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Smith 23
2
Greensboro GC 0-1
7
Winner Bridgewater (Va.) BCSB 1-0
Greensboro GC
0-1
2
Final
7
Bridgewater (Va.) BCSB
1-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Greensboro GC 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Bridgewater (Va.) BCSB 0 0 0 2 4 1 X 7 9 1

W: Cauthorn, Mackenzie (1-0) L: K. Simmons (0-1)

6
Winner Greensboro Gc 1-1
4
Bridgewater (Va.) BCSB 1-1
Winner
Greensboro Gc
1-1
6
Final
4
Bridgewater (Va.) BCSB
1-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Greensboro Gc 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 6 9 1
Bridgewater (Va.) BCSB 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 0

W: L. Engel (1-0) L: Martin, Samantha (0-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Eagles Split Doubleheader With Greensboro

BRIDGEWATER, Va. -- The Bridgewater College softball team split a season opening doubleheader with Greensboro College at the Bridgewater Softball Field on Saturday.

THE BASICS
Final Score: (Game 1) Bridgewater 7, Greensboro 2; (Game 2) Greensboro 6, Bridgewater 4
Records: Bridgewater 1-1; Greensboro 1-1

HOW IT HAPPENED
Game One
  • Greensboro got on the board first with a pair of runs brought in by Hannah French. 
  • The Eagles cracked the scoring drought in the fourth inning highlighted by an RBI single from Jazmyne Smith. Molly Ecroyd came home to tie the game as Andrea Savage was tagged by a pitch with the bases loaded.
  • In the fifth inning, McKenna Mueller and Sarah Wimer each reached base with one out before a Kaelyn Ramsey single loaded the bases. Jazmyne Smith stepped to the plate and crushed a grand slam to deep center field to give the Eagles a 6-2 lead 
  • Brantley Swift came in and silenced the Pride's bats not allowing a hit over the last two frames.
  • The Eagles tacked on one more run in the sixth when Torrie Shifflett brought home Peyton Gregory with an RBI single.
GAME STATS
  • Smith recorded three hits in the game, drove in five runs and recorded the fifth inning grand slam.
  • Shifflett and Savage both recorded an RBI.
  • French recorded the visitors only pair of RBIs and one of the teams two hits.
  • Mackinzie Cauthorn started the evening for the Eagles in the circle recording three strikeouts on the day and recorded the win.
  • The Eagles pitching staff recorded five strikeouts and only allowed two hits in game one.
Game Two
  • The Eagles struck first in game two as Ramsey brought in Shifflett with an RBI single. Cauthorn would follow suit in the next at bat, doubling and bringing in Sarah Wimer in the process. Kathryn Thomas reached first on a throwing error by the Pride's second baseman allowing Cauthorn and Ramsey to score putting the Eagles in front 4-0 after the first.
  • Greensboro responded in the third with a leadoff home run by M'Kenzie Davis. This would be the beginning of the momentum swing as the Pride took control. In the fourth, Alexis Sox hit a double to left field bringing in Kassie Simmons. Greensboro scored three more runs in the sixth as French doubled to bring in Kailey Walker. Brooke Kinley singled into deep left field allowing the Pride to tack on two more runs and grab their first lead of the game.
  • In the bottom of the seventh the Eagles comeback efforts fell short with a pair of flyouts from Smith and Mueller. Wimer got on base with a single but was thrown out trying to extend the play.
GAME STATS
  • Shifflett recorded a hit and scored a run in the loss.
  • For the Pride, Davis recorded a solo home run as well as an RBI. Simmons, Sox and French also drove in runs for the visitors.
  • Lauren Engel went the distance for Greensboro and picked up the win after a rocky start.
  • Ramsey added a 1-for-2 effort at the plate to go along with her RBI and run scored for BC.
  • Samantha Martin took the loss for BC after allowing three runs over just north of two innings of work. Closing things out once again was Swift, allowing one run and three hits
UP NEXT
Bridgewater travels to Winter Haven, Florida on Feb. 27 to play a total of eight games over a span of six days. The Eagles return home on March 9 to play Mary Washington in a doubleheader.

 
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