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April 24, 2004PRESBYTERIAN WINS SOUTH ATLANTIC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE BY DEFEATING CARSON-NEWMAN 2-0
Rock Hill, S.C. - No. 3 Presbyterian College (44-11) defeated No. 4 Carson- Newman College (40-12) by a score of 2-0 to win their first ever Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Tournament Championship. Samantha Slater (Westerville, OH) threw a complete game shutout scattering five hits to win the game on the mound for the Blue Hose.
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PC's
Lauren Hixson connects on |
The Blue Hose never lost in
the event and ended with a 4-0 SAC Tourney record. This was
the third consecutive year that Carson-Newman has made it to
the Championship Game and lost.
Lauren Hixson (Spartanburg, SC) hit a solo homerun over the left field fence to give the Blue Hose a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning. That score would later prove to be the game-winning run. Jessica Peterka (Sarasota, FL) singled to right in the third inning to plate Haley Brooks (Tifton, GA) and PC took a 2-0 advantage. |
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Carson-Newman's best chance to tie or take a lead in the contest came in the top of the fifth inning when the Eagles loaded the bases with just one out on the scoreboard. Presbyterian pitcher Samantha Slater came through by getting the Eagles number three hitter to foul out to the Blue Hose third baseman and then got the clean-up hitter to ground out to second. Hixson led PC at the plate going 2-for-3 with a homerun. Peterka was 1-for-3 with a RBI. Katie Fite also went 1-for-3. The win was Slater's fourteenth (14-3) on the mound this season. |
PC's Samantha Slater threw a five-hit shutout in title game versus Carson-Newman |
LeAndrea Johnson, Haley Allen, Cristi Benton, Kim Thorne, and Christi Hampton had a hit apiece in the loss. Lyndsi Craig threw six innings allowing just four hits to take the loss (13-6) on the mound for the Eagles.
This game concludes the 2004 SAC softball season. Pairings for the 2004 NCAA Division II Regional will be announced next week. Possibly two teams from the SAC may be selected to enter the event.
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