Saturday, April 19, 2003
BLUE
HOSE AND LADY EAGLES SPLIT SOFTBALL PITCHING DUELS
CLINTON, S.C. – Pitching dominated the doubleheader today with only six runs off of 13 hits tallied in both games. Carson-Newman College (29-9, 10-2) took the first game 3-1 with Presbyterian (25-27-1, 7-7) taking the second 2-0 to split the doubleheader at the PC Softball Complex today.
Game 1: Presbyterian - 1, Carson-Newman – 3
The Lady Eagles only needed
a three run homerun by senior catcher Brooke Randolph (Chattanooga, TN)
to defeat the Blue Hose 3-1 in the first game of the doubleheader.
The three run homer came in the third inning with one out and runners on
first and second. PC picked up its
lone run in the fourth inning when freshman designated player Katie Fite
(Conway, SC) doubled to left center to score sophomore second baseman Amanda Teal (Chapin,
SC).
Carson-Newman senior starting pitcher Marci Mitchell (Lithonia, GA) scattered three hits and gave up only one earned run, while striking out four, to pick up her 15 win of the season and improve to 15-5 overall. Blue Hose junior starting pitcher Brook Norris (Anderson, SC) took the hard loss after giving up three earned runs off of five hits. Norris falls to 11-17 on the season.
Game 2:
Presbyterian – 2, Carson-Newman – 0
Once again pitching and a
homerun made all of the difference in the second game, but this time PC came
out on the winning end 2-0.
The Blue Hose took the lead
in the fourth inning when Teal stepped up to the plate with two outs and
blasted a ball over the centerfield wall to give PC the 1-0 lead.
Sophomore third baseman Jessica Kilpatrick (Hendersonville, NC)
scored an insurance run in the sixth inning off an error to give the PC a 2-0
lead heading into the seventh.
Blue Hose freshman starting
pitcher Samantha
Slater (Westerville, OH) shut down the Lady Eagles
offense and gave up only two hits and struck out five batters to pick up her 11
win of the season and third complete game shut-out.
Carson-Newman freshman starting pitcher Megan Elliott (Eat Ridge,
TN) took the loss after giving up only three hits and one earned run and falls
to 14-5 on the season.