BELMONT, N.C. - Morgan Smith hit a pair of homeruns as the Belmont Abbey softball team split with Barton this afternoon, with the Bulldogs taking the opener 5-3 and the Crusaders earning an 8-0 shutout in Game 2.  BAC now stands at 5-11 on the year, with 3-3 Conference Carolinas record.  Barton is now 9-11 on the year, with a 2-4 conference mark.

GAME 1

• Annabeth Watkins did not give up a hit over the first two innings.  Barton scored two runs in the third
• Smith helped The Abbey capitalize on a Barton error in the bottom of the inning to make it a 2-1 game
• In the fifth, Smith hit a homerun with Melissa Neyhouse on base to put the Crusaders in front 3-2
• Barton tied the game at three in the top of the sixth, and then took the lead in eighth, for the 5-3 win
• Watkins tossed eight strikeouts and a complete game

GAME 2

• Game 2 was all Abbey.  Kellee Branham doubled home Payton Whitley in the second, which proved to be the game winner, as the Crusaders did not give up a Barton run in the game
• Smith made it a 2-0 game in the third with her second homer of the day
• Three straight singles in the fifth scored Smith for a 5-0 lead.  Later in the inning, Kalyn Womack singled to bring home Sydney Pon, and the Crusaders wrapped up the 8-0 win
• Alannah Browne only gave up one hit in the contest

 

• On the day Smith was the Crusader leader, going 4-for-6 with four runs, 3 RBIs, and two homers
• Neyhouse went a combined 4-for-8 with a run and an RBI

UP NEXT

Belmont Abbey will host Chowan tomorrow in a doubleheader that will begin at 1 p.m.