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Makenna Matthijs
Troy Sayles, Elon Athletics
9
Elon ELON 15-12
10
Winner UNC Greensboro UNCG 17-10
Elon ELON
15-12
9
Final
10
UNC Greensboro UNCG
17-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Elon ELON 0 4 0 0 4 1 0 0 9 9 1
UNC Greensboro UNCG 0 2 3 0 1 3 0 1 10 10 1

W: Byrd, Reese (5-3) L: McCard, McKenna (1-2)

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

UNCG Walks Off in Eight-Inning Battle with Elon

GREENSBORO, N.C. – In what would be the UNC Greensboro (UNCG) softball team's third close game of the weekend against Elon, the Spartans ended up on top with a score of 10-9 in eight innings.
 
Both teams loaded the bases in the eighth and one was bound to come out on top. The game-deciding factor – a walk-off walk for the Spartans.
 
Elon was kept from scoring a run with a fly ball to center field that Makenna Matthijs moved quickly to in the top of the eighth.
 
UNCG immediately responded and put runners in scoring position following a walk from Blayke Batten and a double by Grace Loftin. Jordan Gontram was hit by a pitch. With no outs, Matthijs took a nine-pitch walk to bounce back against the Phoenix for the win.

From Brooklynn Maxwell on the game
"We started the game off flat, however we didn't let that affect how we felt with our swings and kept battling. We came back and fought every inning and succeeded together as a team. I think this win will definitely give our team confidence in each other to start off conference play this weekend against Mercer."
 
RECORDS
UNCG: 16-10, 0-0 SoCon
Elon: 15-11, 0-0 CAA

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Elon put up two four-run innings during the game, once in the second inning and another in the fifth.
  • In the bottom of the second, Elon's Alexa Nemeth tossed back-to-back pitches and the Spartans launched back-to-back home runs from Matthijs and Lagrama, cutting the deficit to 4-2.
  • UNCG took a 5-4 lead, its first advantage in the bottom of the third, with a RBI double from Loftin and a two-run home run by Gontram.
  • Loftin's second RBI double of the game, in the bottom of the fifth cut the deficit to 8-6.
  • A solo homer from Gabi Schaal extended the Phoenix lead to 9-6, but the Spartans responded with three runs to tie the game at nine, including a two-run homer from Batten.
NOTES
  • Matthijs launched her sixth home run of the season, 32nd in her career.
  • She is now tied for seventh in career homers.
  • Samantha Lagrama hit her sixth home run of the season, 20th career.
  • Gontram blasted out her sixth home run of the season, 40th career.
  • This puts her tied for fourth in career home runs.
  • Maxwell crushed her third home run of the season, fifth of her career.
  • Maxwell went 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBI.
  • Loftin went 3-for-5 with one run, three RBI.
  • Her three doubles bring her season total to eight.
  • UNCG leads the series 54-43-2
  • This was the 22nd game this season with at least one home run.
  • This was the 14th game with two or more home runs.
  • This is the second time this season with four home runs.
  • This was the eighth time this season with double-digit hits, totaling 10.
  • This was the fourth time this season with double-digit runs, totaling 10.
PITCHING RECORDS
Reese Byrd: W, 5-3
McKenna McCard: L, 1-2

ON DECK
The Spartans continue a six-game homestand by opening SoCon play on Saturday, March 26 with a doubleheader hosting Mercer at 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.

Students in attendance on Saturday have the opportunity to enter to win a variety of prizes including: Justin Bieber tickets, Lil Durk tickets, Tim McGraw tickets, Atlanta United vs. Charlotte tickets, Emerald Point Passes, and AirPods. The first 100 students in attendance will also receive a t-shirt.
 
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