Friday, April 20, 2007                      

               Eighth-Seeded TC Eliminates Fifth-Seeded Catawba

CLINTON, S.C. – Eighth-seeded Tusculum College eliminated fifth-seeded Catawba from the 2007 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Softball Tournament with a 10-3 win on Friday afternoon at the PC Softball Complex.

Tusculum (29-24) will next face third-seeded Wingate at 4 p.m. on Friday. Wingate fell into the loser’s bracket with a 2-1 loss to second-seeded Carson-Newman on Friday morning.

The Pioneers had five different players with two hits in the victory with Brie Griffin (Glendale, Ariz.) leading the way. Griffin ended the Catawba win with two hits, two runs scored, a home run and three RBIs.

TC’s Anna Johnson (Jonesborough, Tenn.) was 2-for-3 in the tilt with two runs scored and two RBIs. Ashley Basilicato (East Patchogue, N.Y.) ended the game with two hits, a run scored and an RBI, while Jenica Fernandez (Phoenix, Ariz.) had the exact same output in the victory.

Mackenzie Loy (Knoxville, Tenn.) was 2-for-4 from the dish for Tusculum, collecting an RBI and a run scored.

Catawba was led in the loss by SAC Freshman of the Year Allie Marshall (Pleasant Garden, N.C.), who hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning to secure all the Indians’ runs in the game.

Megan Dubois (Chino, Calif.) fanned six in the victory from the pitcher’s circle for the Pioneers. Linsday Ettinger (Pasadena, Md.) took the loss for Catawba to drop to 22-10 in 2007.