Pacers sweep Bishops in
USA South softball twinbill
Rocky Mount, NC
- Peace hurler
Ashley Stansbury earned two wins on the mound and
blasted a two-run homerun to highlight a league sweep
for the Pacers over host North Carolina Wesleyan in
Wednesday’s softball action at Edge Field. Peace earned
a 3-0 victory in game one before earning a 5-4 win in
game two. The Pacers improve to 19-9 on the season, 5-1
in USA South play, while the Bishops drop to 10-8
overall, 1-5 in conference action.
In game one, Stansbury
tossed a two-hit shutout en route to the 3-0 win. Alexis
Gallop and Ashlee Bass had a hit apiece for the Bishops,
while Kenni Seagroves gave the Pacers all the offense
they would need with a two-run single in the fourth.
Libby Fulford took the
loss for Wesleyan, allowing three runs (one earned) on
three hits.
Game two saw Stansbury
give the Pacers a quick 2-0 lead with a two-run homer in
the first. The Bishops answered with a pair of runs in
their half of the frame as Fulford and Payton Gordon
each recorded RBI-singles.
After both teams plated
a run in the second, Peace went on top 4-3 in the fourth
when Jessica Hogan walked and scored on a Bishop
throwing error. Wesleyan, however, tied the game a
second time with a run in the fifth. Like the Pacers,
the Bishops benefited from a fielding miscue that
allowed Bass to reach an eventually score.
Tied 4-4, Wesleyan had
a chance to take the lead in the sixth. With the bases
loaded and one out, freshman Chelsea Gentry hit a sharp
grounder to shortstop that forced the runner at home.
Stansbury then recorded a strikeout to end the threat.
The Pacers plated the
eventual winning run in the top of the seventh,
unearned. Joanie Blevins drew a two-out walk and came
around to score on the Bishops’ third error of the
contest.
Fulford (6-5) took the
tough loss in relief, despite not giving up an earned
run. Stansbury picked up her second win of the day, also
in relief.
Offensively, Gallop and
Gordon each went 2-for-4 for Wesleyan. Stansbury,
Seagroves, and Kristyn Trogdon had two hits apiece for
the Pacers.
Wesleyan travels to
Averett University on Saturday. Game one is slated for
1:00 p.m.
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