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Davenport’s
No-Hitter Sends Pride to the USA South Championship Game
 BURLINGTON, N.C.
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The Pride of Greensboro
College ended the
USA South tournament run
for ninth-seeded Averett University in a 8-0
shutout. Greensboro’s Jordan Davenport
earned her fourth win of the
year with today’s
no-hitter to improve the Pride to 25-16 overall.
Averett’s Sandra Dennison completed her
season 8-21, and the Cougars
fell to 8-23 on
the year.
Greensboro took an early 2-run lead in the
bottom of the first starting with a single to
center field from Ryeleigh
Loftin. Olivia
McPherson and Olivia Williams hit their first of
three
hits apiece to complete the action from
the plate.
In
the bottom of the third inning, Greensboro’s
McPherson singled through the middle to set
up for Williams’ two-base
drive down the
leftfield line. Ashley Pennington hit to center field to
score McPherson and moved to
second on the throw home. With one out
Kendra Leghart loaded the bases on an
Averett error, and Brittany Smith
drew an RBI-walk to score Williams. Nikki Wilborn
advanced the runners
on a second Averett error before short stop Jessica Clack
sacrificed a
fly ball to right field pushing the lead to 7. The Cougars got out of
the inning
with Sandra Dennison’s fourth strikeout of the game.
To
start off the bottom of the fifth, Greensboro’s left fielder Brittany
Smith tripled to right
center. Short stop Jessica Clack scored Smith to
end the game in five with a long ball
to center field.
The
Pride advanced to the 1:00pm USA South Softball Championship game versus
second seeded Christopher Newport University (32-8-1).
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