Blue Raiders drop two video games on opening day

TROY, Ala. – Middle Tennessee Softball (0-2) dropped video games in opposition to each North Alabama (2-0) and Troy (2-0) on the opening day of the Trojan Classic. The Blue Raiders fell 5-1 to the Lions and 11-3 to the Trojans in 5 innings. 

Middle Tennessee confronted North Alabama within the first sport of the 2026 season. The Blue Raiders scored one run within the sport; Ansley Blevins was chargeable for two of the group’s three hits. Mary Martinez acquired the begin and was credited with the loss, and Braelyn Hall picked up 1.1 innings of scoreless aid, the place she struck out three of the seven batters she confronted. 

In the second sport of the day, the Blue Raiders have been off to a scorching begin in opposition to the Trojans. Lilly Bethune and Kennedy Chatman each recorded RBIs within the first inning to give Middle Tennessee a two-run lead. The lead was brief lived, because the Blue Raiders went on to surrender three runs within the backside of the primary and by no means reclaimed the lead. Tori Coffman acquired the beginning, and Hall got here in but once more in aid after the second inning. Hall struck out one other three batters and pitched two scoreless innings earlier than she was relieved by Elle Hildreth.  

By the Numbers 

• 2: Lexi Medlock and Ansley Blevins each began a two-game hit streak after recording hits in back-to-back video games as we speak.
• 3: In her first two collegiate outings, Braelyn Hall totaled three punch outs in every sport, now main the Blue Raiders in strikeouts.
• 6: Middle Tennessee compelled opponents to six scoreless innings throughout each video games as we speak.

Up Next 

The Blue Raiders proceed to compete within the Trojan Classic tomorrow. Middle Tennessee will tackle Southern at 11:00 a.m. and Chattanooga at 6:30 p.m. on the Troy Softball Complex. 

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