STATESBORO, GA. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) softball team began the 2026 season with a 6-0 loss to Western Kentucky and a 7-5 setback to Georgia Southern on Friday in the Bash in the Boro at Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex.
GAME 1: Western Kentucky 6 – UNCG 0
- Neither team saw a runner on base in the first inning.
- Western Kentucky took advantage of a two-out error in the top of the second, scoring two runs for the lead. The Hilltoppers added another run, scoring on a wild pitch for a 3-0 advantage.
- With runners on first and second with two outs, the Hilltoppers' Kendle White doubled down the left field line adding one more tally for a 4-0 cushion in the top of the fourth.
- Kaylyn Belfield recorded the Spartans' first hit of the game in the bottom of the frame, but UNCG was unable to string anything together.
- Western Kentucky's Annie White cranked out a solo homer to lead off the top of the fifth, 5-0, before Kennedy Stinson crossed home plate on a first-and-third situation, extending the lead to six.
- Brooklyn Shroyer ended her first appearance as a Spartan with 4.0 innings tossed and six strikeouts.
- Betsy Eatmon was the only other Spartan to tally a hit, singling to left field in the bottom of the fifth.
- Nadia Andarowski came in relief for Shroyer, who gave up no hits and struck out three batters in 3.0 innings of work.
- UNCG threatened late in the game, leaving the bases loaded in the sixth and stranding one runner on in the seventh.
PITCHING RECORD
Brooklyn Shroyer: L, 0-1
Erica Houge: W, 1-0
GAME 2: UNCG 5 – Georgia Southern 7
- With two outs, Macy Michael crushed the second pitch of her at bat over the center field fence for a 1-0 lead. This was her first homer of the season and 10th of her career.
- In the top of the second, the Eagles recorded two more outs, but Nya South hit a rocket over the left field fence to score two runs, extending UNCG's lead to three, 3-0. This was South's first-collegiate home run.
- The Spartans had runners on second and third before Avery Bouquin sent a bullet through the left side adding another two runs for a 5-0 cushion in the top of the third.
- Georgia Southern responded in the bottom of the frame, as Valerie Comb hit into fielder's choice to the shortstop that cut the deficit to four, 5-1, as Brooke Kell scored from third on the play.
- The Eagles went on to score runs in each of the next three innings to take the eventual 7-5 win.
- A fourth inning RBI double from Kyla Maxwell put the Eagles within three, 5-2.
- In the bottom of the fifth, Georgia Southern scored three runs on three hits and one error, tying the game, 5-5, before Delanie Thames battled at the plate before sending out a long ball for the eventual two-run go-ahead home run, 7-5.
PITCHING RECORD
Salem Ward: L, 0-1
Shaylin Stringer: W, 1-0
Bailey Holland: Save, 1
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UP NEXT
UNCG will play two more games tomorrow, facing Western Kentucky at 10:00 a.m. and then Eastern Illinois at 5:30 p.m. at Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex.
