SEWANEE, Tenn. – Sewanee posted just five hits in dropping a softball doubleheader at Maryville College on Sunday, 7-0 and 5-0, in Maryville, Tenn. The Scots pulled away with five combined runs in the fifth and sixth innings in the opener and scored four runs in the first two innings in the second contest.
In the opener, the Tigers (3-5) managed just three hits and Maryville scored five runs in the last to innings in a 7-0 victory.
Grace Black,
Maggie Barker and
Ansley Giffin all posted singles for Sewanee.
The Scots plated two runs in the third inning on a sacrifice fly by Paige Dickinson and an RBI double from Kaylee Peyret. The score remained 2-0 until the fifth when two runs came across on a double by Abby Woodard and Maryville added three runs in the sixth on an RBI single by Peyret and a two-run single from Olivia Harris.
Sewanee starter Reagan Huskey (2-3) allowed four runs on nine hits in five innings with three walks and one strikeout. Maryville's Tia Stewart (4-1) gave up three hits with no walks and six strikeouts in six innings and Watiyeli Taylor got the final three outs.
Sydney Dickinson hit a two-run homer for the Scots in the first inning and Jessica Harris tallied a two-run double in the second in the second contest. Emma Blankenship scored in the fifth on a doubleplay grounder by Paige Dickinson.
Sydney Tackett and
Madilyn Parker both recorded hits and the Tigers stranded six baserunners thanks to four walks by Maryville pitching.
Sewanee's
Abbie Buckner (0-1) allowed three earned runs on six hits in four innings while Giffin worked two innings, giving up one run. Sydney Dickinson picked up the win for the Scots, tossing four scoreless innings, allowing two hits with two walks and 11 strikeouts. Whitney Carr picked up a save with three scoreless frames.
Sewanee continues a 10-game road swing Thursday at Talladega College and also plays doubleheaders at Hanover College, Asbury University and Berea College before returning home March 15 to face Wesleyan College.
