PEACH BELT CONFERENCE SOFTBALL QUARTERFINALS
#6 Montevallo Falcons (21-30 Overall, 11-13 PBC)
VS.
#3 Armstrong State Pirates (29-13 Overall, 18-6 PBC)
WHEN AND WHERE
Friday, April 24, 2015 – 6:30 p.m. EST/5:30 p.m. CST – Milledgeville, Georgia
HOW THEY GOT HERE
MONTEVALLO
In the inaugural season for UM softball, the Falcons have made an indelible mark on the conference. Montevallo was nearly .500 in its first year of Peach Belt play and earned a win over perennial Top 10 team Georgia College. Because of that win over the Bobcats, UM won the tiebreaker with Francis Marion and USC Aiken, earning the sixth seed.
ARMSTRONG STATE
The Pirates have consistently been among the elite Peach Belt teams this season. ASU was not swept by any PBC squad, earning at least one win in every single series this year, including a stretch of eight straight wins at the beginning of April.
AWARD WINNERS
MONTEVALLO
Kelsey Vining (OF) – PBC Freshman of the Year, 1st Team All-Conference
ARMSTRONG STATE
Alexis Mercer (SS) – 1st Team All-Conference
Autumn Parrish (C) – 1st Team All-Conference
Rachel Reynolds (DP) – 1st Team All-Conference
Peyton Roth (UTL) – 1st Team All-Conference
Sierra Newman (OF) – 1st Team All-Conference
Ollivia McLemore (P) – 2nd Team All-Conference
BATTING LEADERS
Armstrong State has three of the top seven hitters in the league, based off average. Peyton Roth is second the conference (.458), Alexis Mercer is sixth (.409), and Sierra Newman is seventh (.393). All three of them were named First Team All-PBC. As a team, the Pirates lead the conference in batting average.
STAR FRESHMEN
Both the Falcons and the Pirates put a freshman on the All-PBC First Team. For Montevallo, Kelsey Vining also won the conference's Freshman of the Year Award. Autumn Parrish of ASU was the catcher on the squad and ranks eighth in the conference in runs batted in.
These two will likely be a key to the game, as Vining leads the conference in steals and Parrish has only thrown out one base stealer all season.
FULL STATISTICS
MONTEVALLO
ARMSTRONG STATE
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP
MONTEVALLO
Jostlyn Higgerson (13-20, 4.27 ERA)
ARMSTRONG STATE
Jane Trzaska (13-10, 3.49 ERA)
SERIES HISTORY
The Falcons and the Pirates met twice this season, splitting a doubleheader on March 29 in Savannah. UM won the first game 11-1 and lost the second game 6-0.
Box Score – Game 1
Box Score – Game 2
HOW TO WATCH
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Live Stats
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