Posted: Feb 22, 2017
Mount Olive, N.C. --- The University of Mount Olive softball team dropped a pair of games to Francis Marion University, 3-1 and 4-0, on Wednesday afternoon in Mount Olive, North Carolina.
GAME INFORMATION
Score:
Game 1: Francis Marion 3, Mount Olive 1
Game 2: Francis Marion 4, Mount Olive 0
Records: Mount Olive (8-8, 0-0 CC) Francis Marion (8-4)
Location: Nancy Chapman Cassell Field, Mount Olive, N.C.
How It Happened
Game 1: Play-by-Play
Game 2: Play-by-Play
GAME ONE
- Mount Olive got the ball rolling in the bottom of the first as Charlene Thompson dropped down a bunt and beat the throw to give the Trojans a base runner. Thompson then took second on a flyout and scored the following play as a Francis Marion throwing error allowed Thompson to score from second.
- Francis Marion tied the ballgame up in the top of the fifth on a RBI single.
- The Patriots took over the game in the top of the seventh as Sam Chiudina scored two runs on an RBI-single to center. The cushion proved to be enough as Mount Olive was unable to rally a comeback in the bottom half.
KEY STATS GAME 1
- Karen Foley (0-5) picked up the loss in the circle going seven innings, allowing three runs on seven hits and striking out two.
- Mount Olive stranded eight runners on base while Francis Marion left nine on base.
GAME TWO
- Mount Olive was unable to mount much offense in game two as the Trojans could muster only four hits in the contest.
- FMU took control of the game with a single run in the fifth and three runs in the sixth on their way to taking game two 4-0.
KEY STATS GAME 2
- Kylie Ward (1-1) took the loss for UMO as she went five innings, allowing two runs, none earned, off three hits and walked two Patriots.
- Thompson and Kelsey Hayes were the only Trojans to record a hit in the final game.
Up Next
Mount Olive will hit the road this weekend as the Trojans will travel south to Spartanburg, S.C. UMO will compete against St. Joseph's (Ind.), Wingate, Lenior-Rhyne, and Catawba.