MEMPHIS-Visiting West Florida swept a doubleheader from the Christian Brothers University Lady Bucs Friday afternoon, winning 11-4 in the opener before eking out a 2-1 extra-inning win in the nightcap.
GAME 1:WHAT HAPPENED:The Argos (25-11, 12-8 GSC) scored four runs in the first and six in the sixth to claim an 11-4 win in the series opener.
HOW IT HAPPENED:• UWF used a walk, three doubles, a single and an error to plate four runs in the top of the first.
• The Lady Bucs (6-29, 2-18) shaved a run off the deficit in the bottom of the fourth.
Maddi Welch (Munford, Tenn./Munford HS) reached on an error, and she scored on an
Amber Johnson (Somerville, Tenn./Fayette Academy) double.
• The Argos answered with a run in the top of the fifth on a single, an error and a double.
• The Lady Bucs pulled within a run with a three-run bottom of the fifth.
Olivia Parsels (Germantown, Tenn./St. Benedict HS) and
Alexis Seward (Chino, Calif./Chino HS) singled, and a Welch walk loaded the bases with one out. With two away,
Abby Ferreira (Santa Clarita, Calif./Saugus HS) hit a two-run single, and Johnson followed with an RBI single to cut the deficit to 5-4.
• The Argos plated six runs in the top of the sixth on three singles, two walks, a hit batter and two errors.
KEY STATS:• Seward went 3-for-3 with a walk and a run.
• Johnson was 3-for-5 with a double and two RBI.
• Welch went 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs.
• Ferreira was 2-for-3 with a walk and two RBI.
• Parsels went 1-for-4 with a run.
• Oyhenart was 1-for-4 with a walk.
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Sierra Anderson (Olive Branch, Miss./Lewisburg HS) threw an inning and a third of scoreless relief.
GAME 2:WHAT HAPPENED:After five scoreless innings, both teams scored in the sixth, and the Argos scored the winning run in the top of the eighth to claim the victory.
HOW IT HAPPENED:• UWF opened the scoring in the top of the sixth with a run on back-to-back one-out doubles.
• The Lady Bucs equalized in the bottom of the sixth. Seward walked and moved to second on a wild pitch, scoring when Welch hit a two-out single up the middle.
• The Argos scored the winning run with two out in the top of the eighth after a single, a stolen base and another single.
KEY STATS:• Johnson went 2-for-3 with a walk.
• Seward was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run.
• Welch went 1-for-3 with one RBI.
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Hannah Oliver (Collierville, Tenn./Collierville HS) was 1-for-3.
• Ferreira went 1-for-2 with a walk.
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Kasey Beekman (Aurora, Colo./Aliso Niguel (Calif.) HS) threw four scoreless innings to start the game.
• Anderson allowed two runs in four innings of relief as she scattered five hits and two walks.
NOTABLE:• Johnson's five-hit day extends her hitting streak to a school-record 17 games. The previous school record was 12 games, held by Casey King in 2011. Her 17-game streak is also the longest this season in the GSC, surpassing a 16-game streak by Delta State's Morgan Kazerooni earlier this year.
WHAT'S NEXT:The Lady Bucs return to action Saturday at noon as they meet UWF for the final game of the series.
