No. 9 Stanford 9, College of Charleston 0
Palo Alto, Calif. -- Ninth-ranked Stanford downed the College of Charleston softball team 9-1 in five innings in game three of the Stanford Classic Friday afternoon.
With the loss, Charleston falls to 9-15, while the Cardinal impofve to 23-2 on the year.
After four innings and seven runs by Stanford and zero from CofC, Shannon Howard belted a two-out homer to deep left field to put the Cougars on the board. Howard's homer was her second of the season. The Carmichael, Calif., native went 1-for-2 in the effort.
Freshman Linzi Bereitschaft hit two singles to bring the CofC hit total to three. The first baseman finished 2-for-2 and helped the Charleston defense with six put-outs.
Alexa Datko (1-2) had her first start for the Cougars. The freshman from San Diego, Calif., pitched through four innings striking out one Cardinal batter and allowing five runs.
CofC returns to action Saturday, March 8, when it takes on North Dakota State at noon and Texas Tech at 6 p.m.
Campbell 7, College of Charleston 0
Palo Alto, Calif. -- The College of Charleston fell to Campbell 7-0 in the Stanford Softball Classic from Palo Alto, Calif., Friday morning.
The Cougars (9-14) will face the host Cardinals at 2 p.m. Friday. The Camels improve their record to 15-7 and face Texas Tech in the second game of the day.
CofC recorded three hits coming from Tiffany Harmon and Linzi Bereitschaft. Harmon, a left fielder from Lynn Haven, Fla., went 2-for-four on the day. Bereitschaft went 1-for-3.
Junior Shannon Howard (5-6) pitched through one out in the first inning before being replace. Terri Mesko pitched through 4.2 innings in relief striking out two Camel batters with only one earned run. Alexa Datko finished the game for the pitching staff striking out two batters.
Brittany Stanley pitched a complete game for CU. She struck out six batters recording only three hits.
The meeting was the second between Charleston and Campbell. The teams split a doubleheader hosted by the Cougars at Patriots Point in February.
Auburn 3, Georgia Southern 0
Tennessee Tech 5, Georgia Southern 4
AUBURN, Ala. --- Georgia Southern’s seven-game winning streak was snapped with two losses Friday in the first day of the War Eagle Classic at Auburn University.
The losses drop the Eagles to 16-12 on the season and end the program’s longest undefeated string since 2004. GSU lost 3-0 in the opener to Auburn and 5-4 to Tennessee Tech.
A three-run homer in the third inning was all the offense Auburn would need.
AU scored its three runs on just one hit. A walk and an error put runners on second and third for Tatiana Fernandez who belted a shot over the fence in left-center.
Senior Melissa Laliberte (Cobourg, Ontario, Canada) had little trouble with Tigers outside of the third inning. She struck out eight and allowed just three hits to fall to 7-3.
In the second game of the night, Tennessee Tech rallied from a 4-3 deficit with single runs in the fifth and sixth innings. TTU got a RBI groundout to tie the game and a run-scoring single to take the lead.
Sophomore Jenny Side (Loganville, Ga.) accounted for two runs with her team-leading sixth homer of the season. Junior Amanda Hall (Haddock,
Ga.) went 2-for-3 at the plate.
Purdue 3, Chattanooga 0
CLEARWATER, Fla. ? Junior third baseman Katie Mitchell's RBI double in the first inning would be all that Purdue (12-5) would need as the Boilermakers shutout Chattanooga (12-10) 3-0 Friday afternoon at the USF Under Armour Invitational.
Purdue got on the board right away as Mitchell connected for her run scoring double in the first inning and was quickly followed by a sacrifice fly by freshman pitcher Suzie Rzegocki to give the Boilermakers a 2-0 first inning lead.
Junior shortstop Candace Curtis added an insurance run in the top of the third inning when she homered down the left field line to make it 3-0.
Freshman pitcher Kandice Irwin (Knoxville, Tenn.) came in at that point and pitched 4.1 scoreless innings of relief, striking out three and allowing only three hits, but it would not be enough as junior pitcher Dana Alcocer pitched four scoreless innings and struck out six batters to collect the win and move to 8-4 on the season.
Freshman pitcher Kaitlin Holloway (Chickamauga, Ga.) took the loss for the Lady Mocs to fall to 2-1 on the season while Rzegocki earned her first save of the season with three scoreless innings of relief.
Katie Mitchell went 2-for-3 on the day with an RBI for Purdue and Curtis finished 1-for-3 with two runs and an RBI.
Senior shortstop Tara Tembey (Folsom, Calif.) ripped her fourth double of the season and freshman first baseman Michelle Fuzzard (Huntington Beach, Calif.) singled in the first inning to account for Chattanooga's only two hits on the day.
The Lady Mocs return to action tomorrow in a 12:00 p.m. game against Central Michigan University.