LIONS BEAT OUACHITA BAPTIST, FALL TO
ARKANSAS TECH
MONTICELLO, Ark.,
– For the fourth time this season, the
University of North Alabama softball team
split a pair of games at a pre-conference
tournament, this time, defeating Ouachita
Baptist 5-2 before falling to Arkansas Tech
4-3 at the UAM Classic in Monticello, Ark.
The split gives
the Lions a 6-5 record on the season, with a
1-1 mark in South Region contests. UNA will
play host Arkansas-Monticello Saturday at
noon, before facing Division I Arkansas-Pine
Bluff at 4 p.m.
Against OBU,
Allie Peterson led the way with a 3-for-4
showing at the plate. The freshman from New
Market, Ala., singled her first three
at-bats, scoring and driving in a run along
the way.
UNA scored a
run in the top of the second inning and two
in the third to take a 3-0 lead before the
Tigers (6-7) answered. Two runs in the
bottom of the third cut the lead to 3-2
before the Lions extended their lead with
two in the fourth.
Lindsey Greene
led off the inning with a double, and came
home on an RBI-single by Peterson. Lindsey
Bates later scored from third on a passed
ball to make the final score 5-2. Sabrina
Roberts improved to 2-1 on the year with the
pitching victory. She surrendered nine hits
with a pair of strikeouts in the
complete-game effort.
Against ATU,
the Lions found little offense, getting just
three hits and committing two errors in the
4-3 loss. The Golden Suns (11-4) took a 4-0
lead into the top of the seventh inning
before a late UNA rally made the game
interesting.
After
back-to-back walks by Sarah Whitlow and
Bates, Andrea Palmer connected on a
three-run home run to right center. The
blast cut the lead to 4-3, but the next
three batters got out, ending any chance at
a comeback.
Peterson was
the only UNA player to record more than one
hit, going 2-for-3 for the game, which
wrapped a 5-for-7 performance on the day.
Anna Ard (1-3) suffered the loss on the
mound after giving up four hits with two
strikeouts in 3.2 innings of work.
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