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Sydney Pon
Timothy Shar
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Winner Augusta AUGUSTA 9-2
2
Belmont Abbey BAC 2-3
Winner
Augusta AUGUSTA
9-2
3
Final
2
Belmont Abbey BAC
2-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Augusta AUGUSTA 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 8 1
Belmont Abbey BAC 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 2

W: A. Bolinger (5-1) L: Browne, Alannah (1-2)

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Augusta AUGUSTA 9-3
9
Winner Belmont Abbey BAC 3-3
Augusta AUGUSTA
9-3
8
Final
9
Belmont Abbey BAC
3-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Augusta AUGUSTA 2 0 0 0 3 0 3 8 13 3
Belmont Abbey BAC 2 0 3 1 1 2 X 9 15 0

W: Yoder, Adison (2-1) L: A. Gibson (4-2) S: Cox, Adeline (1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Crusaders Split Pair of One-Run Games With Augusta

BELMONT, N.C. – The Belmont Abbey softball team split a pair of tightly-contested games against Augusta Saturday afternoon at Crusader Field to wrap up an opening six-game homestand. 
 
The Crusaders fell 3-2 in Game 1 before bouncing back with a 9-8 victory in Game 2 to move to 3-3 overall on the season. Augusta is now 9-3.
 
GAME 1
  • The Jaguars opened the doubleheader with a pair of runs in the top of the first inning.
  • Bailey Presley reached base in all three of plate appearances with a walk in the first, aleadoff single in the fourth and reaching on an error in the sixth.
  • The Abbey pulled even at 2-2 in the fourth with two-out RBI singles by Mackenzie Sprinkle and Trinity Wall.
  • Augusta pulled ahead in the top of the seventh by scoring on a bunt.
  • Alannah Browne struck out three over six plus innings of work. She also had a double and scored a run.
 
GAME 2
  • Like Game 1, the Jaguars opened up the second game with a pair of runs in the top of the first inning.
  • The Crusaders pulled even at 2-2 in the bottom of the inning thanks to an two-run single from starting pitcher Adison Yoder. Yoder drove in Hallie Mele and Presley, who led off with a single and walk, respectively. She finished with two hits.
  • Sydney Pon made a diving catch in left field to end the top of the third inning and strand Augusta runners on second and third base.
  • Belmont Abbey took its first lead of the afternoon in the third with a three-run frame starting with an RBI double from Giovana Rodriguez.
  • The Crusaders added two more runs with a sacrifice fly by Mackenzie Allison and an RBI single from Ruthie Allen.
  • Belmont Abbey made it 6-2 in the fourth with an RBI single by Pon to drive in Presley.
  • After Augusta pulled back within 6-5, Mele responded with an RBI single in the fifth to extend the lead back to 7-5. Mele finished with four hits in Game 2.
  • Mele added a two-run single in the sixth to extend the lead to 9-5.
  • After Augusta homered in the seventh, Adeline Cox was able to force a double play to end the game and earn the save.
  • Five Crusaders finished with multiple hits: Mele (4), Pon (3), Yoder, Allen, Marlie Stillwell (2).
 
UP NEXT
The Crusaders are on the road for the first time in the 2023 season with a doubleheader at Lenoir-Rhyne beginning at noon.
 
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