Softball Extends Win-Streak To Five Games Off Steele's Two-Hitter

Sophomore Shamana Washington Went 2-for-4 Against The Blazers

March 20, 2004

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Longwood University picked up its fifth-straight win Saturday afternoon at the Spartanburg Softball Tournament in South Carolina, defeating Valdosta State 2-0. With the win, the Lancers improve to 18-10 on the season and will play again today, facing Presbyterian College at noon.

Against Valdosta State (6-23), Longwood scored the only run it would need in the fourth inning and added an insurance run in the fifth frame to complete its two-run shutout of the Blazers. Sophomore Shamana Washington/Rhoadesville (Orange Co.) paced the Lancers at the plate, getting two hits in four at-bats, while freshman Abbey Welch/LaPlata, Md. (McDonough) provided the Lancers with a 1-for-3 performance of her own.

Junior pitcher Jen Steele/Manassas Park (Manassas Park) (9-5) earned the win after hurling four innings with only two hits. Welch earned her second save on the season, throwing three frames in relief with five strikeouts.

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