Lenoir-Rhyne, Carson-Newman Fall In NCAA Softball Regional Tournament
Columbus, Ga. - The Georgia College & State Softball Team (34-19) shut out No. 8 Lenoir-Rhyne (48-9), 1-0, in the First Round of the 2007 NCAA Division II South Atlantic Region Tournament Thursday afternoon at South Commons Stadium in Columbus, Ga.
The Bears were the second seed in the tournament while the Lady Bobcats were seeded seventh.
L-R, who saw its 10-game winning streak snapped, will face third-seeded Augusta State (36-21) in an elimination game Friday at 11:00 a.m.
Georgia College & State scored the lone run of the contest in the top of the seventh inning on Deidra Baitey's (Stockbridge, Ga.) run-scoring single. Baitey finished with a game-high three hits.
The Lady Bobcats' Mandy Chandler (Covington, Ga.) improved to 21-10 with the victory after limiting the Bears to just two hits while striking out 13 batters in the shutout victory.
Lenoir-Rhyne sophomore Casey Hanes (Richmond, Va./Douglas Freeman HS) took the loss despite allowing just one run with six strikeouts. Hanes fell to 24-7 on the year with the loss.
Freshman outfielder Brittany Cherry (Myrtle Beach, S.C./Carolina Forest HS) had both hits on the day for Lenoir-Rhyne.
Georgia College & State faces sixth-seeded Armstrong Atlantic State Friday at 4:30 p.m.
No. 7 Georgia College vs No. 2
Lenoir-Rhyne
05/10/07 at Columbus, Ga. (South Commons)
Georgia College 1 (34-19)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Deidra Baitey cf......... 4 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 0
Allison Schwimer lf...... 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Casey Allen ph/c........ 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Lindsey Swanson ss....... 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 5
Keidra Baitey 3b......... 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jordan Tharp dh.......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Shelbie Lindsey c........ 3 0 2 0 0 0 12 0 0
Ashley Payne pr......... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kayla Smith 1b........... 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1
Brianna Hope rf.......... 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
Nikki Smith 2b........... 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Mandy Chandler p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 27 1 6 1 1 6 21 3 8
Lenoir-Rhyne 0 (48-9)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Brittany Cherry rf....... 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
Taylor Queen cf.......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Brooke Starnes ss........ 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0
Karie Pushard c.......... 1 0 0 0 2 1 6 1 1
Amanda Stewart pr....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leah Krohn 1b............ 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 1
Lindsay Dehart 2b........ 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 1
Lauren Johnson 3b........ 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
Michelle Smith dh........ 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Jessica Luper lf......... 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Casey Hanes p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals................... 22 0 2 0 2 13 21 11 3
Score by Innings R H E
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Georgia College..... 000 000 1 - 1 6 0
Lenoir-Rhyne........ 000 000 0 - 0 2 1
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E - Dehart, L.. LOB - Bobcats 8; Bears 3. SH - Schwimer, A.; Smith, K..
Georgia College IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Mandy Chandler...... 7.0 2 0 0 2 13 22 24
Lenoir-Rhyne IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Casey Hanes......... 7.0 6 1 1 1 6 27 30
Win - Chandler, M. (21-10). Loss - Hanes, C. (24-7). Save -
None.
WP - Hanes, C..
Umpires - HP: Jeff Blanken 1B: Emerus Addision 3B: Shelley
Mangrum
Start: 1:30 pm Time: 1:50 Attendance: 86
Game notes:
Game #2 of the 2007 Division II Softball South Atlantic
Regional
USC Upstate 12, Carson-Newman 2
Columbus, GA - No. 5 USC Upstate scored six runs in the first inning and never looked back en route to a 12-2 victory over No. 4 Carson-Newman in the third game of the Division II Softball South Atlantic Regional at South Commons Stadium. The Spartans pounded out 14 hits in a game shortened to five innings due to the mercy rule.
USC Upstate (47-13) jumped on Carson-Newman starter Stephanie Templeton with six runs on five hits in the first inning. Templeton didn't retire a batter and was replaced by Jessie Armstrong.
Tiffany Pitcher and Shay Slater each had three hits and two RBIs for USC Upstate. Katie Adams, Baillie Denson, and Jamie Amerine chipped in with two hits apiece. Amber Patterson had a double and two RBIs for the Spartans.
Carson-Newman's runs came courtesy of home runs. Katie Speaks hit a solo home run in the first and Hillary Hammond lined a homer in the third inning for the Eagles.
Emily Jeffery (19-5) got the win for USC Upstate in the five-inning complete game. She allowed two hits, two runs, walked one, and struck out three. Templeton (20-6) was tagged with the loss for Carson-Newman (34-15).
USC Upstate will face the winner of Columbus State/Coker tomorrow night at 7 pm and Carson-Newman faces the loser of CSU/Coker at 1:30 pm, both games at South Commons Stadium.
No. 4 USC Upstate vs No. 5
Carson-Newman
May 10, 2007 at Columbus, GA (South Commons)
USC Upstate 12 (47-13)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Heidi Gibbs rf........... 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Katie Adams 2b........... 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2
Shay Slater cf........... 3 2 3 2 1 0 2 0 0
Vanessa Flores dh........ 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1
Melissa Lockey pr....... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amber Patterson 3b....... 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 3
Baillie Denson ss........ 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0
Tiffany Pitcher c........ 4 2 3 2 0 1 3 0 0
Jamie Amerine lf......... 4 1 2 1 0 0 4 0 0
Ashleigh Beck 1b......... 4 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 3
Emily Jeffery p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals................... 31 12 14 12 4 1 15 5 9
Carson-Newman 2 (34-15)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Jessie Howard 3b......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Katie Speaks lf.......... 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0
Whitney Hickam 2b........ 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Mandy Stevens ss......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Stephanie Templeton p/1b. 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1
Amber Palmer c........... 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
Sara Little 1b........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jessie Armstrong p...... 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Whitney Durham cf........ 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Hillary Hammond rf....... 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Totals................... 18 2 2 2 1 3 15 6 2
Score by Innings R H E
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USC Upstate......... 620 40 - 12 14 1
Carson-Newman....... 101 00 - 2 2 3
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E - Adams; Stevens 2; Armstrong. LOB - Spartans 9; Eagles 2. 2B
- Patterson;
Denson. HR - Speaks(1); Hammond(6). SF - Gibbs. SB - Slater.
USC Upstate IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Emily Jeffery....... 5.0 2 2 2 1 3 18 19
Carson-Newman IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Stephanie Templeton. 0.0 5 6 5 2 0 6 8
Jessie Armstrong.... 5.0 9 6 2 2 1 25 28
Win - Jeffery (19-5). Loss - Templeton (20-6). Save -
None.
Umpires - HP: Jason Martin 1B: Arnaze Cantrell 3B: David
Erwin
Start: Time: 1:35 Attendance: 89
Templeton faced 8 batters in the 1st.