifice bunt, then scoring on a Lynsey Plunkett hit to the outfield. Putman's go–ahead run would become the game–winner, as Kiersten Margoupis held the Hornets scoreless in the sixth and the seventh.
HOW IT HAPPENED – GAME 2
  • Emma Neeley struck out five batters in the first four innings as neither team managed a run. In the top of the fifth, two walks and a single allowed Lynchburg to load the bases with no outs, igniting a three–run frame for the Hornets.
  • Lynchburg added a run to its total in the seventh inning, and though the Monarchs tried to rally down to their last out, they produced just one run, which was made possible by a fielding error by the Hornets.
NUMBERS
  • Lynchburg's Kailey Dorcsis held a 5–0 pitching record on the season entering today. The Monarchs knocked 10 hits in their win while facing Dorcsis.
  • Plunkett was 4–for–5 at the plate on the afternoon, batting in the game–winning run in game one.
  • Margoupis allowed just three hits on her outing, which is the fewest she's conceded while pitching a complete game this season.
UP NEXT
Methodist begins USA South play on Saturday, March 22 when the Monarchs travel to Mary Baldwin University in Staunton, Virginia. The doubleheader versus the Fighting Squirrels is set to begin at 1 p.m.
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