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APSU Lady Govs Softball lose to Applachian State, Winthrop Saturday

Austin Peay Sports Information

Austin Peay State University Lady Govs - APSURock Hill, SC – Austin Peay State University’s softball team couldn’t shake off the rust of a 15-day weather induced layoff Saturday, February 28th in the opening day of the Winthrop Adidas Tournament, with the Lady Govs falling to Appalachian State 13-7 and to Winthrop 11-3.

Austin Peay Softball looked rusty losing two games at Winthrop Adidas Tournament. (APSU Sports Information)
Austin Peay Softball looked rusty losing two games at Winthrop Adidas Tournament. (APSU Sports Information)

It was the Lady Govs (1-8) pitching and defense that seemed to show the most tarnish from the inactivity, giving up 35 hits in the two games – including 12 for extra bases – while defensively committing four errors.

Offensively, Austin Peay fared better in scoring 10 runs on the day, coming on 16 hits, including five home runs.

In the opening game versus Appalachian State, the Lady Govs were down 4-0 heading into the bottom of the second inning before getting on the board on a solo home run by Niya Sparks.

APSU's Laurel BurroughsThe Mountaineers would score three more times in the top of the third inning, to go up 7-1, followed by the Lady Govs second home run of the game – this time coming from Laurel Burroughs – to make it 7-2.

Austin Peay would add a run in the bottom of the fourth inning, without benefit of a hit, with Mel Pavel driving in Chandler Groves with a sacrifice fly to center field to get cut the margin to 7-3.

But Appalachian State (8-7) answered back in the top of the next inning with four runs to push its lead back out to eight runs, 11-3.

APSU's Christiana GableSavannah Oliver would come off the bench to hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning – the only home run hit in the game by the Lady Govs not to be a solo shot – to make it 11-5.

The Mountaineers would close out their scoring with two more runs in the top of the seventh to go up eight runs, with Austin Peay recording its final two home runs of the game – coming on back-to-back solo blasts from Christiana Gable and Sidney Hooper for the 13-7 final.

In the nightcap, Austin Peay was trailing Winthrop 1-0 heading into the top of the third inning, when Sparks tied the game with an RBI single – driving in Gable, who reached on a double.

APSU's Mel PavelBut the Eagles (8-9) took the lead for good in the bottom of the inning with three runs, going up 4-1.

Austin Peay would try to rally back by scoring two times in the top of the fourth inning, on a two-run single by Gable, to make it a one-run game, 4-3.

But that would be as close as the Lady Govs would get, with the Eagles closing out the game by scoring the final seven runs for the 11-3 final.

The Lady Govs will conclude their stay at the Winthrop Adidas Tournament on Sunday, March 1st, with a 9:00am, game versus Coppin State followed by a contest against Wagner at 11:00am.

Box Score – Game 1

Appalachian State 13 (8-7) vs Austin Peay 7 (1-7)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | R H E
Appalachian State 3 1 3 0 0 4 2 13 19 1
Austin Peay 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 7 8 3

W: Schoelkopf, Alissa (2-1) L: AYALA, Natalie (1-4)

 

Appalachian State (8-7)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Gomez, Cynthia 2b 5 2 2 0 0 0 2 0
Heichen, Dani cf 5 1 3 0 0 0 2 0
Warnock, Sarah c 5 2 3 1 0 0 10 2
Richards, Sarah pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stewart, Haley 1b 4 2 2 3 1 0 5 0
Seering, Ashley rf 4 3 2 2 0 0 0 0
Josey, Heather dp 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
Chambers, Caroline lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Parker, Cara ss 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 1
Taynor, Tiffany 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1
Ciocatto, Vanessa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Schoelkopf, Alissa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 13 19 11 1 0 21 5

 

BATTING:
2B: Seering, Ashley 1; Parker, Cara 1; Taynor, Tiffany 1
HR: Warnock, Sarah 1; Stewart, Haley 1; Seering, Ashley 1
BASERUNNING:
SB: Gomez, Cynthia 2; Heichen, Dani 1; Parker, Cara 1
HBP: Seering, Ashley 1; Josey, Heather 1
FIELDING:
E: Parker, Cara 1

 

Austin Peay (1-7)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
HOEG, Morgan 3b 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
DiBENEDETTO, Vinchen ph/3b 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 5
BURROUGHS, Laurel 2b 3 1 1 1 1 0 4 4
GABLE, Christiana 1b 3 1 2 1 1 1 9 0
ARKANSAS, Rikki pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HOOPER, Sidney rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
GROVES, Chandler lf 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
BROWER, Courtney cf 3 1 1 0 1 2 0 0
SPARKS, Niya dp 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
INAGAKI, Erica ss 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 1
OLIVER, Savanna ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
PAVEL, Mel c 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
AYALA, Natalie p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BLACKWOOD, Allie p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 29 7 8 7 4 12 21 11

 

BATTING:
2B: BROWER, Courtney 1
HR: BURROUGHS, Laurel 1; GABLE, Christiana 1; HOOPER, Sidney 1; SPARKS, Niya 1; OLIVER, Savanna 1
SF: PAVEL, Mel 1
BASERUNNING:
HBP: GROVES, Chandler 1
FIELDING:
E: HOEG, Morgan 1; BURROUGHS, Laurel 1; PAVEL, Mel 1

Box Score – Game 2

Austin Peay 3 (1-8) vs Winthrop 11 (8-9)

1 2 3 4 5 6 | R H E
Austin Peay 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 8 1
Winthrop 0 1 3 3 2 2 11 16 1

W: WATSON, Sutton (2-3) L: HOOPER, Sidney (0-2)

 

Austin Peay (1-8)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
BURROUGHS, Laurel 2b 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
GABLE, Christiana 1b 3 1 2 2 1 0 4 2
HOOPER, Sidney p 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 2
NORRIS, Heather p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SPARKS, Niya 3b 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 2
GROVES, Chandler lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
HOEG, Morgan ss 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 1
OLIVER, Savanna rf 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
PAVEL, Mel c 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
LAKE, Marissa pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BROWER, Courtney cf 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Totals 25 3 8 3 5 7 17 8

 

BATTING:
2B: GABLE, Christiana 1
FIELDING:
E: BURROUGHS, Laurel 1

 

Winthrop (8-9)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
HALEY, Paige c 5 1 1 0 0 1 7 0
GLOVER, Zharne cf 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 0
ANTONE, Maddie ss 4 3 3 1 1 0 1 3
RITTER, Kelsey 3b 3 2 3 3 0 0 2 0
YOUNG, Leah 1b 3 2 2 2 1 0 2 0
ZUEHLKE, Haley 2b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
NOBLE, Kristy ph/2b 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
DEWITT, Christine rf 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
DAVIS, Lindsay ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
WATSON, Sutton p 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
UYENO, K.J. dp 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ALLEN, Sara p/dp 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
KING, Dallas p 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 11 16 9 6 1 18 3

 

BATTING:
2B: HALEY, Paige 1; ANTONE, Maddie 1; RITTER, Kelsey 1; DEWITT, Christine 1; DAVIS, Lindsay 1
3B: RITTER, Kelsey 1
SH: GLOVER, Zharne 1
SF: RITTER, Kelsey 1
BASERUNNING:
SB: ANTONE, Maddie 1; YOUNG, Leah 4; ZUEHLKE, Haley 1; NOBLE, Kristy 1
HBP: GLOVER, Zharne 1
FIELDING:
E: ANTONE, Maddie 1
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