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Avery Wakefield
Katie Willgohs
0
Eckerd ECS 11-18
8
Winner Valdosta State VSU 18-7
Eckerd ECS
11-18
0
Final
8
Valdosta State VSU
18-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Eckerd ECS 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Valdosta State VSU 0 6 1 1 X 8 9 0

W: Kasie Johnson (9-3) L: Van Gennep, Nikole (6-11)

3
Eckerd ECS 11-19
4
Winner Valdosta State VSU 19-7
Eckerd ECS
11-19
3
Final
4
Valdosta State VSU
19-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Eckerd ECS 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 9 0
Valdosta State VSU 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 4 6 0

W: Giovanna Watts (3-1) L: Saltzman, Madison (1-3)

Game Recap: Softball | | John Armstrong, Director of Athletic Communications

Late Homers Give No. 9 Valdosta State Sweep of Eckerd

VALDOSTA, Ga. - The Eckerd softball team had a sixth-inning lead in the finale of a doubleheader at No. 9 Valdosta State (Ga.) on Tuesday, but a pair of late homeruns lifted the Blazers to a sweep.

VSU scored six runs in the second inning of the opener for an 8-0 win in five innings. The hosts then tied the second game with a two-run homer in the sixth and won it with a one-out walkoff homer in the seventh.

HOW IT ENDED
Game 1
Final: #9 Valdosta State 8, Eckerd 0 (5 innings)
WP: Johnson (9-3)  LP: Van Gennep (6-11)  HR: Bellinger (2)

Game 2
Final: #9 Valdosta State 4, Eckerd 3
WP: Watts (3-1)  LP: Saltzman (1-3)  HR: Van Gennep (9), Bellinger (3), Garrett (5)
Records: Eckerd 11-19; Valdosta State 19-7

KEY MOMENTS
Game 1
  • Valdosta State took control in the second inning scoring six runs, four of which came with two outs on three consecutive singles.
  • Natalia Bellinger connected on a solo homerun in the third, and Logan Hill laid down a successful squeeze bunt in the fourth as VSU upped its lead to 8-0.
  • Meanwhile, Eckerd struggled to make contact off Blazer starter Kacie Johnson who recorded 10 of her 15 outs via strikeout. The Tritons managed just four baserunners on two hits, a walk, and hit batter.
Game 2
  • Nikole Van Gennep put Eckerd on the board first with a two-out solo homer in the third. Skylar Redish followed with a double but was stranded.
  • VSU tied the game in the third on an RBI double by Hill.
  • Avery Wakefield came through in the fourth inning with a two-out, two-run double to score Madison Saltzman and Olivia Oppeltz.
  • Eckerd maintained a 3-1 lead until the sixth inning when Bellinger connected on her second homer of the day following a leadoff walk, tying the game at 3-3.  The Blazers put two more runners aboard but Saltzman pitched out of the jam.
  • Hannah Famiano reached in the seventh with a one-out single but was stranded. Haley Garrett then ended the game in the home half of the inning with a walk-off homerun.
NOTES AND NUMBERS
  • Saltzman worked out of trouble throughout much of the second game after allowing six hits and walking eight. She stranded nine runners, seven in the first five innings.
  • Van Gennep's homerun was her ninth of the season, tying her for fifth-most in program history in a single season.
  • Wakefield's RBIs in game two were the first of her career.
UP NEXT
Eckerd resumes conference play this weekend visiting Saint Leo for a three-game series beginning on Friday at 7:00 PM.  
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