SEWANEE, Tenn. - The University of the South softball team dropped a pair of contests to Millsaps College, 10-5 and 17-5, Saturday in a Southern Athletic Association (SAA) series from the Tiger Softball Field.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final Score, Game 1: Millsaps 10, Sewanee 5
Final Score, Game 2: Millsaps (13-16, 7-4) 17, Sewanee (3-22, 1-8) 5
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HOW IT HAPPENED, GAME 1
-The Majors started the game with a two-out double in the top half of the first.
-Sewanee responded in the bottom half of the second. After
Eve Bournias led off the frame with a walk,
Kendell Goodrum laced a RBI base hit.
-Tied at a run each going into the top of the fourth, Millsaps used a four-run frame to push the lead to 5-1 in favor of the visitors.
-However, the Tigers began the comeback in the bottom of the fifth with a three-run frame.
Sarah Wright brought
Maggie Willis home with a base hit, and
Alice Charboneau followed with a two-run single to cut the deficit to one run.
-After a shut-down inning in the sixth, Sewanee got the bats going in the bottom half thanks to a
Peri Prestwood free pass. After a sac bunt,
Zoe Crockett brought Prestwood home on a base hit to right field to tie the game at five. However, the threat would end there as the next two batters would strike out.
-In the seventh, the Majors responded with a five-run inning, but the go-ahead run used the help of two groundouts to push her to third after she led off the inning with a hit-by-pitch. The Majors would score all of their runs with two outs in the frame.
-Sewanee would get the tying run in the on-deck circle in the bottom half of the seventh, but a groundout secured the win for Millsaps.
HOW IT HAPPENED, GAME 2
-The bats stayed hot for the visitors at the start of game two, as they pushed a lead up to 7-0 after two and a half frames.
-Sewanee saw
Maggie Willis and
Hanna Judycki lead off the frame with back-to-back base hits.
Alice Charboneau brought one of the runs home on a base hit. Following an
Eve Bournias base hit,
Peri Prestwood brought home Judycki thanks to a Majors error, and
Zoe Crockett recorded a RBI base knock of her own to cut the deficit to 7-3.
-Millsaps added a run in the fourth, but Sewanee made it a three-run game, 8-5, in the bottom half. Once again, the duo of Willis and Judycki started the inning off right for the Purple and White with back-to-back base hits. Later,
Sarah Wright and Charboneau each posted back-to-back RBI.
-Unfortunately, for Sewanee, that would be as close as they would get, as Millsaps plated nine runs in the inning to put the game out of reach.
SEWANEE KEY STATISTICS
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Eve Bournias posted a 3-for-4 day at the plate with a run scored in game one.
-In game two,
Maggie Willis was a perfect 3-of-3 with two runs scored, while
Hanna Judycki reached base in all three plate appearances with two hits and a free pass.
-Also in game two,
Zoe Crockett also had a 2-for-3 day at the plate with an RBI, while
Alice Charboneau also went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
MILLSAPS KEY STATISTICS
-Molly Perry set a new SAA record with five stolen bases in game two as she recorded five hits between the two games.
UP NEXT
The series with the Majors concludes on Sunday at 11 a.m.
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