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Ally Costa
Andy Meng
1
Eckerd EC 10-14, 1-8 SSC
2
Winner Palm Beach Atl. PBAS 14-2, 9-0 SSC
Eckerd EC
10-14, 1-8 SSC
1
Final
2
Palm Beach Atl. PBAS
14-2, 9-0 SSC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Eckerd EC 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 1
Palm Beach Atl. PBAS 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 6 0

W: Ashton Adkins (6-1) L: Willeck, Grace (1-2)

Game Recap: Softball | | John Armstrong, Sports Information Director

Walk-Off Hit Lifts No. 13 Palm Beach Atlantic Past Tritons

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Freshman Ally Costa turned in a stellar performance in the circle, but a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh completed a series sweep for No. 13 Palm Beach Atlantic with a 2-1 defeat of the Tritons on Sunday.

Eckerd took a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning and held it until the Sailfish tied the game with a run in the sixth before getting a two-out game-winning hit by Maddie Bertisch.

Pitching just minutes from her hometown of Jupiter, Costa carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning.

HOW IT ENDED
Final: Palm Beach Atlantic 2, Eckerd 1
Records: Eckerd 10-14 (1-8 SSC), Palm Beach Atlantic 16-2 (9-0 SSC)
WP: Adkins (6-1)  LP: Willeck (1-2)

KEY MOMENTS
  • After three scoreless innings from both pitchers to begin the game, the Tritons broke through in the top of the fourth.  Kaleigh Floyd led off the inning with a single and stole second, then moved to third on a Chelsea Armstrong single.  Carrie Shere then laid down a perfect suicide squeeze bunt to bring Floyd home.
  • Costa cruised through five innings allowing no hits and two walks.  Her no-hit bid ended in the sixth when pinch-hitter Alexis Guerra singled to lead off the frame.
  • Guerra's single led to PBA's first run when Michaela Hynes' line drive went just over the glove of Armstrong at third, scoring Guerra to tie the game.  Grace Willeck helped get Eckerd out of the jam, retiring the first two batters she faced in the inning to strand two.
  • After Eckerd's side was retired in order in the top of the seventh, the Sailfish again opened the bottom half with a single. An error put two on with no outs, and a sacrifice bunt moved the winning run to third.  Willeck got an infield pop-up for the second out, but Bertisch lofted a ball into shallow left field that fell a mere inches in front of a diving Kayelee Newstrom.
NOTES AND NUMBERS
  • With her single in the fifth, Crystal Garcia has now hit safely in 13 of her last 15 games.
  • Floyd went 2-for-3 for the second straight game to raise her batting average to .354.  It was her ninth multi-hit game of the season.
  • Palm Beach Atlantic extended its winning streak to 13 games.
UP NEXT
The Tritons travel to take on Flagler (Fla.) on Wednesday for a doubleheader beginning at 4:00 PM.
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