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Team SB 6-5-23
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Berry BERRY 43-7
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Winner Salisbury SALISBUR 48-4
Berry BERRY
43-7
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Final
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Salisbury SALISBUR
48-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Berry BERRY 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 7 1
Salisbury SALISBUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 5 10 1

W: Sheats, Savannah (14-1) L: H. Gore (17-2)

Game Recap: Softball |

Late-inning magic sends No. 1 Softball to national championship series

MARSHALL, Texas – The top-seeded Salisbury University softball team erased a four-run seventh-inning deficit and bounced back from the loser's bracket to sink the fifth-seeded and second-ranked Berry Vikings, 5-4, in eight innings to clinch its trip to its fourth national championship series.

Salisbury will enter the final series with a 48-4 overall record.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Berry struck first in the opening inning of the game. After a bunt single, an error and a walk loaded the bases, back-to-back fielder's choices put the Vikings ahead 2-0.
  • Berry got a run in the fourth and fifth innings, highlighted by a home run by Anna Jackson to put the Vikings up 4-0 heading to the final innings.
  • Down four runs in the seventh inning, Salisbury started the comeback. Sam Flowers started the inning with a leadoff single. The Sea Gulls loaded the bases with walks to Madi Lemon and Lindsey Windsor, Carrie Jacoby cleared the bases with a three-run double to left-center to cut the deficit to 4-3.
  • Natalie Paoli tied the game at four with a single to center field to plate McKenna Horner from second base and send the game to extra innings.
  • A scoreless eighth inning by Savannah Sheats gave Salisbury a chance to win the game in the eighth inning. An Emily Stockman leadoff single and a sacrifice bunt by Flowers put Taylor Scott into scoring position. Facing a 1-1 pitch, Lauren Meyers pulled a rise ball past the diving center fielder to allow Scott to score and send the Sea Gulls to the national title series.
SALISBURY GAME NOTES
  • Natalie Paoli and Sam Flowers each had a pair of hits in the contest.
  • Carrie Jacoby drove in three runs with her double in the seventh.
  • Paoli and Lauren Meyers drove in the game-tying and game-winning runs.
  • Lindsey Windsor also collected a double in the game. She has collected an extra-base hit in four of the five games at the national championships.
  • Windsor got the start and only pitched an inning. She allowed two unearned runs in the first inning with a strikeout.
  • Savannah Sheats (W) collected the win in relief. She scattered five walks and two hits but pitched 3.2 innings of scoreless relief with three strikeouts.
BERRY GAME NOTES
  • Aleeya Thornton and Sydney Maroney both collected two hits for Berry.
  • Anna Jackson hit the home run in the fifth inning.
  • Hannah Gore (L) picked up the loss in relief of Danielle Sudick.
UP NEXT
  • Salisbury will play the winner of the Trine/Coe elimination game in the best-of-three national championship series, which starts on Tuesday, June 7 at 11 a.m. CT/Noon ET.
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 23 team national championships, 24 individual national champions, 196 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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