BRISTOL, TENN. - The University of Mount Olive softball team fell to the Tornado of King University in both games of the Conference Carolinas doubleheader in Bristol, Tenn.
GAME ONE INFORMATION
Score: King 6, Mount Olive 4
Records: Mount Olive (16-23, 5-8), King (20-15, 7-4)
Location: Bristol, Tenn.
How It Happened
Play-by-Play
GAME RUNDOWN
- Neither team scored in the opening two innings, but in the top of the third, Anna Ingram cranked a home run to left field that scored Kayla Allen giving UMO a 2-0 lead.
- King responded with four runs in the bottom half of the inning taking a 4-2 lead over the Trojans.
- The Tornado went ahead four runs, 6-2, after scoring a pair in the bottom of the fourth inning.
- An Ingram single to center field scored Allen again, for the Trojans third run of the game in the top of the fifth.
- Mount Olive's final run came in the top of the sixth inning as Amari Borrego scored on a Kristin Power sacrifice fly putting the final score at 6-4 as the Tornado won game one.
KEY STATS
- Ingram tallied three RBI's in four at-bats on two hits.
- Mallory Ratcliff (L: 8-9) took the loss pitching three innings during which she gave up five runs on eight hits, walking two and striking out three.
GAME TWO INFORMATION
Score: King 7, Mount Olive 5
Records: Mount Olive (16-24, 5-9), King (21-15, 8-4)
Location: Bristol, Tenn.
How It Happened
Play-by-Play
GAME RUNDOWN
- King opened game two scoring three runs in the bottom of the first inning and two in the bottom second to take a 5-0 lead heading into the third.
- The Trojans pulled within two runs, 5-3, after scoring three runs in the top of the third inning. Kayla Allen crossed home plate following a double by Heather Childress to left field. An Anna Ingram triple to left center scored Childress and Ingram scored the following play as Alexis Hobson singled through the left side.
- A Callie Ferrell home run in the top of the fifth tied the game at five-all as she and Allen crossed home plate for the Trojans.
- King broke the tie with a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth going up 7-5 over UMO, that ultimately resulted in the final score.
KEY STATS
- Kayla Allen had two runs in four at-bats.
- Callie Ferrell tallied two RBI's on two hits in four at-bats, including a two-run homer.
- Summer Dickerson (L: 1-1) picked up the loss pitching 4.2 innings allowing two runs on five hits.
UP NEXT
Mount Olive closes out the season with four consecutive home series beginning with Fayetteville State on Wednesday, April 11. Game one of the doubleheader starts at 3 p.m. between the Broncos and Trojans at Nancy Chapman Cassell Field in Mount Olive, N.C.