LIONS DOWN SOUTHERN
ARKANSAS 11-0, 3-0
SOUTHAVEN, Miss., - The
University of North Alabama softball team
got a pair of strong pitching performances
Saturday during a double-header sweep over
Southern Arkansas in Southaven, Miss. The
Lions improved to 21-7 on the year after
downing the Lady Muleriders 11-0 and 3-0.
In the first game, the Lions scored early
and often while starting pitcher Sabrina
Roberts picked up a four-hit shutout.
Roberts improved to 9-2 on the year after
striking out two batters without allowing a
walk in seven innings of work. She retired
the first 11 batters of the game before
surrendering a single in the fourth inning.
Offensively, UNA had 14 hits in the game.
Lindsey Greene went 3-for-4 from the plate
with three RBI and two runs scored to lead
the Lions. Jessica Liddy and Maggi Eades
also each went 2-for-3, while Kim Lee added
a 2-for-4 showing.
The Lions led 4-0 after scoring a run in the
top of the first inning and three in the
second. Amy Goebel hit her third home run of
the season in the second inning with a
two-run shot to left field.
After a two-run fourth inning, UNA put the
game out of reach by scoring five runs in
the top of the seventh.
In the second game, the Lions did not
produce the same offensive numbers, but got
another dominating pitching performance.
Stephanie Glienke threw seven shutout
innings, taking a no-hitter the top of the
sixth. After allowing a single up the
middle, Glienke (7-3) recovered and recorded
the shutout. She struck out five batters and
walked two on the night.
UNA also had trouble scoring runs until
Liddy came through in the bottom of the
fifth with a bases-loaded single. The hit
scored Goebel, who led off the inning with a
single.
In the bottom of the sixth, the Lions scored
two more runs after stringing together four
straight hits with two outs. Goebel, who
went 2-for-3 in the second game, was the
only UNA player with two hits.
UNA will remain in Southaven to face Delta
State on Sunday in a double-header beginning
at 11 a.m.
Printable Game
Statistics - Southern Arkansas - Game 27
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Statistics - Southern Arkansas - Game 28
