Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 BELMONT, N.C. – Hallie Mele went 4-for-9 on the day, as the Belmont Abbey Softball team split with Mount Olive this afternoon by scored of 11-2 and 12-11.  The Crusaders now stand at 14-5 on the year, with a 1-1 conference record.  UMO moves to 20-6 overall, and 3-1 in Conference Carolinas play.

THE OPENER

• Hailey Gass scored the first run of the day, off a single by Mele in the fifth inning
• Mount Olive tied the game in the seventh, before scoring 10 runs in the eighth
• Afton Jessee scored in the bottom of the inning, but the Trojans took the game 11-2
• Abby Craver pitched 7.2 innings

 
THE NIGHTCAP

• The nightcap was a shootout, with The Abbey scoring 10 runs in the first three innings
• Payton Whitley hit a double to right center, and later scored on a fielder's choice
• Kellee Branham scored on a wild pitch to cap off the scoring in the first
• In the second, it was Emma Frye reaching on a single to score Jessee, and later scored on a throwing error
• Sydney Pon started the third inning off with a single, and later scored on a single by Whitley.  Whitley scored the final run of the inning on a Branham single
• The Trojans scored six runs in the sixth to tie the game at 11.  Then in the bottom of the seventh, Bailey Presley knocked a double to right center to bring home Gass for the game-winning run
• 10 Crusaders scored in the game
• Craver got the win for The Abbey, moving her record to 8-2 on the season

UP NEXT
Belmont Abbey will visit Chowan on Friday, March 25.  That DH will begin at 1 p.m.