GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) softball team won its 10
th-straight victory behind an 8-4 win over in-state non-conference foe Queens on Tuesday at The Stick Williams Dream Fields.
The Spartans are now 11-5 overall and the Royals are 2-5 overall. The 10-game win streak matches last season's unbeaten record dated from Feb. 8-23.
- Both teams remained scoreless after three innings.
- The Spartans jumped on the board in the top of the fourth, scoring five runs on two hits, one error, two walks and a hit by pitch.
- Chrissy Rabenold walked to load the bases for the first time in the game and Kaylyn Belfield's single drove in the first run of the game, 1-0.
- With two outs, Avery Bouquin followed with a two-run single to center field adding to the Spartans' advantage, 3-0.
- Nya South was then hit by a pitch to load the bases again, before Laney Deane had a similar at bat to score a run for a 4-0 advantage. One more run came through after Salem Ward walked with the bases juiced for a 5-0 margin.
- The Royals were able to cut the deficit to three, 5-2, following a two-run homer from Lindsay Henson in the bottom of the fourth.
- Neither team saw a base runner in the fifth inning.
- UNCG took a 6-2 lead in the top of the sixth on Ward's two-out RBI single that scored Belfield from second.
- Bouquin tallied her third hit of the game in the top of the seventh with two outs, bringing home Belfield and Samantha Beck for an 8-3 cushion.
- In their final three outs of the game, Kami Diaz led off the frame with a single, before two batters were fanned by Brooklyn Shroyer. Aloni Hogans then put herself and Diaz in scoring position for Sage Farmer's RBI single and then Hogan scored on a wild pitch for an 8-4 deficit.
- Shroyer walked the next batter, but secured the victory with her seventh strikeout of the game.
PITCHING RECORD
Brooklyn Shroyer: W, 6-2
Kooper Barnes: L, 0-2
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UNCG will host the UNCG/Elon Tournament from Feb. 27-March 1. The Phoenix is scheduled to host three games on Friday, and the Spartans are set to face Charleston Southern at Hunt Softball Park in Elon, North Carolina, at 5:30 p.m. The four teams then come to Greensboro to play games on Saturday and Sunday.
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