Box Score GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Lee 5, Montevallo 3
Records: Montevallo (32-16) | Lee University (28-28)
Location: UNA Softball Complex (Florence, Alabama)
MONTEVALLO HIGHLIGHTS
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Sophomore Brianna Stella led the Falcons offensively as she finished 2-for-3 with a pair of infield singles.
Freshman Lauryn Garcia went 1-for-3 at the plate and drove in one run.
Sophomore Holly LaForce also finished 1-for-3 at the plate and drove in one run.
Senior Darbi Duke went 1-for-2 at the plate and scored one run.
Senior Celestia Davila and sophomore Haley Barnette scored one run each.
Junior Lady Sarah Federico drove in one run in the contest.
Junior Abbey Pratt pitched one scoreless inning with one strikeout in relief.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Lee plated three runs in the bottom of the second inning on a fluke play where the ball originally hit the base runner standing on third base and bounced away, with all three runs scoring on the play to give the Flames a 3-0 lead.
The Flames added a home run in the bottom of the third inning and plated another run in the bottom of the fourth inning to take a 5-0 lead.
Montevallo finally broke through with two runs in the top of the sixth inning to trim the Flames' lead to 5-2 when senior pinch runner Celestia Davila scored on a RBI single to center field by freshman Lauryn Garcia and sophomore Haley Barnette, who reached on a walk, scored on a RBI infield single by sophomore Holly LaForce.
The Falcons put runners at first base and third base in the top of the seventh inning following a walk issued to senior Darbi Duke and an error by the Flames, but managed to just get one of the runners across when Duke scored on a RBI sacrifice fly to left field by junior Lady Sarah Federico.
UP NEXT
The Falcons close out their first season in the Gulf South Conference with a 32-16 overall record. Montevallo earned the No. 5 seed in the conference tournament in its first season in the league and earned the program's first ever NCAA Division II South Region ranking.
