MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. - Mount Olive softball swept the Pacers in the nonconference doubleheader against USC Aiken on Saturday evening at Nancy Chapman Cassell Field in Mount Olive, N.C.
GAME 1 INFORMATION
Score: Mount Olive 5 - USC Aiken 1
Records: Mount Olive (9-8), USC Aiken (9-8)
Location: Nancy Chapman Cassell Field | Mount Olive, N.C.
How It Happened
Play-by-Play
GAME RUNDOWN
- The Pacers found the first run of the day in the top of the first inning as the left fielder came home following a single up the middle by the pitcher.
- Mount Olive knotted up the score at one apiece as Charlene Thompson crossed the plate on a passed ball in the bottom of the first inning.
- The Trojans took the 2-1 lead on a Cassandra Lassiter single to right field that scored Heather Childress in the bottom of the third.
- UMO put up three in the bottom of the sixth, as Breanna Voelker, Hannah Burress, and Amber Elliott all crossed the plate to give the Trojans a 5-1 that they held on to as the Pacers were kept off the board in the top of the seventh for a Mount Olive win.
KEY STATS
- The Trojans scored five runs on eight hits and left four on base in game one.
- Hannah Burress in her two at-bats recorded two hits and scored a run.
- Teammates Amber Elliott and Heather Childress each batted twice and collected one hit and scored one run apiece.
- Haley Brodgen (W:4-4) pitched all seven innings giving up four hits, one run, no walks and struck out six.
GAME 2 INFORMATION
Score: Mount Olive 3 - USC Aiken 1
Records: Mount Olive (10-8), USC Aiken (9-9)
Location: Nancy Chapman Cassell Field | Mount Olive, N.C.
How It Happened
Play-by-Play
GAME RUNDOWN
- Game two began with neither team finding a run in the first but the Pacers did put up one in the top of the second to take a 1-0 lead.
- The Trojans responded in the bottom of the second with a pair of runs as Mikayla Koch and Amber Elliott came home. Koch scored off a single up the middle from Elliott, while Elliott scored on a wild pitch during Thompson at-bat.
- The third run for Mount Olive came in the bottom of the fifth to give UMO a two-run cushion as Thompson scored on a Heather Childress sacrifice groundout to shortstop.
KEY STATS
- The Trojans scored three runs on eight hits and left five on base in game two.
- Mallory Ratcliff (W:3-3) pitched all seven innings giving up two hits, one run, walked a pair and struck out three.
NEXT
Mount Olive returns to action a on Sunday, March 10 for a 1 & 3 PM doubleheader against the Marauders of Millersville University at Nancy Chapman Cassell Field.