2009 USA South Softball Tournament
Friday - Sunday, April 17th - 19th
Springwood Park
Burlington, NC

 


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 SUNDAY, APRIL 19th

 HORNETS TOP BISHOPS 6-0, ADVANCE TO CHAMPIONSHIP

 BURLINGTON, N.C. -- The #2 seeded Shenandoah
 University Hornets (28-10) shut out #9 North Carolina
 Wesleyan (13-26) 6-0 to advance to the USA South
 tournament championship on Sunday morning at
 Springwood Park
.  The Hornets will face league
 leader Christopher Newport today at 11:30 a.m.

 Pitcher of the year Katie Haskins (16-3) earned the
 win for the Hornets allowing only one hit with four
 strikeouts.  Brooke Over earned a save with one hit in
 three innings.  Brooke Davis took the loss for the
 Bishops giving up eight hits in three innings pitched.

 After opening the game with a perfect defensive
 
frame, the Hornets picked up one run on two hits and
 one error in the bottom of the first.  Kat Pruiett reached first on an error and was was
 moved to second by a
Catherine Buerle single to left. Jesse Khosravi-Heins the scored
 Pruiett with a single of her own to put the Hornets on the board with a 1-0 lead.

 The Hornets opened up their lead with four more runs in the third.  Haskins (pictured) hit
 a leadoff single then scored on a two-RBI single from Lauren Wall.  Buerle also scored
 on the play to push the lead to three.  Ashley Plaugher and Marlee Camplese added two
 more runs, each with an RBI-single.

 Tiffany McCord moved to the circle for Wesleyan and put her team back in the dugout
 after four quick at bats. 

 Brooke Over entered to pitch for Shenandoah in the fifth to earn the save.  She allowed
 three hits, including two in the seventh, but
Dani Abbey and Alexis Gallop were left on
 base to keep the Bishops at bay and seal the win.


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