HAMPTON, VA— Winthrop softball's winning streak came to an end Monday afternoon with a 9-1 loss at Hampton in the final game of the Big South series.

GAME INFORMATION
RECORDS: Winthrop (21-20, 10-8 Big South) | Hampton (21-16, 5-10 Big South)
WINTHROP LEADERS: Blake Wallert (1-2, R, 2B) | Keleigh Romine (0-1, SF, RBI)
 
WHAT HAPPENED

• Blake Wallert led off the game with a double to right center and three batters later scored on a sacrifice fly by Keleigh Romine
• Hampton took a 3-1 lead in the 3^rd as Taylor Warrick's RBI triple tied the game
• Brianna Anderson put the Pirates in the lead with an RBI single and then Kial Watts made it 3-1 with an RBI double
• Pirates tacked on four more in the fourth inning highlighted by a two-run double by Anderson
• Hampton ended the game in the fifth with two more runs as Ashley Grassini provided a pinch-hit RBI double and then Samayah Richardson's RBI bunt single made it 9-1
• Bella Roy took the loss as she falls to 3-5 after allowing three runs on four hits in three innings with no walks and four strikeouts

EXTRA BASES

• Five of the nine runs for Hampton came with two outs
• The loss ends the Eagles win streak at five games as they've now won 10 of the last 16 games
• Morgan Lowers singled in the third inning which is her 199^th hit of her career as she looks to become the 8^th in program history to reach 200 in a career
• Eagles are now tied for third in the Big South Conference standings with Charleston Southern

ON DECK
Eagles step away from league action as they'll host Western Carolina for a doubleheader on Wednesday, Apr. 17 at 4 p.m.