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NCAA SOFTBALL: Apr 15 Winthrop at Gardner-Webb
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Winthrop WINTHROP 18-35
7
Winner Longwood Universtiy LWU 28-22
Winthrop WINTHROP
18-35
4
Final
7
Longwood Universtiy LWU
28-22
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Winthrop WINTHROP 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 6 0
Longwood Universtiy LWU 3 0 1 3 0 0 X 7 13 1

W: BACKSTROM, Sydney (20-11) L: Boulware, Sydney (5-14)

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Winthrop WINTHROP 18-36
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Winner Longwood Universtiy LWU 29-22
Winthrop WINTHROP
18-36
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Final
6
Longwood Universtiy LWU
29-22
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Winthrop WINTHROP 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 9 1
Longwood Universtiy LWU 0 0 2 4 0 0 X 6 10 1

W: BURTON, Er'ron (4-4) L: Basinger, Reese (10-13) S: KANAGAWA, Reagan (1)

Game Recap: Softball |

King Homers Twice On The Day, Eagles Drop Doubleheader At Longwood

Farmville, Va. — Winthrop softball battled second-place Longwood, but dropped a doubleheader with losses of 7-3 and 6-3, Saturday afternoon at Lancer Field.

GAME INFORMATION
RECORD: Winthrop (18-36, 10-16 Big South) | Longwood (29-22, 20-6 Big South)
WINTHROP LEADERS: Paige Rivas (4-for-7, 3R, BB, SB) | King (3-for-7, 2R, 2HR, 3RBI, HBP)
WHAT HAPPENED
Game 1
  • Longwood grabbed the lead in the bottom of the first as Sydney Jacobsen hit a 2-out, 3-run home run
  • Lancers took a 4-0 lead in the third as Alexis Wayland hit a leadoff home run
  • The lead grew to 7-0 after the Lancers pushed three across in the fourth
  • Courtney Cygan led off the sixth inning to break-up the no-hit bid from Longwood's Sydney Backstrom
  • After Cygan was caught stealing, Paige Rivas walked to get things going for the Winthrop offense
  • Macy McCall followed with a single to put runners at the corners
  • Rivas then scored on a wild pitch as McCall moved to second on the play
  • Two batters later Lauren King stepped up and hit a two-run homer to cut into the Longwood lead at 7-3
  • Eagles continued to battle as they manufactured another run in the seventh as Rivas scored for a second time
Game 2
  • King gave the Eagles an early lead as she led off the second with a home run
  • In the bottom of the third the Lancers grabbed the lead, coming through with back-to-back RBI singles by Jacobsen and Korynna Anderson with two outs
  • In the fourth inning the Lancers took advantage of fielding error by the Eagles
  • Lauren Fox made it 4-1 with a two out two-run single and then Sydney Guess hit a two-run homer to lead 6-1
  • Eagles struck right back in the top of the fifth inning as Paige Rivas reached on a bunt single with one away
  • Rivas then stole second and scored on a single by McCall to make it 6-2
  • Eagles loaded the bases in the top of the seventh with no outs as Vianna Rodriguez started things off with a single
  • Rivas singled to center and then McCall walked to load the bases
  • Kaitlyn Tucker plated Rodriguez with a sacrifice fly to left field to make it 6-3
EXTRA BASES
  • King had three RBI on the day, pushing her season total to 21 which tied her career-best (had 21 in 2021)
  • King got hit by a pitch in the second game of the doubleheader, giving her 17 HBP on the year and one shy of typing the program record for a single-season (18 – Sarah Magee)
  • Paige Rivas had three hits in the second game of the doubleheader, her 5th three-hit game of the year
  • Rivas, who leads the team in batting (.350), has scored a run in four straight games and also stole her team-best 24th base of the season
  • The 24 stolen bases by Rivas are tied for the 5th most in a single-season by an Eagle
ON DECK
Winthrop and Longwood conclude the three-game series on Sunday, May 8 at 1 p.m.
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