SB Plate Celebration WCU Gm 1 2022
Kendra Toman
9
Winner USC Upstate UPST 37-3, 11-2 Big Sout
0
N.C. A&T NCAT 12-23, 2-11 Big Sout
Winner
USC Upstate UPST
37-3, 11-2 Big Sout
9
Final
0
N.C. A&T NCAT
12-23, 2-11 Big Sout
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
USC Upstate UPST 3 0 1 1 4 9 7 0
N.C. A&T NCAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4

W: Houge, Hannah (22-2) L: DOUGLAS, Kayla (0-3)

5
Winner USC Upstate UPST 38-3, 12-2 Big Sout
0
N.C. A&T NCAT 12-24, 2-12 Big Sout
Winner
USC Upstate UPST
38-3, 12-2 Big Sout
5
Final
0
N.C. A&T NCAT
12-24, 2-12 Big Sout
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
USC Upstate UPST 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 5 9 0
N.C. A&T NCAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3

W: Kelly, Alyssa (14-1) L: HEADEN, M. (1-5)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Extends Winning Streak to 14 Games with a Doubleheader Sweep of N.C. A&T

GREENSBORO, N.C. – USC Upstate softball continued its winning ways as it earned its 13th and 14th straight wins with a double-header sweep of North Carolina A&T on Saturday afternoon.

The Spartans got an early jump on the Aggies with a two-run lead in the top of the first inning. Peyton Darnell hit her second double of the game in the third to send Caroline Jacquay home, making the game 3-0. The top of the fourth brought one more run, as Upstate staked four more runs in the top of the fifth. Hannah Houge claimed her 22nd win of the season on the mound, improving her season ERA to 1.35 and had six strikeouts on the day.

Moving into game two, Upstate continued the push for another win taking another early lead on N.C. A&T. Sarah Price led off with a double and an earned run to get the Spartans on the board. Summer Johnson earned her third run of the day to add to Upstate's early lead in the top of the first. Johnson earned her fourth run of the day in the top of the third just after Tiffany Domingue earned run number three for Upstate. Bella Bertot recorded two RBI on the day and helped Upstate get its final run in. Alyssa Kelly earned her 14th win of the season with the seven strikeouts she had in game two.
 
Game One               
Score: USC Upstate 9; N.C. A&T 0   
Records: USC Upstate (37-3, 11-2); N.C. A&T (12-23, 2-11)             
Location: Lady Aggies Softball Complex | Greensboro, N.C.            
              
How It Happened              
  • T1: Summer Johnson got Upstate on the board with a single to left center to bring Sarah Price home from third base.
  • T1: Peyton Darnell hit a double to provide enough time for Tiffany Domingue and Summer Johnson to add two runs to Upstate's lead.
  • T3: Darnell once again stepped up and hit a double to left center and reached third off a throwing error by the Aggie shortstop, while Caroline Jacquay crossed home plate.
  • T4: Casey Goguts extended the lead for the Spartans as she came home off Marisa Soterakis' single up the middle.
  • T5: Another fielding error from the Aggie shortstop allowed Casey Goguts to take first while Darnell advanced to second, Johnson advanced to third, and Domingue to home plate.
  • T5: With the bases loaded, Olivia Hall stepped in as a pinch hitter. Hall reached first on a fielder's choice to third base, which got Darnell out, meanwhile Goguts advanced to second and Johnson collected her second run of the game.
  • T5: Goguts and Lauer put the game out of reach after they came home off a Sarah Price's single to left field.
Game Two               
Score: USC Upstate 5; N.C. A&T 0     
Records: USC Upstate (38-3, 12-2); N.C. A&T (12-24, 2-12)             
Location: Lady Aggies Softball Complex | Greensboro, N.C.              
              
How It Happened
  • T1: Sarah Price started game two with a double and a run to once again give Upstate the early lead.
  • T1: For the third time on the day, Peyton Darnell hit a double to center field sending Summer Johnson home for her third run of the day.
  • T3: Celeste Delorenzo grounded out to the Aggie third baseman, advancing Johnson to third and helping Tiffany Domingue reach home.
  • T3: Johnson joined Domingue at home with a double to left field from Bella Bertot.
  • T7: Bertot went on to hit a single in the top of the seventh, allowing Celeste Delorenzo to score the final run of the day.
Notable              
  • Today's two wins extended Upstate's winning streak to 14, the team's longest since winning 14 straight from March 30 to April 15, 2019.
  • With a three-hit and three-RBI game in game one, Peyton Darnell collected her 13th multi-hit and 13th multi-RBI games of the season. Game one also marked the 11th time this season she has collected a multi-hit and multi-RBI game in the same game.
  • With two hits and two RBI in game two, Bella Bertot collected her first multi-hit and multi-RBI games of the season.
  • Stealing a bag in game one against N.C. A&T, Sarah Price tallied her 28th stolen base of the season, establishing a new single-season career-high for stolen bases.
  • Swiping three bases in game one and five in game two, Upstate has stolen multiple bases in seven of the last eight games. The Spartans have also stolen three or more bases on 16 occasions this season.
 
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