Saturday, April 23, 2005
#3
Presbyterian Eliminates #2 Wingate in the 2005 Food Lion SAC
Softball Tournament
Blue Hose Advance to Championship Round on Sunday
ROCK
HILL, SC –
The Presbyterian College Blue Hose eliminated the Bulldogs of
Wingate University this afternoon in the fifth round of the
2005 Food Lion SAC Tournament on Saturday afternoon. PC will
face No. 1 seed Carson-Newman College tomorrow at 1 p.m. at
Cherry Park. The Eagles are undefeated in the tournament so
far. If PC beats C-N in the 1 p.m. contest they will have to
play another game at 3 p.m. to determine the tournament
champion.
PC
took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning on four
hits and one Wingate error. Olivia Gordon (Boothwyn,
PA) singled to right field to score Lauren Hixson
(Spartanburg, SC) for the first run of the game. Kellyn
Henderson (Simpsonville, SC) then singled to plate Gordon
and Katie Fite (Conway, SC) went home on the same play
after an error by the Bulldogs pitcher to account for the
third run of the inning.
Wingate
trimmed the Blue Hose lead to 3-1 in the top of the third
inning after Sarah Carleton (Powhatan, VA) hit a ball
through the left side to drive in Grace Cunningham (Camden,
SC). Cunningham
singled to reach base, was moved to second on a base hit by Carey
Bumgardner (Mechanicsville, VA) and then advanced to third
base on a wild pitch.
Wingate
cut the deficit to 3-2 in the top of the fifth inning after
Bumgardner scored on a sacrifice fly by Cameron Langston
(Goldsboro, NC). Bumgardner hit a one-out single to reach base
and then advanced to third on a couple of wild pitches.
PC
added an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth inning after
Jessica Kilpatrick (Hendersonville, NC) scored on a
Bulldog error. Kilpatrick
pinch ran for Fite who reached first on a single to
right-center. Kilpatrick
moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Gordon and then scored
from second on the throwing error.
Fite
led the Blue Hose going 2-for-3 with a run scored.
Gordon was 1-for-2 with a run scored and a RBI.
Henderson was also 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Jean Smith (Tampa, FL) threw five innings to
pick up her ninth win (9-4) on the season.
Megan Wheelus (Florence, SC) threw the final two
innings to record her sixth save on the year.
Bumgardner
went 3-for-4 with a run scored to lead Wingate.
Megan McPhail (Fayetteville, NC) was 2-for-4 at the
plate. Carleton
and Langston each had an RBI for the Bulldogs in the contest.
Lauren Powell (Midlothian, VA) threw six innings to
take the loss (13-5) for Wingate on the mound.