SALISBURY, Md. – The top-ranked Salisbury University softball team celebrated its graduating seniors in a big way with a doubleheader sweep over its Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) rival, No. 7 CNU. Four home runs, including two by
Abby Mace, powered the Sea Gulls to an 8-4 win over the Captains in Game 1.
Savannah Sheats worked a gem with a two-hit shutout to clinch the sweep with a 2-0 victory in Game 2. The Sea Gulls finished the regular season at 36-2 overall.
Before the game, SU announced that the softball field will be renamed
Margie Knight Sea Gull Softball Stadium after the legendary leader of the program.
HOW IT HAPPENED – GAME 1
- CNU loaded the bases in the opening frame of the doubleheader. Lindsey Windsor was able to work out of the jam with a strikeout to Katie Currin.
- Abby Mace led off the game with a screamer down the left-field line to get the Sea Gulls on the board, 1-0, in the bottom of the first.
- Emily Stockman doubled Salisbury's lead in the bottom of the second with a home run down the left-field line.
- Windsor helped herself in the bottom of the fourth inning with a two-run home run to left field to push the lead to 4-0.
- CNU cut the lead in half in the top of the fifth, 4-2, all with two outs. Meredith Brickner singled to score Caroline Pollock before Brooke Greaver drew a bases-loaded walk.
- Salisbury got the runs back and more in the bottom half of the fifth. Taylor Scott scored on back-to-back wild pitches after Lauren Meyers led off the inning with a single and advanced to second on an error. Later in the inning, Mace launched a three-run home run to left-center to cushion the lead to 8-2.
- The Captains chipped away at the lead in the top of the seventh. Back-to-back RBI singles by Greaver and Kendall Bentley cut the lead to 8-4. However, Windsor sealed the win with a great play by Natalie Paoli at shortstop to cut down Greaver at third base.
SALISBURY GAME NOTES – GAME 1
- Abby Mace went 3-for-4 with two home runs and four RBIs. It was Mace's fourth career multi-homer game.
- Emily Stockman also had a multi-hit game with a solo home run and a double.
- Lindsey Windsor earned her 12th win of the season and hit her sixth homer run of the season with her two-run blast in the fourth. In the circle, Windsor struck out four and allowed four runs (three earned).
HOW IT HAPPENED – GAME 2
- Abby Mace led off the game with a triple to right field. Two batters later, Lindsey Windsor drove her in with a sacrifice fly to center field. Carrie Jacoby followed with another triple to right field. Lauren Meyers brought Jacoby in with a single to center to score Jacoby and give SU the 2-0 lead in the first.
- Savannah Sheats mowed through the CNU hitters. After a one-out single to Nicole Apai in the first, Sheats did not allow a hit until a Palmer-Scott single in the sixth.
SALISBURY GAME NOTES – GAME 2
UP NEXT
- Salisbury captured the top seed in next week's C2C Championship Tournament, which begins on Thursday, May 11 at Knight Stadium.
- The Sea Gulls will take on the winner of the CNU/Mary Washington in Game 2 of the tournament with first pitch scheduled at 4 p.m. on Thursday.
Salisbury University is a proud member of NCAA Division III with primary membership in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, along with the New Jersey Athletic Conference for football and men's and women's swimming, and the Coastal Lacrosse Conference for men's lacrosse. With over 500 student-athletes in 21 varsity sports, SU is recognized as one of the most competitive intercollegiate athletics programs regardless of division, and dedicated coaches and staff that foster excellence on-and-off the field. The Sea Gulls have celebrated 22 team national championships, 24 individual national champions, 189 conference championships and 44 Academic All-Americans.
To Make Tomorrow Yours at Salisbury University, and learn more about Sea Gull Athletics' tradition of excellence, visit www.SUSeaGulls.com or on social media @SUSeaGulls.
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