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Erin Gill
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Erskine ERSKINE 5-20, 3-8 CC
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Winner Belmont Abbey BAC 13-16, 7-6 CC
Erskine ERSKINE
5-20, 3-8 CC
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Final
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Belmont Abbey BAC
13-16, 7-6 CC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Erskine ERSKINE 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
Belmont Abbey BAC 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1

W: Garcia, Sienna (9-9) L: Mallory Ruzicka (0-2)

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Erskine ERSKINE 5-21, 3-9 CC
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Winner Belmont Abbey BAC 14-16, 8-6 CC
Erskine ERSKINE
5-21, 3-9 CC
2
Final
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Belmont Abbey BAC
14-16, 8-6 CC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Erskine ERSKINE 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 2
Belmont Abbey BAC 0 2 2 0 2 0 X 6 10 1

W: Gill, Erin (4-2) L: Erin Redmond (1-2)

Game Recap: Softball |

Crusaders Run Win Streak to Four with Sweep of Erskine

BELMONT, N.C. -- Ella Crowe delivered a pinch-hit walk-off single in game one and Allie Mayer and Megan Towery pushed Belmont Abbey to a four early runs in the game two, leading the Crusaders to a doubleheader sweep of Erskine in Conference Carolinas softball action Friday afternoon.

The Abbey won the opener 2-1 before a 6-2 victory in the nightcaps. It has now won four straight and seven of its last eight to even its record at 16-16 with an 8-6 league mark. The Flying Fleet fall to 5-21, 3-9.

THE OPENER
  • Towery went 2-for-3 with an RBI single in the first for the game's first run. After Erskine tied the game in the second, the teams settled in for a defensive struggle until the seventh. with one out, Ava Elkins was hit by a pitch and came all the way around from first Crowe's single to the wall in right center.
  • Casey Laing also had two hits for the Crusaders, both doubles. Mayer and Alayna Patrick rounded out the seven-hit attack.
  • Sienna Garcia threw a complete-game four-hitter to improve to 9-9. She walked two and struck out six, facing just 26 batters.
THE NIGHTCAP
  • Belmont Abbey jumped out to a 4-0 with two runs in both the second and third innings. With two outs and runners on second and third, Mayer hit a 1-1 pitch to the wall in left, scoring Lily Garnett-Brown and Abby Piesker. In the third, Laing doubled with one out before Towery hit a rocket over the centerfield fence.
  • Erskine cut the deficit in half on a two-run home run in the top of the fifth, but Trinity Wall delivered a two-out, two run single in the bottom half to push the margin back to four.
  • Wall, Laing and Towery each had two hits in the contest, with Crowe, Garnett-Brown, Elkins and Mayer also adding hits.
  • Erin Gill (4-2) earned the win with 6.0 solid innings in the circle. She allowed just five hits and four walks while striking out two before Mellany Garcia threw a scoreless seventh.
UP NEXT
  • Belmont Abbey returns to action tomorrow with a key Northwest Division matchup at Converse.
  • The teams split a doubleheader in Belmont back on March 17.

 
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