Monday, April 24th, 2006

Huntingdon Upsets Piedmont In GSAC Softball Championship

The Piedmont College softball team dropped a 2-1 extra-inning game to third-seeded Huntingdon College in the championship game of the 2006 Great South Athletic Conference Tournament this afternoon at Wesleyan College in Macon, GA. The top-seeded Lady Lions advanced to the conference championship game by eliminating second-seeded LaGrange College earlier in the morning.

Against LaGrange, the Lady Lions scored three runs in the bottom of the second inning as Meredith Ray picked up the victory with seven strikeouts against six hits. Leah Della Torra was 2-4 from the plate with a pair of RBI's.

In the championship, Piedmont scored the game's first run in the bottom of the third, but HC rallied to score in the fourth and the game-winner in the first extra inning. Heather Denne and Emily Maxey combined to record four hits in six plate appearances to lead the offense.

Piedmont returns to action on Tuesday, April 25th with a home doubleheader against nationallly-ranked Emory University beginning at 5:00 at PC's Walker Field.