Bulldogs Take First Two Games of Collection In opposition to Wofford

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Samford softball group was again on the highway in Southern Conference play at present as they began a three-game set at Wofford. The Bulldogs shutout the Terriers for the primary time all season, and did it twice, as they gained sport one 4-0, adopted by a 7-0 win in sport two. Samford stays sizzling within the SoCon as they transfer to 7-1 in league play and 17-22 total.

GAME ONE: Samford – 4 | Wofford – 0

The Bulldogs began the sequence by handing the ball to Sara Bond, who was stellar for Samford. The Dogs gave her a cushion with run assist within the second inning as Katie Hart singled up the center to attain Brooke Wildes. Joi Hubbard adopted up with a double to left area that scored Shannon Weems and Hart because the Bulldogs went up 3-0. 

Bond scattered 5 hits over her seven innings of labor as she struck out three Wofford batters. Really her solely bother was within the sixth inning as the house aspect had runners on the corners with one out, however she induced a double play to get out of the jam unhurt. Brandy Phillips added another run for the Bulldogs as she hit a solo homer to middle area, her eighth house run of the season, to make it 4-0. The Bulldogs had seven hits in sport one as they got here up with huge hits to take down the Terriers. 

GAME TWO: Samford – 7 | Wofford – 0

The Bulldogs carried that momentum into the second sport, scoring early and infrequently. Olivia Shaw began a two-run first inning with an RBI triple and scored on a single from Phillips. Samford broke the sport open with a two-run third and a three-run fifth. Ella Nelson was the offensive star, driving in 4 runs with a two-run double within the third and a two-run triple within the fifth. Weems introduced house Nelson on a floor ball, which completed the Samford scoring within the fifth and made it 7-0.

Phillips bought the ball within the circle for Samford and shut down the house aspect, as she restricted the Terriers to only two hits within the sport. Phillips went all seven innings and struck out three batters as she strikes to 4-5 on the yr. Across 14 innings of labor, Samford’s pitching workers didn’t enable a single run and surrendered solely seven whole hits. The Bulldogs’ protection was additionally flawless, committing zero errors within the doubleheader sweep.

The ultimate sport of the sequence is about for an 11 a.m. first pitch. There might be no stay stream, however stay stats might be adopted with the hyperlink here.

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