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NCAA SOFTBALL: Feb 19 Bowling Green vs Winthrop
Jeff Sochko
7
Winner Southern Miss USM 13-9
4
Winthrop WINTHROP 11-10
Winner
Southern Miss USM
13-9
7
Final
4
Winthrop WINTHROP
11-10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Southern Miss USM 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 7 8 4
Winthrop WINTHROP 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 2

W: Ladner (6-1) L: Smith, Mackenzie (0-1) S: Leinstock (1)

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Winner Winthrop WINTHROP 11-11
6
Mercer MER 9-9
Winner
Winthrop WINTHROP
11-11
8
Final
6
Mercer MER
9-9
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Winthrop WINTHROP 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 8 7 0
Mercer MER 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 6 11 1

W: Cyzick, Makayla (2-0) L: Madi Joice (4-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Eagles Power Their Way To Split On Day 2 Of Mercer Bears Classic

Macon, GA — The Winthrop softball team earned a split on day two of the Mercer Bears Classic after falling to Southern Miss 7-4 and bouncing back to defeat Mercer 8-6.

GAME INFORMATION
RECORDS: Winthrop (12-9) | Southern Miss (12-9) | Mercer (8-9)
WINTHROP LEADERS: Madyson Watson (4-for-8, R, HR, 2 RBI) | Macy McCall (2-for-6, 2R, 3RBI, 2SB)

WHAT HAPPENED
 vs Southern Miss
  • Golden Eagles came out swinging as Destini Brown led off the game with an inside the park homerun
  • The Eagles came back to take the lead in the second inning as Ashley Westbrooks got things going by reaching base on an error to lead off
  • Kaitlyn Tucker reached after getting hit was thrown out at second on a fielder's choice to put Ashton Vannhouse on first as Westbrooks moved to third
  • Vanhouse stole second to get two runners in scoring position and Macy McCall came through as both scored on a single through the right side for a 2-1 lead
  • Madyson Watson came through again with her second hit of the game that plated McCall to give the Eagles the lead 3-1
  • After giving up the leadoff homerun, Watson did a good job containing the Golden Eagles through the fifth holding them to just two hits and striking out seven
  • The Golden Eagles made it a one run game in the top of the sixth as Brown tripled and then scored on an Alyssa Davis double to left field
  • Mackenzie Smith then took over the circle striking out her first batter for the second out and ending the inning on a ground out as Kaitlyn Tucker made a nice diving play and throw to first to get the final out
  • Westbrooks reached on an error to lead off the sixth inning and Tucker followed with a single through the right side
  • After a itching change, Chloe Baker hit into a double play, but McCall came through with two outs with a single that scored Westbrooks for a 4-2 lead
  • Southern Miss scored five runs in the top of the seventh to rally for the win
  • The inning was highlighted by an RBI single from Natalie Hurdle and two-run single by Davis
 
at Mercer
  • Mercer struck early as Allie Jones singled with two outs to score Micayla Rood after she doubled with one out
  • The Bears kept things going scoring another three runs off four hits in the second inning
  • Mercer had three straight hits that scored runs as Tori Ash singled followed by an RBI triple from Elisa Rosado and Rood singled for a 4-0 lead
  • The Eagles couldn't get the bats going until the fifth (sent no more than 3 batters to the plate in each of the first four innings)
  • Ansley Gilreath led off with a single to right center as Rema Patel came in to pinch-run and scored on a shot off the wall from Bailey Warren
  • Mercer came right back with two more runs to push its lead to 6-1 as Castleberry drove in a run on a sacrifice fly and Jones scored Rood with a single to center
  • Breaking through in the fifth inning seemed to wake up the Winthrop bats as McCall walked with one out and then stole second only to have Lauren King hit a two run homer down the left field line
  • Watson followed with a with a solo homer to bring the score to 6-4
  • Keeping the momentum going Gilreath doubled to left center followed by a Westbrooks single to put runners at the corners
  • After Tucker popped out, Warren reached on a fielding error by that put Warren on first and Westbrooks on second as Gilreath scored to make it a one-run game
  • Taylor Charlton came in to pinch-hit for Vianna Rodriguez and came through with the long ball over the center field fence as the Eagles led 8-6
  • Mackenzie Cyzick got the Bears 1-2-3 in the sixth and worked around two singles in the seventh to hold on for the win
 
EXTRA BASES
  • McCall's hitting streak came to an end at 13 games, but she extended her streak to 22 straight games of reaching base
  • Gilreath moved into a tie for 25th on the Winthrop all-time hit list with 145
  • Westbrooks is now all alone at 13th for all-time hits (183) and is tied for 11th all-time in career runs (111)
  • Watson, who hit seven homeruns in her career before the 2021 season now has eight on the year and 13 all-time (tied for 21st most in a career by an Eagle)
 
ON DECK
The Eagles will finish out the Mercer Bear Classic Sunday afternoon taking on Western Carolina at 1:30 pm before heading into conference play next weekend.
 

 
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