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SATURDAY,
APRIL 18th
NC WESLEYAN ADVANCES
WITH 7-5 WIN OVER PEACE
BURLINGTON, N.C. --
North Carolina Wesleyan (12-26)
knocked Peace College (19-19)
out of the USA South tournament with a 7-5 win
on Saturday afternoon in Burlington.
The Battling Bishops advanced to the nightcap to face Averett University.
Wesleyan’s
Kacie Brandes (1-1) earned her first on the season giving up four runs
earned in five hits with four strikeouts
and three walks. Brooke Davis entered in relief to
close out the final two batters for a
save. Stephanie Simmons (6-10) took the loss for
Peace with two innings pitched.
The
Bishops took an early 1-0 lead in the first with an RBI-single from
Jessica
Poindexter to score Kate Braun who
reached on a single.
The
Pacers tied the game in the bottom of the frame. Amanda Beach advanced
on a
walk and scored on a sacrifice from
Ashley Stansbury.
Wesleyan
punched out two more runs with the help of a Pacer error. Gallop
reached on
a single in the second and scored on an
overthrow from the third baseman. Meredith
Mills, who went 3-3 on the game, led off
with a homerun to left in the third to push the
Bishops lead to two.
Peace’s
Beach hit an RBI-single to get Peace within one.
Mills
doubled in the top of five to start a Wesleyan rally. She scored Kate
Braun who
reached on a walk. Another walk and a
sacrifice put the next run in place for Tiffany
McCord’s two-RBI single to center to
give the Bishops four-run cushion. Mills picked
up another one in the top of six.
The Pacers battled in the
sixth beginning with a leadoff single from Long. Stansbury
pushed her to second with a single to
left. Long scored on a wild pitch and first
baseman Amanda Rothwell tightened the
game with a two-run homerun to right field.
Peace
held Wesleyan in the top of seven but flied out three straight in the
bottom of the
frame to complete the loss.
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