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Winner Salisbury SALISBUR 14-9
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Messiah MESSIAH 15-10
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Salisbury SALISBUR
14-9
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Final
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Messiah MESSIAH
15-10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Salisbury SALISBUR 3 0 4 4 2 13 15 1
Messiah MESSIAH 2 1 0 0 0 3 7 0

W: McGinnis, Madison (5-3) L: Fallon Feaser (7-6)

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Salisbury SALISBUR 14-10
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Winner Messiah MESSIAH 16-10
Salisbury SALISBUR
14-10
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Final
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Messiah MESSIAH
16-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Salisbury SALISBUR 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 6 7 4
Messiah MESSIAH 3 0 0 4 1 2 X 10 8 0

W: Kelli Durbin (9-4) L: Richardson, Brooklyn (0-1)

Game Recap: Softball | | Heath Barringer

Softball earns road split against Messiah

GRANTHAM, Pa. - The Salisbury University softball program earned a midweek road split against Messiah University on Wednesday afternoon at the Starry Softball Field. The Sea Gulls (14-10) soared to a game-one win in five innings, 13-3, before falling in game two against the Falcons (16-10), 10-6.

In the opening run-rule five-inning win, Salisbury tallied 15 hits in the 13-3 win that included 14 RBIs. The SU bats were hot out of the gate, posting three runs in the top of the first inning. Sam Flowers led the game off with a single and would come around to score on a two-run homer from Courtney Johnson. Karlie Wolfe followed that up with a solo home run, propelling the Sea Gulls to a 3-0 lead.

Messiah responded with two in the bottom of the first and one in the second to tie the game. This would be the last runs of the ball game for the Falcons. Salisbury posted four runs in the third and fourth innings before adding two in the fifth to end the game early.

Michalea Troy earned two RBIs in the third, while Lexie Delcollo and Morgan Moxley tallied an RBI each. Johnson, Troy, and Delcollo also earned RBIs in the fourth. Alayna Gigliotti and Wolfe posted RBIs in the sixth.

Game One Notes
  • Madison McGinnis earned the win in the circle for her fifth of the season, going four innings and allowing zero runs, four hits, and posting three strikeouts.
  • Wolfe and Audrey March tallied three hit games. Wolfe posted two RBIs, a walk, and a run. March scored two runs, and one of her three hits was a triple.
  • Johnson and Troy tallied two hits and three RBIs each.
  • Along with her hit, Flowers posted three runs off two walks and two stolen bases.
  • Camille Jones also tallied a stolen base with a hit, a walk, and a run.
  • The Sea Gulls stranded only four base runners, compared to seven by the Falcons.
Game two was a back-and-forth battle between the two programs, ending in a 10-6 loss for the Sea Gulls. Once again, both offenses came out swinging with a total of five runs scored after the first inning of action.

March and Troy earned RBIs in the first, pushing SU out front 2-0, before MU tallied three in the bottom of the inning to take the lead. Salisbury regained the lead in the third by scoring two runs. Johnson led off the inning with a double. Troy and Delcollo would tally RBIs to give the Sea Gulls the lead back.

Jones led the inning off with a single in the fourth and could come around to score off another Johnson double to extend the SU lead to 5-3. Messiah responded with four in the bottom of the fourth to regain the lead before adding one in the fifth and sixth to jump out to a 9-5 advantage.

Madison Lepeonka earned an RBI in the seventh, but the late Salisbury push fell short, and Messiah sealed the deal with a 10-6 win.

Game Two Notes
  • Johnson tallied a three-hit game, with one RBI and one run scored.
  • Jones posted a two-hit game with a run scored.
  • Troy posted two RBIs.
  • The Sea Gulls made four errors and were only outhit 8-7.
  • SU also left eight runners on base.
The Sea Gulls are back in action a week from today, on Wednesday, April 15th, when they travel to Stevenson University with game one of the doubleheader beginning at 3 p.m. from Stevenson, Md.
Salisbury University is a proud member of NCAA Division III with primary membership in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, along with affiliate membership in the New Jersey Athletic Conference (football, men's & women's swimming), Coastal Lacrosse Conference (men's lacrosse), State University of New York Athletic Conference (field hockey), and Colonial Women's Golf Conference (women's golf). With over 500 student-athletes in 23 varsity sports, SU is recognized as one of the nation's most competitive intercollegiate athletics programs regardless of division, featuring dedicated coaches and staff that foster excellence on and off the field. The Sea Gulls have won a combined 23 team national championships, 24 individual national championships, and 207 conference championships, and have produced 54 Academic All-Americans.

To Make Tomorrow Yours at Salisbury University, and learn more about Sea Gull Athletics' tradition of excellence, visit SUSeaGulls.com or follow on social media @SUSeaGulls.
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