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Greensboro OUSTS MONARCHS WITH
5-3 VICTORY
 BURLINGTON, N.C.
- The 4th-seeded Pride of
Greensboro College
ousted 2nd-seeded
Methodist University in Saturday's final game
by a 5-3
score. Greensboro managed a 3-2
lead before a brief rain delay, and the
Pride
went on to out-score the Monarchs 2-1 over the
final two innings.
Jenee Johnson and Jessica
Clack led off the
game with singles. A
fly ball moved the
runners to second and third, and
Olivia
McPherson followed with an RBI-single
up the
middle to plate the first run of the contest.
Clack later scored
on an illegal pitch for a 2-0
Pride advantage.
The
Monarchs answered with two runs of their
own in their
half of the frame. Brandi Chandler
walked and
stole second, and a walk and
single to left proceeded to load the bases.
Crystal Metzger then forced home MU's first run by drawing the second
bases-on-balls
of the inning. Pinch runner Brittany Melton tied the game
when she crossed on a Pride
error, unearned.
In the third,
Greensboro’s Clack collected her second hit of the
game and came around
to score on a Kristen Coakley RBI-single that put
the Pride on top for good.
After the rain delay, GC added
two insurance runs in the sixth as Kendra Leghart and
Jenee Johnson each
recorded an RBI. Leghart's proved to be the game-winner as the
Monarchs
managed to scratch a run in their half of the frame for the 5-3 final.
Greensboro’s
Erica Brown (10-7)
earned the win after going 3 1/3 innings and allowing
one run on four hits. Lesley Hewitt (15-6)
took the loss for Methodist as she gave up five
runs on nine hits.
Johnson, Clack, and Ryeleigh
Loftin each had two hits for the Pride, while Metzger and
Sara Poling
had two hits apiece for the Monarchs.
The Pride
(24-16-2) ssare back in action tomorrow at 10:00
a.m. versus Averett
University
for a chance to face 2nd-seeded Christopher Newport
in the championship.
Methodist (34-10) will
now wait to see if the Monarchs draw an at-large NCAA nod.
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