Courtesy: Photo Courtesy of Carlos Morales
The UNCG softball team lost two tough games against Western Carolina Saturday afternoon at the UNCG Softball Stadium.
Softball Falls in Doubleheader against Western Carolina
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNCG softball team lost two tough games against Western Carolina Saturday afternoon at the UNCG Softball Stadium. The Spartans lost game one 3-1 and fell in game two 4-3.
The Spartans are 17-23 with a 3-11 SoCon mark while the Catamounts improve to 17-24, 7-7 in conference play. The series concludes with a single game Sunday, April 13 at 1 p.m.
Western Carolina 3, UNCG 1In game one, the Catamounts held on to defeat the Spartans 3-1 in a pitching duel.
Jordan Garrett (8-12) picked up the win after throwing six innings and allowed just one earned run on two hits. Senior Raeanne Hanks (Rainier, Ore./Rainier Senior) took the loss after throwing a complete game and allowed one earned run with five strikeouts.
Taylor Sigmon picked up her SoCon-leading fifth save after getting out of trouble in the seventh inning. Sophomore Lindsay Thomas (Irvine, Calif./Northwood) worked a walk to start the frame. After two strikeouts, pinch hitter Toni MacReynolds (Vienna, Va./James Madison) lined a single through the infield. Sigmon sealed the win with a groundout to end the game.
Western Carolina scored two runs in the first inning off two hits and a UNCG error. Amelia Griffin had an infield single to start the game. Griffin moved up to second off a wild pitch. Courtney Price walked before Kara Salvo struck out swinging. With one out, Griffin stole third and came home off a throwing error. Taylor Sigmon earned a RBI groundout to give the Catamounts a 2-0 lead.
The Catamounts added an insurance run in the sixth inning. With one out, Sigmon reached on an error and Karley Harkey worked a walk. After a wild pitch, Heather Chastain earned an RBI groundout to give Western Carolina a 3-0 advantage.
UNCG cut the lead to 3-1 in the sixth inning after a sacrifice fly from sophomore Danielle Vega (Rialto, Calif./Aquinas). Classmate Allison Geiner (Raleigh, N.C./Middle Creek) started the rally with a single to left field. After an illegal pitch, Geiner moved to third off a groundout to the catcher. Vega picked up her 24th RBI of the season with the sacrifice fly.
Western Carolina 4, UNCG 3
In game two, the Catamounts turned a costly error into two unearned runs to take game two against UNCG, 4-3.
Courtney Buchanan (6-6) picked up the win throwing four innings allowing three earned runs off five hits. Sigmon earned her sixth save of the season. Lacey Leary (5-4) took the loss after throwing 4.2 innings and allowed just two earned runs.
Lindsay Thomas finished the game 2-for-4 with a three-run home run.
UNCG took an early 3-0 lead after a three-run home run from Lindsay Thomas, her fifth of the season. Junior Dominique Madruga (San Diego, Calif./Cathedral Catholic) leadoff the game by being hit by a pitch and Vega followed with a walk. Lindsay Thomas picked up three more runs batted in giving her 26 on the season.
Western Carolina cut into the lead with a sacrifice fly from Chastain to make the score 3-1. Sigmon walked and Harkey singled to start the inning. After a wild pitch, Chastain lined a RBI sacrifice fly to left field to score a run.
In the fifth inning, the Catamounts scored three runs to pull ahead 4-3 off three hits and a UNCG error. A one out double by Makenzi McAteer started the rally. Griffin singled to the shortstop and Salvo singled through the infield to cut the lead to 3-2. Western Carolina took the lead off a dropped fly ball allowing two runners to come home.
In the seventh inning, the Spartans put the tying run on second base after a leadoff single from Lindsay Thomas but back-to-back groundouts ended the threat giving Western Carolina the series victory with the sweep.
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