ALBERTVILLE, Ala. – The No. 17 Trevecca Nazarene University softball team (8-0) continued the Young Harris College hosted Charger Chillout on Saturday with a pair of wins.
Trevecca defeated Georgia Southwestern State University (2-4) 3-1 and finished the day off with a win against Lincoln Memorial University (4-2) 4-1.
SERIES HISTORY/NOTES
Trevecca and GSSU had net met in softball before today's game while Trevecca slims the LMU all-time edge down to 5-4.
HOW IT HAPPENED – GAME ONE
TNU 3, GSSU 1
Once again, just like yesterday's win over Shorter only three total frames featured any runs as both teams combined for nine hits. Trevecca pushed a pair of runs past home first. In the top of the fifth,
Addy Grace Summers singled in
Madison Pruitt before an
Annabelle Ellis sacrifice fly brought in Summers. The Trojans stretched their lead to three in the sixth after Summers scored again, this time off a wild pitch. The shutout came up just short as with two outs, a single left field brought in GSSU's only run of the game, but it was not enough as Trevecca won, 3-1.
CIRCLE AND BOX NOTES
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Maddie Poschke was 1-2 with a walk.
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Annabelle Ellis went 0-3 but had an RBI.
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Addy Grace Summers went 1-2 with a run scored.
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Haylie Brooks (1-0) started and picked up her first win of the season, going 6.1 innings. She fanned two, with five hits and just a single earned run on the outing.
HOW IT HAPPENED – GAME TWO
TNU 4, LMU 1
LMU got on the board quickly in the first. The second batter sent a ball over the fence which ended up being the only run of the day for the Railsplitters. In total, LMU had just three hits in the game as well. The first five Trojans reached safely in the bottom of the first, and it was 2-1 Trevecca after one complete. Just one over the minimum was in play for the next two innings on both sides before Trevecca poked another run home in the fourth.
Sarah Kinderdine sent a ball to left field to score
Addy Grace Summers.
Maddie Poschke made it 4-1 Trevecca in the fifth with an RBI single.
Kylie Chetakian scored on the play. The Railsplitters managed just one hit the rest of the way as the Trojans won, 4-1.
CIRCLE AND BOX NOTES
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Annabelle Ellis was 2-3.
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Ashlan Sensing went 2-3 with an RBI.
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Brianna Asmondy went 1-3 with an RBI double and a run scored.
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Ashlan Sensing (5-0) picked up her fifth win of the season by fanning seven and allowing just one run and three hits in the complete game.
NEXT ON THE DIAMOND
The Trojans close up the three-day Charger Chillout tomorrow by facing longtime Great Midwest rivals Kentucky Wesleyan College (0-3) at 11:00 a.m.
Trevecca controls a 26-13 edge in the all-time series over the Panthers.
