JACKSON, Tenn. – The University of Montevallo softball team takes game one of the double-header, 9-0, but falls in the final game of the series, 6-3, on Saturday, Apr. 20 at Fesmire Softball Field.
GAME ONE
After falling in game one of the series yesterday, Montevallo quickly erased that memory with three-run first inning.
Ariana Pinder would draw a lead-off walk, then
Bentlee Stiner would move Pinder to second with a single through the right side.
Lily Stone would hit her third extra base hit of the week with a three-run homer to left. With the home run, Stone would pick up her second, three-RBI game of the week.
In the top of the second, the Falcons added another run as
Ansley Hudson would come home to score on a Bulldog error. Montevallo kept pounding away with an RBI single off the bat of
Olivia Bergert to bring home
Madison Fargo.
Maddie Taylor would add to the Falcon lead with a two out double off the wall in right center to score
Kendall Channell and
Lily Stone. In the top of the sixth, Montevallo would rip three doubles in a row from Taylor, Pendley and Bergert to put the run rule in affect as Um went up 9-0.
Taylor Lloyd was magnificent as she picked up her 14
th win of the season which is the most in a single-season by any pitcher in Montevallo softball program history. Lloyd threw her GSC leading sixth shutout of the season and now has 12 complete games. She has an even 130 strikeouts in the 2024 season.
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Montevallo 9 | Union 0
Records: Montevallo 23-23 (14-12 GSC) | Union 26-19 (14-12 GSC)
Location: Fesmire Softball Field (Jackson, TN)
GAME TWO
With the series tied 1-1 between the Falcons and Bulldogs, the rubber match would have significant playoff implications as the two teams were tied at 14-12 inside GSC play. Just like the first game today,
Lily Stone would come to the plate in the first inning with two on, one out. Stone roped a ball off the left field wall as the Falcon clean up hitter picked up another RBI on the day. In the bottom half, Falcon starter
Rachel Whiddon kept the Bulldogs off the scoreboard.
Union tied the ballgame with a lead-off solo homer in the second and would then take the lead as they scored off a fielder's choice.
Bentlee Stiner came through for Montevallo with a two-run homer for her eighth long ball of the season. The Bulldogs tied the game in the bottom half as they brought a runner home of another fielder's choice.
In the bottom of the fifth, Union hit two solo homers to take a 5-3 lead. They added an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth. The Bulldog pitching shut down the Falcon offense to end the game and to take the series.
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Montevallo 3 | Union 6
Records: Montevallo 23-24 (14-13 GSC) | Union 27-19 (15-12 GSC)
Location: Fesmire Softball Field (Jackson, TN)
GAME NOTES
- Lily Stone hit her second home run of the season. Stone has three, three-RBI games in the month of April.
- Maddie Taylor set a career-high with three hits, two doubles and three RBI in game one.
- Kendall Channell set a career-high with three hits in game one.
- Olivia Bergert set a career-high for hits in a game with three in game one.
- Taylor Lloyd pitched her sixth shutout of the season to led the GSC. Lloyd broke the single-season record for wins in a season.
- Ansley Hudson had her fifth game this season with two or more hits.
- Ariana Pinder picked up her 17th multi-hit game of the season.
- Bentlee Stiner hit her eighth homer of the season in game two.
UP NEXT
The Falcons will wrap up their regular season next week as they welcome in No. 15 Auburn University in Montgomery on Friday, Apr. 26 and Saturday, Apr. 27.
