DANVILLE, Ky. - The University of the South softball team used a big seventh inning to earn a doubleheader split of Centre College in the regular season finale. Sewanee took the opener, 4-3, before falling in the final game of the series, 9-6, Saturday afternoon from the Centre Softball Field.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final Score, Game 1: Sewanee 4, Centre 3
Final Score, Game 2: Centre (10-28, 4-14) 9, Sewanee (7-24, 3-10) 6
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HOW IT HAPPENED, GAME 1
-The Colonels picked up where they left off Friday night with a two-run single to lead 2-0. The home team added a sacrifice fly in the fifth to make the contest, 3-0 in favor of the Colonels.
-In the seventh, Branan Cobb came in to earn the save for Centre, but the Purple and White had other plans.
Zoe Crockett and
Michaela Walker came up and put together back-to-back base knocks.
-With
Jenna Speer taking over at first as a pinch runner, freshman
Kaila Seger came up to the plate as a pinch hitter with nobody out. After fouling off two straight pitches, Seger sent a fly ball over the right center field fence for a game-tying, three-run home run.
After that, Centre went back to their starter in Andrea Searcy, and, thanks to
Hanna Judycki reaching on Searcy fielding error, she would later score on
Sarah Wright's sac fly to give the visitors the 4-3 lead.
-The Colonels would get a base runner on at first with one out, but a popout and groundout to both
Eve Bournias sealed the deal for the Tigers in the opener.
HOW IT HAPPENED, GAME 2
-With the final game of the series the rubber match, Sewanee got the bats going early in the second game of the twin bill.
Sarah Wright laced a base hit up the middle to score
Hanna Judycki. Later,
Peri Prestwood brought
Alice Charboneau home on a base hit.
-Centre dented the scoreboard in the bottom second with a one-out home run by Sam Rogers.
-The Purple and White got the run back in the third thanks to an
Eve Bournias sacrifice fly to improve the lead to 3-1.
-Centre made it a 3-2 deficit thanks to an RBI single in the fourth. However, Sewanee would tack on another insurance run of their own in the sixth. After a two-out triple by
Zoe Crockett,
Michaela Walker followed with an RBI base hit.
-The lead would not last for the visiting Tigers, as the Colonels flipped the scoreboard with a seven-run inning to make it a 9-4 score.
-In the seventh, Sewanee responded with three runs, but the bright side, all of the offense came after the first two batters were retired. Charboneau started the rally with an eight-pitch free pass. She would later score thanks to a fielding error in left field.
-Bournias followed with a base hit to center to score Wright, and Prestwood followed with a base knock to bring the tying run to the plate. Unfortunately, the runners were stranded at first and third.
SEWANEE KEY STATISTICS
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Alice Charboneau put together a five-hit day at the plate with a perfect 3-for-3 in game two with three runs scored.
Sarah Wright and
Zoe Crockett each tallied two hits in the opener.
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Kaila Seger recorded the pinch-hit, game-tying home run in game one. .
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Peri Prestwood went 2-for-4 in game two, and
Eve Bournias also drove in two in the night cap.
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Michaela Walker (5-15) tossed 12 innings on Saturday and earned the complete game in game one.
CENTRE KEY STATISTICS
-Kaylee Gregory, between the two games, put together a five-hit day Saturday with two runs scored and RBI each.
UP NEXT
With the regular season in the books, Sewanee will now turn its attention to the 2022 Southern Athletic Association (SAA) Tournament. New this year, instead of all teams flocking to one site, the tournament will be broken down into pods, similar to a regional-super regional format in the NCAA Tournament. The tournament will remain a double-elimination format, and the winners of each pod will advance to the championship series April 30 and May 1 at the highest remaining seed.
The top-two seeds in the tournament, Berry and Birmingham-Southern, respectively, will host the two pods starting next weekend. Full announcements of the bracket and schedules will be released once the league office announces the bracket.
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