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UNC Greensboro

Blayke Batten
6
Winner UNC Greensboro UNCG 1-2
5
Maryland UMD 1-2
Winner
UNC Greensboro UNCG
1-2
6
Final
5
Maryland UMD
1-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
UNC Greensboro UNCG 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 6 10 0
Maryland UMD 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 6 1

W: Scott, Morgan (1-1) L: Schlotterbeck, Trin (0-2)

3
UNC Greensboro UNCG 1-3
5
Winner MARYLAND UMD 2-2
UNC Greensboro UNCG
1-3
3
Final
5
MARYLAND UMD
2-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
UNC Greensboro UNCG 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 10 3
MARYLAND UMD 0 0 0 0 2 3 X 5 6 1

W: Schlotterbeck, Trin (1-2) L: Hunter, Graysen (0-1) S: Ellefon, Haley (1)

Game Recap: Softball | | Denise Archetto, Assistant Director of Strategic Communications

Batten Homers in Third-Straight Game, UNCG Splits DH with Maryland

MIAMI, FLA. – Junior Blayke Batten has now homered in three-straight games for the UNC Greensboro (UNCG) softball team, as it split two games with Maryland on Saturday.

The Spartans took game one in 10 innings coming from behind for a 6-5 win, while the Terrapins edged UNCG in game two with a score of 5-3.

GAME 1: UNCG 6 – Maryland 5

From Head Coach Janelle Breneman
"I was proud of our resilience and fight in game one. We had some exceptional plays and clutch hits when we had to have them. Morgan Scott threw a great game going the distance."

RECORDS
UNCG: 1-2
Maryland: 1-2

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • UNCG tallied four hits through four innings, as Maryland had none until the bottom of the fourth.
  • The Terrapins scored their first run with no outs from Schlotter's RBI single through the right side to take a 1-0 edge.
  • With two outs and the bases loaded, Maryland scored its second run on a wild pitch and then a third run on a walk to take a 3-0 lead.
  • In the top of the sixth, the Spartans saw a one-out double to right field from Maycin Brown and Blayke Batten homered to left field to cut the deficit to one, 3-2.
  • In the leadoff spot, Brooklynn Maxwell doubled down the left field line in the top of the seventh.
  • Hannah Kincer then put out the Spartans' second home run on the day to tie the game at four.
  • UNCG saw its first lead, 5-4, from a sacrifice fly from Jessie Shipley in the top of the eighth, scoring Makenna Matthijs.
  • Maryland then responded as Schlotter scored on a passed ball in the bottom of the frame to tie the game at five.
  • In the top of the 10th inning, Batten would connect for the eventual game-winning hit, sending the ball to left field with two outs to give UNCG its second advantage, 6-5.
  • The Spartans fended off the Terps, as Morgan Scott retired the side with Maryland stranding two on base.
NOTES
  • Kincer tallied her 17th-career home run and first of the season.
  • Batten recorded her fourth-career home run and second of the season.
  • Three Spartans had a multi-hit game, including Brown (3-for-5), Batten (2-for-4), and Jordan Gontram (2-for-4).
  • This was the Spartans' first victory over the Terrapins in program history.
  • UNCG is now 1-2 over Maryland.
PITCHING RECORDS
Morgan Scott: W, 1-1
Trin Schlotterbeck: L, 0-2

GAME 2: Maryland 5 – UNCG 3
RECORDS
UNCG: 1-3
Maryland: 2-2

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Freshman pitcher Reese Byrd held the Terps hitless through three innings.
  • UNCG put a run up on the board first in the top of the fifth.
  • Makenna Matthijs led the inning off with a single, followed by Maycin Brown's double to left.
  • On Batten's fly out, Matthijs scored on an error for a 1-0 lead.
  • In the bottom of the frame, Maryland responded with a bases-loaded single from Goff to tie the game at one. Mikami followed with a sacrifice fly to left to score Greico, giving the Terps a 2-1 lead.
  • Brooklynn Maxwell singled up the middle to lead off the sixth, as Hannah Kincer doubled to put runners in scoring position.
  • Tori Dalehite sent a fly ball out to center field, bringing home Maxwell to tie the game at two.
  • Maryland broke the game open, 5-2, with three runs on two hits and three errors in the bottom of the sixth.
  • With one out, Batten drove out her second long ball on the day putting the Spartans within two, 5-3, but following Jessie Shipley's double, the Terps retired the side to hold on for the win.
NOTES
  • Batten recorded her fifth-career home run and third of the season in as many games.
  • Three Spartans had a multi-hit game, including Makenna Matthijs (2-for-4), Brooklynn Maxwell (2-for-4), and Hannah Kincer (2-for-3).
  • Maycin Brown, Jessie Shipley, and Kincer each hit a double.
  • This was the second-straight game that UNCG has recorded 10 hits.
  • Maryland leads the series 3-1 over UNCG.
PITCHING RECORDS
Trin Schlotterbeck: W, 1-2
Haley Ellefon: Save, 1
Graysen Hunter: L, 0-1

ON DECK
UNCG's game versus FIU was cancelled due to weather. The Spartans will head back to North Carolina and visit Campbell on Wednesday, February 16 with a first pitch at 4:30 p.m. 
 
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