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Box Score 2 BRISTOL, Tenn. – The King University softball team came away with a Conference Carolinas sweep of Converse College on Tuesday afternoon. The Tornado took game one 8-0 in five innings before winning game two 8-0 in five innings as well.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: King 8, Converse 0; King 8, Converse 0
LOCATION: King Softball Field; Bristol, Tenn.
RECORDS: King 19-15, 6-4 Conference Carolinas; Limestone 2-40, 0-12 Conference Carolinas
SERIES HIGHLIGHTS
- Kay Brokering, Hanna Adams and Summer Hayes all posted four hits on the day with Hayes driving in five runs.
- Hannah Riddle extended her hitting streak to 18 games, hitting her ninth home run of the season in game one and adding a run-scoring single in the nightcap.
- Hayes ripped her third home run of the season in game one.
- Brokering and Riddle drove in three runs each for the tornado while Adams drove in a pair.
GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS
- Riddle gave King the lead with a home run on the first pitch she saw, the third pitch of the bottom of the first inning.
- Hayes then ripped a leadoff home run in the second inning, giving King a 2-0 lead after two innings.
- Following a two-out single in the first inning, Leslie Odom retired 11 straight Valkyries until a one-out single in the fifth inning. However, that single was erased by a double play.
- Brokering extended the lead in the third inning with a two-out single, scoring Kaycee Casteel.
- The Tornado ended the contest with five runs in the fifth inning. Hayes drove in one with a single and Adams ended the contest with a two-run single, scoring Jenna Burnett and Danielle Parks.
OF RECORD
Winning Pitcher: Leslie Odom (10-4) 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 SO
Losing Pitcher: Jianna Pellegrino (1-14) 4.1 IP, 9 H, 8 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO
GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS
- The Tornado manufactured a pair of runs in the first inning, the second on a Hayes single up the middle that scored Brokering and put King ahead 2-0.
- King extended their lead to 5-0 with three runs in the fourth inning, one coming on a Riddle single up the middle and another on a Brokering double off the fence in left center. Hayes then plated Brokering with a groundout.
- The Tornado then ended the contest with three runs in the fifth inning. A Brokering double scored one before Riddle scored on a wild pitch.
- Hayes gave King the 8-0 win with a single that scored Brokering.
OF RECORD
Winning Pitcher: Emma Hughes (4-6) 4.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO
Losing Pitcher: Marissa Steadman (1-18) 4.2 IP, 11 H, 8 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 1 SO
FOR THE FOES
- Mackenzie Wenz led the Valkyries with two hits on the day, one in each contest.
UP NEXT
- King is scheduled to host Barton College at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, followed by the University of Mount Olive on Sunday at 1:00 p.m.
- Converse travels to Erskine College on Friday and Emmanuel College on Saturday.
