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Friday's softball roundup
East Tennessee State University softball split a pair of games on Friday, winning 10-6 over Mercyhurst but falling 9-0 to Marist.
ETSU opened the first game against Mercyhurst with a double to the left centerfield wall from junior outfielder Taylor Suchy that scored senior infielder Cameron Young. Young would score again in the bottom of the third on a wild pitch.Furman scored six first-inning runs and rolled to an 11-1 victory over Youngstown State in the final game of the day at the Furman Round Robin at Pepsi Stadium to earn Friday split. Gardner-Webb opened the weekend with a 9-1 win over the Penguins and 7-2 win over the Paladins.Tori Hedgecock and Sietske Drijvers hit back-to-back solo homers to lead Mercer to a 7-4 victory in the early game, but North Florida put together a pair of multi-run innings in the nightcap to hand the Bears an 8-3 loss and a Friday split at the JU-hosted Spring Break Challenge.
Mercer (12-11) moved to 5-2 in neutral site contests this season with the win over the Dolphins (12-10), while the setback on Thursday evening marked the third-straight series win for the Ospreys (19-8) in the 19-year-old series with MU.The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) softball team defeated North Carolina Central, 10-2, in six innings and then fell to Michigan, 9-0, in five innings on Friday at the UNCG Softball Stadium.The Samford softball team started play today at the North Alabama Tournament against Detroit and Louisiana Monroe. The Bulldogs dominated the Titans 10-3 and followed it up with a 1-0 pitchers duel win against the Warhawks. The 2-0 day moves the Bulldogs record to 15-7 on the season. The Chattanooga softball team made quick work of the day Friday sweeping through its first two games of the Make it Happen Games at Madeira Beach, Fla. UTC beat Siena 8-1 in the opening game and followed that up with a 14-1 victory against Niagara to improve to 16-7 overall and run its win streak to 14 games.Western Carolina softball began the Eagle Classic using the power of four home runs and a pair of complete games in the circle to defeat Boston University 3-1 before dispatching of tournament host Winthrop 4-1 on the opening day from the on-campus Eagle & Terry Field.
ETSU opened the first game against Mercyhurst with a double to the left centerfield wall from junior outfielder Taylor Suchy that scored senior infielder Cameron Young. Young would score again in the bottom of the third on a wild pitch.Furman scored six first-inning runs and rolled to an 11-1 victory over Youngstown State in the final game of the day at the Furman Round Robin at Pepsi Stadium to earn Friday split. Gardner-Webb opened the weekend with a 9-1 win over the Penguins and 7-2 win over the Paladins.Tori Hedgecock and Sietske Drijvers hit back-to-back solo homers to lead Mercer to a 7-4 victory in the early game, but North Florida put together a pair of multi-run innings in the nightcap to hand the Bears an 8-3 loss and a Friday split at the JU-hosted Spring Break Challenge.
Mercer (12-11) moved to 5-2 in neutral site contests this season with the win over the Dolphins (12-10), while the setback on Thursday evening marked the third-straight series win for the Ospreys (19-8) in the 19-year-old series with MU.The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) softball team defeated North Carolina Central, 10-2, in six innings and then fell to Michigan, 9-0, in five innings on Friday at the UNCG Softball Stadium.The Samford softball team started play today at the North Alabama Tournament against Detroit and Louisiana Monroe. The Bulldogs dominated the Titans 10-3 and followed it up with a 1-0 pitchers duel win against the Warhawks. The 2-0 day moves the Bulldogs record to 15-7 on the season. The Chattanooga softball team made quick work of the day Friday sweeping through its first two games of the Make it Happen Games at Madeira Beach, Fla. UTC beat Siena 8-1 in the opening game and followed that up with a 14-1 victory against Niagara to improve to 16-7 overall and run its win streak to 14 games.Western Carolina softball began the Eagle Classic using the power of four home runs and a pair of complete games in the circle to defeat Boston University 3-1 before dispatching of tournament host Winthrop 4-1 on the opening day from the on-campus Eagle & Terry Field.