BOX SCORE - GAME 1
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BOX SCORE - GAME 2
FLORENCE
– The University of North
Alabama softball team let a pair of leads
slip away in two home losses to Trevecca
Nazarene Tuesday. The Trojans got a grand
slam to rally for a 5-4 win in the first
contest, then forced extra innings in a 2-1
victory in the nightcap. With the losses,
the Lions fall to 7-7 on the season.
Trevecca remains perfect at 4-0 on the year.
In the first
game, Trevecca only got four hits, but one
of them was the slam as the Trojans posted
the 5-4 victory. UNA entered the top of the
fifth with a 1-0 lead, but trailed 4-1 going
into the bottom of the inning. After the
team drew three walks, Trevecca’s Kelsey
Lantrip connected on the four-run shot to
center field.
The Trojans
added a run in the top of the seventh, which
proved to be the game-winner after UNA
mounted a rally in the bottom of the inning
that fell one run short. Jennifer Sharp
recorded a three-run homer to make the score
5-4, but the Lions could not push another
run across the plate.
Sharp
finished the game 3-for-4 at the plate with
a single and a double to go along with her
homer and three RBI. Emily Barnes was also
2-for-3 with a run scored.
Jennifer
Sexton (4-4) took the loss on the mound. She
held the Trojans to two hits heading into
the fifth before giving up the three walks
and home run. She finished the game with
four hits, six walks and six strikeotus.
In the
nightcap, UNA again lost a 1-0 lead. An
RBI-single by Laurin Watts scored Kathryn
Young in the bottom of the second inning.
Trevecca’s
Megan Hemmingsen, however, doubled in the
top of the fifth and later scored on a wild
pitch. The Trojans got the go-ahead run in
the top the ninth inning. A sacrifice fly by
Brooke Brennan scored Caitlyn Bailey from
third and UNA was unable to answer in the
bottom of the inning.
Watts
suffered the pitching loss after scattering
seven hits and six walks over nine innings.
She also recorded seven strikeouts.
Offensively, four different UNA players had
one hit each, including a double by Sharp in
the first inning.
