March 6, 2007
GAME ONE BOX SCORE
GAME TWO BOX SCORE
FARMVILLE, Va.-- Longwood University softball recorded its second consecutive doubleheader sweep Tuesday afternoon, beating UNC Greensboro 3-2 and 7-3 at Lancer Field. Ryan Washington/Bealeton (Liberty) got the Lancers (8-2) going in game two, finishing 3-3 with three RBI and two runs scored. Longwood will travel to Las Vegas, Nev. this weekend to take part in the Eller Media Stadium Classic hosted by UNLV, Friday, March 9-Sunday, March 11. The Lancers will open up the tournament with New Mexico at 12 p.m. on Saturday, playing Portland State later in the day at 2:15 p.m..
In game one, UNC Greensboro struck first in the top of third on a two-out single to center field that bounced all the way to the fence scoring Mary Greenway at second base. Longwood answered back in the bottom of the inning, bringing in two runs across the plate for the 2-1 lead after three. Kori Bonner/Round Hill (Loudon Valley) started things off, hitting a lead-off double to left center and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Nicole Hamill/Greenville, N.C. (Farmville Central) a batter later. Caitlin Hooe/Richmond (Douglas Freeman) found a hole on the right side of the infield to bring Bonner in and tie the score at one. Camille Ketsdever/Irvine, Ca. (Irvine) hit a bomb to left center field that fell right at the fence bringing Hooe in all the way from first while Ketsdever stood at second base. The Spartans buckled down on defense and got the next two Longwood batters to retire in order to keep the game at one run.
Longwood added an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth inning on a RBI from Bonner to bring in Catelyn Slagle/Chesapeake (Greenbrier Christina Academy) at second base. Slagle hit single through the right side of the infield and was moved by Amy Betterton’s/Rocky Mount (Franklin County) single to put runners at first and second with one out. Bonner hit a fly ball to deep left field that dropped just before the fence bringing Slagle in and giving the Lancers a two run cushion.
The Spartans threatened in the top of the seventh inning and cut the deficit to one run on a RBI single up the middle and had runners at first and second with one out. UNC Greensboro’s Greenway laid down a sacrifice bunt moving both base runners in scoring position with two outs. Rachel Mills/Quinton (New Kent County) was able to get the next batter to strikeout to record her fourth win of the season and the Lancers’ seventh. Mills pitched the whole way allowing two runs one of which was earned on seven hits while striking out three.
In game two the Spartans took advantage of a defensive miscue from Longwood on a bunt, giving the visiting UNC Greensboro squad a 1-0 lead. The Lancers came storming back in the bottom half the inning, as Katelyn McKeown/Gordonsville (Orange County) sent a shot over the fence in left center, bringing in Washington who drew a two-out walk a batter before.
UNC-Greensboro brought a run in in the top of the second were the score remained 2-2 until the bottom of the fifth inning. The Lancers rallied on two outs in the fifth getting the lead for good on four runs and three hits. Slagle was standing at second after a lead-off single and was moved on a sacrifice bunt by Ketsdever, when Washington hit a long ball over the left center field fence for the 4-2 lead. With McKeown at third and Hamill at second, Betterton hit a blooper into shallow right field to score both runners and pad the Longwood lead to 6-2 after five. The Lancers added a run in the bottom of the sixth off the bat of Washington to build a 7-2 lead going into the final inning.
The Spartans were able to bring one runner across with one but that was it as Ashley Forsyth/Freehold, N.J. (Freehold) got the final two UNC Greensboro batters to foul out for the win. Forsyth finished the game with three runs, on eight hits, one walk, and fanned five batters.
