Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

Softball Team Sweeps Spelman In GSAC Regular-Season Finale

In the final Great South Athletic Conference doubleheader of the season senior Meredith Ray returned to the mound where she picked up a pair of victories over visiting Spelman College by the scores of 10-0 and 11-5 at PC's Walker Field. The Lady Lions pounded out 17 hits and capitilized on nine Jaguar errors en route to the sweep.

In the first game the Piedmont College offense was dominant notching 10 earned runs on eight hits including a grandslam in the park homerun from Leah Della Torre. Ray was impressive on the mound going five innings striking out nine hitters while only allowing two hits and facing two more than the minimum.

In the second game the Lady Lions found themselves down 4-0 in the bottom of the third but rallied to tie the score at four runs apiece by the fifth inning. PC then proceeded to explode for seven runs in the sixth and despite allowing a single run in the seventh cruised to the six-run victory. Ray picked up the victory in relief going four innings of shutout relief while striking out five.

The victories move Piedmont to 18-17 overall and 8-4 in the Great South Athletic Conference. The women will wrap-up the regular season next Tuesday, April 17th as they host Emory University at Walker Field beginning at 5:00.