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Box Score 2 When the Crusaders softball team stepped off the bus to play the
Barton College Bulldogs in a Conference Carolinas doubleheader,
wind chill was around freezing. As snow flurries swirled inside
Jeffries Field, cold would become a recurring theme for the
Crusaders. At days end, the Crusaders bats would be equally
unseasonably cold, mustering just two hits in losing a twinbill
sweep to the Bulldogs, 10-0 and 14-0, both in five innings.
Liz White spun a five inning no hitter, her first collegiate no
hitter, against a Crusaders club that came in riding a four game
winning streak, outscoring its opponents 37-6. White allowed one
runner into scoring position in the first, but the Crusaders were
unable to strike score. Barton would give the freshman right
hander all the margin she would need with a six run opening frame
off her freshman counterpart Samantha Jacobs. The Bulldogs plated
four in the third to wrap up the scoring in game one. White would
take care of the rest to earn her second win of the season. On the
day, White struck out seven and walked two.
In the second game, Hannah Bright singled to left in the top of
the first to break up any thoughts of a repeat performance.
However, that rally was thwarted when Bright was doubled up on a
hit-and-run that went awry. Barton would tally runs in each of the
four times they came to bat, with eight Bulldogs crossing home in
the fourth to put the game out of reach. Catelyn Pressley took the
loss in game two, allowing only two earned runs. Pressley was the
victim of seven unearned runs that led to an early departure in the
finale.
On the day, White would have a pair of multi-hit games to go
with four RBI, as well as an inside-the-park home run. Emily
Leagon collected a pair of muti-hit games as well. Bright and
Carol-Anne Sherrill reached safely in game two for the only hits of
the day.
The Crusaders begin a four game homestand this weekend against
West Virginia State (DH) on Saturday and Queens (DH) on Sunday.
First pitch time Saturday is slated for 1:30pm.
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