GAME 1 INFORMATION
Score: Montevallo 11, Tuskegee 6
Records: Montevallo (20-19) | Tuskegee (7-22)
Location: TU Softball Field (Tuskegee, Alabama)
MONTEVALLO HIGHLIGHTS
- Junior Haley Barnette finished 2-for-2 at the plate with a home run while driving in two runs and scoring two runs.
- Junior Mariel Bertossi went 2-for-4 at the plate with a double and scored two runs.
- Sophomore Caroline Pope finished 2-for-3 at the plate with a double while driving in one run and scoring one run.
- Sophomore Carlee Mullinax went 1-for-1 at the plate with a double and drove in one run.
- Sophomore Brooke Ingram finished 1-for-2 at the plate with a double and drove in two runs.
- Junior Brianna Stella went 1-for-2 at the plate and scored two runs.
- Senior Kirbi Tuck finished 1-for-2 at the plate and scored one run.
- Junior Holly LaForce went 1-for-3 at the plate and scored one run.
- Senior Lady Sarah Federico finished 1-for-3 at the plate and drove in one run.
- Senior Marisa Sosa and junior Annie Adamos scored one run each.
- Senior Amanda Ingram earned the win after allowing just one earned run on four hits with three strikeouts and one walk in four innings in the circle.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Montevallo took a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning following a RBI groundout by sophomore Brooke Ingram and a two-run homer by junior Haley Barnette.
- The Falcons extended their lead to 5-0 in the top of the second inning when Ingram lined a RBI double into right-center field and sophomore Caroline Pope scored on a wild pitch.
- Tuskegee scored its first run in the bottom of the second inning.
- The Falcons plated three more runs in the top of the third inning, capped with a RBI infield single by Pope, to take a 8-1 lead.
- Montevallo extended its lead to 10-1 in the top of the fourth inning following a RBI groundout by junior Annie Adamos and a RBI single by senior Lady Sarah Federico.
- The Golden Tigers scored five unanswered runs to trim the Falcons' lead to 10-6 before senior Kirbi Tuck scored the final run for Montevallo on a wild pitch in the top of the seventh inning.
GAME 2 INFORMATION
Score: Montevallo 15, Tuskegee 0
Records: Montevallo (21-19) | Tuskegee (7-23)
Location: TU Softball Field (Tuskegee, Alabama)
MONTEVALLO HIGHLIGHTS
- Junior Haley Barnette finished 3-for-4 at the plate with a home run and a double while driving in four runs and scoring three runs.
- Senior Lady Sarah Federico went 2-for-3 at the plate with a triple and drove in three runs.
- Junior Mariel Bertossi finished 2-for-2 at the plate while driving in two runs and scoring three runs.
- Sophomore Alexis Cortez went 2-for-2 at the plate and scored one run.
- Senior Lauren Van Steenwyk went 1-for-1 at the plate with a double and drove in one run.
- Junior Brianna Stella finished 1-for-2 at the plate and scored two runs.
- Sophomore Carlee Mullinax went 1-for-1 at the plate while driving in three runs and scoring one run.
- Sophomore Brooke Ingram finished 1-for-1 at the plate while driving in one run and scoring one run.
- Sophomore Caroline Pope scored three runs, while sophomore Bayleigh Lott scored one run in the victory.
- Senior Alexis Bonanno earned the win in a five-inning, complete-game shutout in the circle after allowing just three hits with seven strikeouts and three walks.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Montevallo took a 5-0 lead in the top of the first inning following a RBI single by sophomore Brooke Ingram, a two-run double by junior Haley Barnette and a two-run single by sophomore Carlee Mullinax.
- Barnette blasted a two-run homer in the top of the second inning to extend the Falcons' lead to 7-0.
- The Falcons extended their lead to 12-0 in the top of the third inning when junior Brianna Stella scored on a wild pitch and sophomore Caroline Pope scored on a bases-loaded walk before senior Lady Sarah Federico lined a three-run triple into the gap in right-center field.
- Junior Mariel Bertossi plated two runs in the top of the fourth inning with her two-run single to left-center field.
- The Falcons scored their final run on a RBI double down the left-field line by senior Lauren Van Steenwyk in the top of the fifth inning.
UP NEXT
The Falcons will host Valdosta State University this weekend in a three-game Gulf South Conference series. First pitch in the opening game is set for Saturday, April 6 at 1 p.m.