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NCAA SOFTBALL: MAR 23 Binghamton at Winthrop
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5
Winner USC Upstate UPST 38-11, 18-4 BSC
2
Winthrop WINTHROP 21-22, 10-9 BSC
Winner
USC Upstate UPST
38-11, 18-4 BSC
5
Final
2
Winthrop WINTHROP
21-22, 10-9 BSC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
USC Upstate UPST 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 8 0
Winthrop WINTHROP 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 1

W: BIGGERSTAFF (24-3) L: Majette, Kiley (6-12)

Game Recap: Softball |

Lowers Gets 200th Career Hit, Eagles Drop Series Opener To USC Upstate

ROCK HILL, SC— Winthrop softball fell 5-2 in the opening game of the series with USC Upstate while the second game was halted due to heavy rainfall, Saturday afternoon at Terry Field.

GAME INFORMATION
RECORDS: Winthrop (21-22, 10-9 Big South) | USC Upstate (38-11, 18-4)
WINTHROP LEADERS: Keleigh Romine (1-3, RBI, BB) | Morgan Lowers (1-2, R, BB)
 
WHAT HAPPENED
Game 1
  • Upstate grabbed a 2-0 lead in the second inning as Brittany Case and Megan Obier led things off with back-to-back singles
  • After a ground out moved the runners over, Kristen Wright singled up the middle to score Case from third
  • Three batters later Price walked with the bases loaded for a 2-0 lead
  • Upstate manufactured a run in the third and tacked on another in the fourth inning on an error
  • Trailing 5-0 in the sixth, the Eagles were able to cut into the deficit
  • Blake Wallert led off the inning with a walk followed by a single to left by Morgan Lowers
  • Two batters later, Keleigh Romine singled to left center, scoring Wallert
  • Lowers eventually scored on a wild pitch for the second run
  • Christina Biggerstaff earned the win allowing two runs on two hits with four walks and seven strikeouts and is now 24-3 on the year
  • Kiley Majette took the loss falling to 6-12 after allowing five runs (four earned) on eight hits with five walks and nine strikeouts
Game 2
  • Halted for rainfall in the top of the sixth inning, game will resume at 4 p.m. on Monday, Apr. 22 with game three of the series to follow
EXTRA BASES
  • The Eagles honored their six seniors between games (Jill Derrick, Brooke Ellison, Morgan Lowers, Kiley Majette, Keleigh Romine and Blake Wallert)
  • Winthrop had won five straight at home against league opponents  
  • Lowers single in the sixth was the 200th of her career as she becomes the 8th player in program history to reach 200 hits in a career
  • Ashley Westbrooks reached base for the 19th straight game when she walked in the first inning
  • The nine strikeouts for Majette was a season-high as her previous best was eight against Gardner-Webb, Massachusetts and Savannah State
ON DECK
Winthrop and USC Upstate will resume the second game at Terry Field on Monday, Apr. 22 at 4 p.m. and the final game of the series will take place approximately 20 minutes after the conclusion of game two.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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