BRISTOL, Tenn. – The King University softball team earned another Conference Carolinas sweep on Wednesday afternoon. The Tornado took game one from Southern Wesleyan 6-5 before winning game two 12-1.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: King 6, Southern Wesleyan 5; King 12, Southern Wesleyan 1
LOCATION: King Softball Field; Bristol, Tenn.
RECORDS: King 33-15, 14-6 Conference Carolinas; Southern Wesleyan 6-27, 5-15 Conference Carolinas
KING HIGHLIGHTS
- Camryn Haag ripped three doubles on the day and drove in four.
- Lauren Lawson hit a grand slam in game two, driving in five in the contest.
- Haylee Dye went 4-for-4 on the day with three runs scored and drove in two.
- Carly Turner hit a home run in game two as she went 3-for-3. She added a single and a triple.
GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS
- The opening game was a pitcher's duel in the early going until the Tornado offense erupted in the third inning.
- Erin Foster drove in Peyton Day with a double before back-to-back singles from Rikkelle Miller and Dye drove in runs.
- Haag made it a 5-0 Tornado lead with a two-run double.
- The Warriors got on the board with an unearned run in the fourth before King loaded the bases in the bottom of the inning.
- However, King couldn't push a run across.
- Southern Wesleyan scored another unearned run in the fifth, but Turner got out of the bases loaded jam.
- Haag started the bottom of the fifth with a double and later scored on a Day sacrifice fly, giving King a 6-2 lead.
- The Warriors plated three runs, two on a two-out, two-run single from Delaney Byers to pull within 6-5.
- King threatened to add on some runs in the sixth, but left the bases loaded again.
- Marleigh Duncan then retired the side in the seventh to earn her fourth save of the year and give King the 6-5 victory.
OF RECORD
Winning Pitcher: Carly Turner (10-1) 5.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 6 SO
Losing Pitcher: Faith Bowen (2-14) 3.0 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO
Save: Marleigh Duncan (4) 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO
GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS
- King jumped ahead with three runs in the opening frame as Haag ripped a two-out double that scored Samantha Helms and Dye to cap the inning.
- Southern Wesleyan manufactured a run in the second inning before King broke the game open in the third inning.
- Dye drove in Turner with a single before Lawson launched a grand slam, extending the lead to 8-1.
- Turner started the fourth inning with a home run before a Helms single scored Miller.
- Lawson drove in Helms with a double before King added another run on a wild pitch to take a 12-1 lead.
- Nikole Counts made that stand up as she retired the side in the fifth, giving King the 12-1 win.
OF RECORD
Winning Pitcher: Nikole Counts (14-7) 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 SO
Losing Pitcher: Faith Bowen (2-15) 3.0 IP, 6 H, 8 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 0 SO
FOR THE FOES
- Emma Collins collected three hits while Emma Jo Wolfe, Emmy Copeland and Byers posted two hits each.
- Byers also drove in two.
UP NEXT
- King closes the regular season on Friday and Saturday with home doubleheaders against Erskine College and Emmanuel College. First pitch each day is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.
- Southern Wesleyan travels to Chowan University on Friday and Barton College on Saturday.
