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Sydney Pon
0
Converse CONV 17-34
3
Winner Belmont Abbey BAC 20-14
Converse CONV
17-34
0
Final
3
Belmont Abbey BAC
20-14
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Converse CONV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Belmont Abbey BAC 0 0 0 0 0 3 X 3 5 1

W: Yoder, Adison (8-5) L: Lingerfeld (12-16)

3
Converse CONV 17-35
14
Winner Belmont Abbey BAC 21-14
Converse CONV
17-35
3
Final
14
Belmont Abbey BAC
21-14
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Converse CONV 0 0 2 0 1 3 6 1
Belmont Abbey BAC 2 5 4 3 X 14 11 3

W: Meadors, McKenna (6-6) L: M. Davis (0-3)

Game Recap: Softball |

Crusaders Sweep Converse in Final Home Doubleheader

BELMONT, N.C. -- Belmont Abbey Softball wrapped up its 2024 home schedule on Wednesday afternoon with a sweep of Converse in a Conference Carolinas doubleheader at Crusader Field. The Crusaders won the opener 3-0, then took the second game 14-3 in five innings.

With the wins, The Abbey improves to 21-14 overall and 13-9 in league play, while the Valkyries fall to 17-35, 6-16. The wins virtually guarantee a place in the Conference Carolinas Tournament in Duncan, S.C. next weekend.

THE OPENER
  • Mackenzie Allison's bases-loaded double in the bottom of the sixth inning provided all the runs in the game. The teams had battled through five scoreless innings with each getting just two hits over that span.
  • In the deciding frame, Hallie Mele and Sage Farmer led off with singles before Sydney Pon reached on an error while sacrificing.
  • After an out, Allison drilled a pitch to the wall in center for a 3-0 lead. The RBIs gave her 11 total in the last two games.
  • Pon and Yoder had the team's first two hits.
  • Yoder (8-5) picked up the win with the complete game shutout. She allowed three hits and a walk against four strikeouts.
THE NIGHTCAP
  • The first four batters in the lineup (Mele, Farmer, Pon and Sharpe) each had two hits, combining to go 8-for-9.
  • Pon scored twice and drove in seven runs, highlighted by a three-run home run in the fourth. She also had a bases-loaded walk, two-run single and RBI groundout.
  • Mele scored four runs, while Farmer added three.
  • The Crusaders wasted no time getting a lead in the second game with two in the first and five in the second. After the Valkyries answered with two in the third, The Abbey scored seven straight runs -- four and three in the third and fourth, respectively, for a 14-2 lead.
  • Bailey Presley also had two hits, while Maddie Phillips added one to the total of 11.
  • McKenna Meadors evened her record at 6-6 with a complete-game effort. She scattered six hits against three Ks, while allowing only two earned runs.
UP NEXT
  • Belmont Abbey wraps up Conference Carolinas play at Emmanuel on Saturday.
  • The Crusaders make up a non-conference doubleheader at Tusculum on Monday. The games were previously postponed twice by weather.
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