GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) softball team opened its own Spiro Classic with back-to-back wins on Saturday at the UNCG Softball Stadium.
The Spartans earned its second shutout of the season with an 8-0 six-inning victory over Morehead State. UNCG then followed that win with a 4-3 win over UNC Wilmington.
UNCG is now 5-3 on the season.
Game 1: UNCG 8 – Morehead State 0 (6 inn.)
HOW IT HAPPENED:
Six different Spartans tallied a hit in the win over Morehead State. Redshirt sophomore
Maddie Spell tallied a career-high seven strikeouts in the circle to earn her first win as a Spartan.
UNCG got on board with three runs in the bottom of the second. With the bases loaded, Spell singled to the right side scoring
Jaden Cheek from third and then
Brooklynn Maxwell's single up the middle brought home
Jessie Shipley and
Grace Loftin for a 3-0 lead.
The Spartans threatened the Eagles with runners on second and third with one out in the bottom of the third.
Grace Loftin drove in the fourth run for UNCG and
Jessie Shipley followed with her own RBI single extending the lead to five.
Morehead State stranded two runners in the top of the sixth, as UNCG saw three-straight walks in the bottom of the frame. After a strikeout,
Delaney Cumbie and
Samantha Lagrama both walked in one run each. Shortly after with two outs,
Jorde Chartrand was hit by a pitch to bring in the third run of the inning and the eighth run of the game for the game-winning tally.
NOTES
- Maxwell went 1-for-2 with one run scored and two RBI.
- Shipley scored twice for the Spartans.
- Three from UNCG walked twice: Maxwell, Samantha Lagrama, and Shipley.
PITCHING RECORDS:
Maddie Spell: W, 1-0
Madi Ogden L, 0-1
Game 2: UNCG 4 – UNCW 3
HOW IT HAPPENED:
UNCG once again put runs on the board first as Lagrama drove in Maxwell and Chartrand brought home Cumbie for a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Both teams left runners on base in the second inning.
The Seahawks tied the game at two in the top of the third as Gamache homered to left center on a 2-2 count. UNCW took a 3-2 lead in the top of the fourth as Santiago scored from second on Stockton's single up the middle.
With two outs and a runner on first, Chartrand cranked the first pitch she saw over the left center wall for the lead, 4-3, in the bottom of the fifth. UNCW threatened in the top of the sixth with a runner on third, but
Blayke Batten denied the chance to tie the game as she caught Stockton's fly ball and then threw it home in time for the tag out at the plate for a double play.
Chartrand struck out two of her four batters on the day in the top of the seventh and concluded the game with a pop out.
NOTES
- Jorde Chartrand and Samantha Lagrama went 2-for-3 with one run scored each.
- Chartrand crushed her first home run as a Spartan and totaled three RBI.
- Chartrand struck out four in the circle.
- Cumbie and Shipley each went 1-for-2 at the plate.
PITCHING RECORDS:
Jorde Chartrand: W, 2-3
Carrigan Ewers: L, 0-2
ON DECK
The Spartans continue a 13-game home stand with the final day of their own Spiro Classic tomorrow, Sunday, February 19. UNCG will host Morehead State with a first pitch at 1:30 p.m., followed by UNC Wilmington at 4 p.m.
