BOILING SPRINGS – Gardner-Webb dropped a pair of games Friday afternoon in tournament play at Brinkley Softball Stadium, losing to Valparaiso (7-3) and Colgate (4-0).
GAME ONE (Valparaiso 7, Gardner-Webb 3)
• Valpo scored a pair of runs in the first, third and fourth innings, rapping out 10 hits in the win.
• After the Crusaders took an early 2-0 lead, Gardner-Webb responded with a run in the second to pull closer.
• Valpo led 4-1 after the top of the third, but Gardner-Webb rallied with two runs to trim the lead back to one.
• The visiting team scored the final three runs of the game to pull away.
• Gardner-Webb had seven different players with base hits, including doubles for
Autumn Owen and
Andrea Lyons.
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Laken Myers took the loss, working 0.1 inning and allowing two runs on two hits before exiting the game.
GAME TWO (Colgate 4, Gardner-Webb 0)
• Colgate's Bailey Misken tossed a complete-game shutout, scattering eight hits and allowing two walks (six strikeouts).
• The visitors scored two runs in the sixth and two more in the seventh to break open a scoreless game.
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Brooke Perry took the loss, despite hurling 7.0 strong innings with eight strikeouts.
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Autumn Owen went 2-for-2 at the plate for Gardner-Webb to lead an eight-hit effort offensively.
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Trinity Sterrett,
Andrea Lyon, Perry,
Abbey Goodrum and
Lauren Adam also had hits for the 'Dogs.
Gardner-Webb is back in action Saturday, playing Robert Morris (2 pm) and Valparaiso (4 pm).
