ROME, Ga. - The University of the South softball team scored two runs in the top of the seventh, but it was not enough as Millsaps College took the opening game in the SAA Softball Tournament from the Berry Pod on Friday afternoon from Kay Williams Field.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final Score: (4) Millsaps (14-22) 6, (5) Sewanee (12-26) 5
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HOW IT HAPPENED
-After back-to-back base knocks for the Majors in the bottom of the second, they cashed those in with a fielder's choice and a base hit. However, with runners at second and third,
Michaela Walker limited the damage with two fly balls.
-Sewanee responded in the next half-inning with a run thanks to an
Eve Bournias double to score
Madilyn Parker, who led off the frame with an infield hit.
-Leading 2-1 in the fourth, the Majors tacked on four runs capped by back-to-back doubles to increase their lead to 6-1.
-For Sewanee, the bats got back to work in the fifth. After three-straight singles, Bournias scored on a fielder's choice, and Walker laced a single up the middle to score
Hannah Wilson.
-Down to their final outs, the Tigers got the bats going. After back-to-back singles by Bournias and
Zoe Crockett, Millsaps changed pitchers. After the change, a wild pitch moved the runners up 60 feet to second and third.
-Wilson made it 6-4 on a sacrifice fly, while Charboneau's RBI hit made it 6-5. After a Walker free pass to put the tying and go-ahead runners on base, the rally ended with a foul out and line out and Millsaps advanced to the winner's bracket.
SEWANEE KEY STATISTICS
-Seven of the starting nine had a hit for Sewanee in the contest, and eight of the nine reached base at least once.
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Eve Bournias had her first three-hit game of the season and third of her career on Friday with a double, an RBI and two runs scored.
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Zoe Crockett also had two hits, while
Alice Charboneau added two RBI.
-After
Michaela Walker went 3.2 innings,
Hanna Hollis quieted the Millsaps bats with 2.1 innings of scoreless relief.
MILLSAPS KEY STATISTICS
-McKenzie Fleming had a double en route to a 3-for-4 day at the dish.
-Hannah Derouen (7-8) struck out four to earn the win.
UP NEXT
After Millsaps was defeated by top-seed and regular season champion Berry College in the winner's bracket Friday afternoon, the Tigers and Majors will meet again on Saturday afternoon at noon ET / 11 a.m. CT in an elimination game. The winner advances to the semifinals and must beat the Vikings twice to advance to the SAA Championship Series next week.
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