ROCK HILL, SC— Winthrop had two strong pitching performances to help it earn a doubleheader split at league-leading Longwood, Sunday afternoon at Lancer Field. The Eagles fell 2-1 in 10 innings in the first game before bouncing back to take the nightcap 5-3.
 
GAME INFORMATION
RECORDS: Winthrop (17-27, 7-11 Big South), Longwood (30-14, 14-4 Big South)
WINTHROP LEADERS: Ashley Westbrooks (3-for-9, 2 2B, RBI), Madyson Watson (9.1 IP, 8H, 2R, 2BB, 2K / 0-for-2, BB), Keleigh Romine (2-for-9, 2R), Kiley Majette (7 IP, 7H, 3R, 2ER, 2BB, 3K / 1-for-3, 2B, RBI)
 
COACHES QUOTE
Head Coach Mark Cooke~
"We played one of the best teams in the conference for 17 great innings. We had great pitching from Kiley and Madyson. In the second game we battled back to take the lead and were able to keep scoring with clutch hitting when we needed."
 
WHAT HAPPENED
Game 1

• This was a pitcher's duel that extended into the 10^th inning
• The teams were scoreless until the 9^th inning when the Eagles grabbed the first lead
• Keleigh Romine singled with one out and then Blake Wallert reached on a throwing error by the pitcher that allowed Romine to come all the way around from first to score
• In the bottom of the 9^th Longwood tied the game on a solo homerun by Carr with one out
• Ashley Westbrooks doubled to center with one out in the 10^th and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt but Romine struck out swinging on a 1-2 pitch
• A leadoff single by Smith started things for Longwood in the 10^th
• Smith was sacrificed to second and two batters later D. Martinez singled through the hole at short, scoring the winning run from third
• Madyson Watson tossed a complete game 9.1 innings allowing two runs on eight hits with two walks and two strikeouts as she fell to 5-6

 
Game 2

• Longwood struck in the bottom of the first and third for a 2-0 lead
• Then the Eagles took a 3-2 lead in the top of the fourth
• Romine started it off with a leadoff single followed by a bunt single by Wallert
• After Kiley Majette struck out swinging, Walllert stole second to put two runners in scoring position
• Ansley Gilreath stepped up and hammered her ninth homerun of the season with a three-run shot to right for the lead
• Majette helped her own cause in the 5^th inning when she drove in Tori Walker with an RBI double to left center for a 4-2 lead
• Longwood got one back in the bottom of the 5^th as Batten hit a solo homerun
• The Eagles added an insurance run in the 6^th inning as Morgan Lowers led off the inning with a single and stole second with one out
• Sabrina Shroades hit a pinch-hit single to left to put runners at the corners as Westbrooks stepped in and delivered an RBI single to left for the 5-3 lead
• Majette tossed a complete game allowing two earned runs on seven hits with two walks and three strikeouts to improve to 10-14 

 
EXTRA BASES

• Westbrooks extended her hitting streak to six games and on-base streak to eight straight
• Majette earned her first win in the circle since April 8
• The Eagles pounded out 11 hits in the final game of the series, which was equal to the amount they had in the first two games combined
• Morgan Lowers broke out of an 0-for-25 slump by going 2-for-3 with a run in the game three victory
• Gilreath had three RBI which gives her eight multi-RBI games on the year and a career-high 24 on the season, which doubles her total from last year

 
ON DECK
Winthrop is off until Friday, May 4 when it heads to Lynchburg, VA to take on Liberty in a three-game series. The series will start with a single-game on Friday at 6 p.m. followed by a doubleheader on Saturday starting at 1 p.m.