Saturday, March 24th, 2007

PC Softball Team Falls At NCAA Division-II North Greenville

The Piedmont College softball team lost a pair of non-conference games this afternoon to NCAA Division-II host North Greenville University in Tigerville, SC by the scores of 11-3 and 6-5. The Lady Lions could only scratch out nine hits in the doubleheader while committing seven errors that led to seven unearned runs.

In the first game the Lions were stimmied by Katie Eargle who went the distance allowing only three runs on two hits. Michelle Broderick led the offense going 1-2 with an RBI while Megan Day notched the only other hit for PC. Leah Della Torre and Emily Maxey both chipped-in with RBI's.

In game two the Lady Lions held a 5-2 lead going into the bottom of the seventh. North Greenville rallied with four runs assisted by Piedmont committing an error that lead to two unearned runs being scored. Maxey led the offense going 4-4 with an RBI while Della Torre went 1-2 with a run scored and Nicole Payne who drove in a pair of runs.

The losses drop PC to 11-14 overall. The women will return to action again on Tuesday, March 27th as they host non-conference Southern Wesleyan University at Walker Field beginning at 2:00.