Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

Softball Team Sweeps North Greenville In Home-Opener

In its 2007 home-opener the Piedmont College softball team swept visiting NCAA Division-II opponent North Greenville University in a doubleheader this afternoon at Walker Field by the scores of 10-2 and 4-3. The Lady Lions exploded for 10 runs over the course of the final four innings in game one and held on for a narrow one-run victory in game two after jumping ahead 4-0 in the third inning.

After going down in order in the first inning of game one, PC notched a pair of runs in the second and four runs in the third. The Lady Lions then tacked on a pair of runs in both the fourth and fifth to seal the eight-run victory and end the game in the fifth inning. Emily Maxey led the offense going a perfect 4-4 from the plate including an RBI and run scored. Meredith Ray chipped in going 2-3 with a pair of RBI's while Lindsay Drevlow went 1-3 with three RBI's. Ray was also dominate on the mound going the distance allowing zero earned runs while striking out a season-high eight hitters.

In game two the Lady Lions scored a single run in the second and tacked on three more in the third capped off by a Leah Della Torre two-out triple which brought home two runs. NGU answered in the top of the fourth with two runs and came within one in the seventh but Ray came in for the save and struck out the final two hitters of the game.

The victories move Piedmont to 3-2 overall. The women will take the field again on Saturday, February 24th as they travel to the Maryville College Tournament in Maryville, TN where they will take on Thomas More College in a doubleheader beginning at 11:00.