Tigerville – North Greenville suffered a 6 – 2 loss to Mount Olive on Saturday afternoon but rebounded to pick up a game two win over the Trojans in a 6 – 2 decision.
UMO scored a pair of runs in the second inning of game one and added an insurance run in the fourth to take a 3 – 0 lead.
Emily Dawson accounted for North Greenville's first run of the game in the sixth inning with a solo homerun that made the score 3 – 1. Mount Olive responded with its biggest inning of the day scoring three runs in the seventh inning on four hits. The Crusaders added a run in the seventh when
Emily Blackwell tripled and came home to score.
Karley Green led North Greenville with a pair of hits in four plate appearances. Blackwell finished 1 – 4 with a run scored. Dawson was 1 – 3 with an RBI and a run scored.
The Crusaders battled from behind in game two as the Trojans took an early 2 – 1 lead after three innings. North Greenville took its first lead of the day in the home half of the fourth inning, taking advantage of a bases loaded situation.
Ansley Fowler and
Maddie Stone would come around to score on a pair of walks to make it 3 – 2.
The momentum carried over in to the third inning as North Greenville platted three – more runs.
Emily Dawson collected her second RBI of the day with a sacrifice fly while Lexie Wilkinson brought around a pair of runs on an RBI single.
Sydney Clark collected the win in game two, throwing all seven innings, allowing just two runs on seven hits. She struck-out five. Wilkinson led the Crusaders with three RBI on the day and was 1 – 2.
Ansley Fowler and
Maddie Stone were bot 2 – 3 with a pair of runs scored.
Next Up
North Greenville travels to Georgia College on Tuesday for a non-conference double header.
