5/9/2003 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Feely's Homers Lift Lady Chants to Win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
ROCK HILL, SC - Freshman catcher Kelly Feely’s solo shot in the bottom of the seventh inning gave top-seeded Coastal Carolina a 2-1 victory over sixth-seeded Texas A&M-Corpus Cristi and sending the Chanticleers to their third trip in four years to the Big South Conference Tournament Championship. The Lady Chanticleers will have a rematch with the Islanders in the Big South Championship, Sat., May 10 at 3 p.m., after TAMU-CC defeated Winthrop 5-0 in the elimination game Friday night, 5-0.
Coastal Carolina’s Christine Doyle out dueled TAMU-CC’s Sarah Pauly on the mound to improve to 20-7 on the season as Doyle tossed a complete game allowing only one run (unearned) on one hit with a walk and 12 strikeouts. The lone run came in the top of the sixth inning off of two fielding errors, which tied the game at 1-1.
Feely gave the Lady Chants (36-15) a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the fifth inning when she hit her first homer of the game to left field. Both of her home runs off of Pauly came on the first pitch.
Pauly tossed a solid game allowing two runs on six hits with one walk and 12 strikeouts. She is now 20-14 on the season.
TAMU-CC (28-22) received it’s only hit of the game came off the bat of Kelly Amos. The Islanders run was scored by Rachel Kitchens.
A Coastal victory in the 3 p.m. game will end the tournament, while TAMU-CC must win the game to force a second championship game.
