May 13, 2010

Box Score

CONWAY, S.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) - No. 3 Winthrop (26-27) downed No. 6 Coastal Carolina (25-30), 6-1 in the third game of the 2010 Big South Softball Championship presented by Musco Sports Lighting Thursday afternoon at Coastal Carolina Softball Field in Conway, S.C. The Lady Eagles will advance to face the No. 2 seed Liberty later tonight at 7:00pm, while the Chanticleers will take on No. 4 Gardner-Webb game tomorrow, Friday May 14 at 11:30am.

Winthrop's offense came through in the top of the fourth as Megan Chapman reached first base on a walk, then advanced to second on a Taylor Wright single. Another walk loaded the bases with Ashlee Revell stepping to the plate. Revell singled to left centerfield, bringing in both Chapman and Wright to give the Lady Eagles a 2-0 lead.

The Lady Eagles broke the game open in the bottom of the fifth scoring four runs with two outs. Winthrop's Ashleigh Jackson began the scoring as she brought pinch runner Jenna Harbin home with a singled to center field, for a 3-0 lead. Veronica Berrie then singled down the left field line, allowing Ashlee Revell to score, followed by a single by Lenny Stoddart to centerfield, scoring Jackson. Chapman continued the hot streak as she double to right field to bring in Berrie, putting the Eagles up 6-0 going into the sixth.

In the seventh inning, the Chants finally got on the board as Michelle Evans knocked a single home run out of the park, 6-1.

Cari Wooldridge earned the win for Winthrop as she allowed one run on four hits, and struck out two in seven innings of work. Berrie and Stoddart both went 2-for-3 on the day, tallying one RBI each.

Katelin Edwards got the loss for the Chants as she pitched 4.2 innings and gave up six runs and struck out seven. Ashley Frederick came in to pitch 1.1 scoreless innings of relief to close out the game. The Chanticleers offense struggled all day as the team combined for just four hits on the day. The lone homer of the day from Evans was her sixth of the season.


Quotes

Winthrop Head Coach Mark Cooke
"I felt like Cari was in control on the mound today. She got ahead of batters early and pitched down hill the rest of the game. Today was a complete team effort. We did everything we were supposed to do to win."

Coastal Carolina Head Coach Kelly Greene
"I wasn't pleased with the way we came out. Our backs are up against the wall now and hopefully we will respond to a little adversity tomorrow."