2008 Woodie Awards
Softball takes twin sweeps over past week
By: Jessica Morrow
Issue date: 4/11/07 Section: Opinion
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Staff Writer
The North Greenville Crusader softball team traveled last week to take on the Milligan College Lady Buffs in a doubleheader on Thursday afternoon, April 5.
North Greenville pounced on Milligan early on in game one when Allison Bailey, freshman undecided, drove in Brandy Jackson, freshman biology, with a single in the first inning. Milligan's Kayla Walker threw a wild pitch in the third inning allowing Bridget Watson, sophomore business administration, to score the second run of the game for the Crusaders.
It didn't take long before Milligan answered scoring five runs in the third inning, taking the lead over NGU. But North Greenville responded as Bailey and Christina Shin, freshman business administration, hit back-to-back doubles deep to left field to launch the inning.
Shin's double scored Bailey. Subsequently, Hope Brewer, freshman sport management, hit a two-run home run tying the game 5-5.
The Lady Buffs recaptured the lead in the bottom of the fourth inning as Laken Stewart singled and Heather Poindexter scored Milligan's sixth run of the game. Brewer's RBI single permitted Shin to score in the sixth inning and tie the game once more at 6-6.
After two scoreless innings, Lady Buff Jennifer Wise ended the game with her two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning giving Milligan the win.
NGU's Krista Yeoman, junior marketing, took the loss after she threw five 1/3 innings in relief. She allowed one hit, gave up two earned runs and struck out two. Crusaders Bailey, Shin and Brewer all went 2-for-4.
North Greenville was the first to score in game two when Amanda McElveen, sophomore elementary education, arrived home on a single from Shealy Broome, freshman undecided, in the top of the first.
Milligan took the lead from North Greenville in the bottom half of the first inning, but it didn't go unanswered.
Brewer's home run started off the second inning for NGU. Kayla Farmer, freshman undecided, followed with a double, and Broome delivered a triple to drive in Farmer.
The game-winning run for the Lady Buffs was finally posted the scoreboard in the sixth inning. Audrey Christmas, freshman undecided, suffered the loss for North Greenville. She went six innings allowing four runs on ten hits. Broome finished the game 3-for-4 with a triple.
On Saturday afternoon, April 7, North Greenville played host to USC Upstate in a doubleheader. The Spartans obtained the first game 14-1 and the second 10-0, both within only five innings.
Christmas gave up five hits and three runs in two innings, taking the loss for the Crusaders.
NGU's single run came in the second inning when Brewer scored on an error. The Crusaders got their only hit when Shin broke up Spartan Emily Jeffery's no-hitter in the fourth inning. North Greenville finished with four errors while Upstate only recorded one.
In game two, Ashley Warlick, sophomore psychology, took the loss for NGU, allowing eight hits and striking out two in four innings. Tia LaFreniere, freshman sport management, had the solitary hit for the Crusaders. Each team finished with two errors. North Greenville falls to 9-31.
The North Greenville University Crusaders' softball team will return to action today, April 11, at 1 p.m. as they host Mountain State University.
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