Lauer Wings Etc
Denver Lauer
9
Winner USC Upstate UPST 17-1
1
Army ARMY 5-9
Winner
USC Upstate UPST
17-1
9
Final
1
Army ARMY
5-9
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
USC Upstate UPST 3 1 0 3 2 9 9 0
Army ARMY 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 3

W: Drerup, Maddie (6-1) L: Farris, O (1-3)

1
USC Upstate UPST 17-2
2
Winner South Florida USF 9-9
USC Upstate UPST
17-2
1
Final
2
South Florida USF
9-9
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
USC Upstate UPST 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2
South Florida USF 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0

W: Payton Dixon (4-3) L: Kelly, Alyssa (10-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Upstate Finishes Day Two of USF Tournament With Win Over Army and Loss to USF

TAMPA, Fla. – USC Upstate softball split day two of the USF Bulls Invitational Tournament after a five-inning 9-1 win over Army and a seventh inning 2-1 loss to South Florida. Denver Lauer finished the day with three runs, three hits, one RBI, one homerun, one double, and one stolen base.  

The Spartans started game one of the day with three runs in the first inning courtesy of Summer Johnson, Peyton Darnell, and Casey Goguts. A single from Goguts, a double from Tiffany Domingue and a triple from Cassie Norris all helped the Spartans to earn the first three runs of the game. Army was able to get on the board with a walk in the bottom of the second. Both teams went scoreless through the third inning, but the Spartans would tally another three runs in the top of the fourth. Errors from Army's third baseman and catcher would help Upstate reestablish a six-run lead in the middle of the fourth. Another Army error in the top of the fifth brought Goguts home just before Delorenzo slammed a triple to center field to send Lauer running home as well.  

After a short game one, Upstate was set to take on South Florida. Lauer stepped up as the leadoff batter for the Spartans a ripped one just over the left field wall to give Upstate an early one run lead. The Spartans then shutout the Bulls for six innings as Alyssa Kelly threw three strikeouts and only one gave one walk. With one out, South Florida put in a pinch hitter that would lead to two runs for the Bulls to walk away with the win.  

Maddie Drerup started her eighth game of the season and threw her third complete game to earn her sixth win of the season. Drerup had one strikeout and held the Black Knights to only one run. Kelly had her 10th game of the season and threw her eighth complete game to reach 50 strikeouts on the season.  
 
 
Game One                 
Score: USC Upstate 9; Army 1 

Records: USC Upstate (17-1, 0-0 Big South); Army (5-9; 0-0 Patriot League)  

Location: USF Softball Stadium | Tampa, Fla.  

How it Happened: 

T1: With S. Johnson on third and Darnell on second, Goguts hit a single up the middle advance Johnson home.  

T1: Norris ripped a triple to center field to send Darnell and Goguts home to make the game 3-0.  

T2: After she sent a double down the left field line, Price was called safe at home as she ran off a Domingue double to left field.   

B2: With bases loaded and one out, Army walked and came home for its first run of the game.  

T4: Deal reached first advanced all the way to third while Lauer and pinch runner Thomas made it home on an error by Army's third baseman. 

T4: A flyout from Price gave Deal enough time to run home and an obstruction by Army's catcher gave Upstate its seventh run.  

T5: Lauer reached first off a fielding error by Army's third baseman while Goguts made a break for home.  

T5: After stealing second base, Lauer was quickly sent home with a triple to center field from Delorenzo.  

Game Two: 

Score: USC Upstate 1; South Florida 2 
Records: USC Upstate (17-2, 0-0 Big South); South Florida (9-9; 0-0 Big 12) 

Location: USF Softball Stadium | Tampa, Fla.   

How it Happened: 

T1: Lauer as the leadoff batter stepped up and hit one just over the left field wall to give Upstate a one run lead.  

B7: Rano came in as a pinch hitter in the bottom of the seventh and hit a triple down the right field line. She was brought home with a single down the left field line from Pano.  

B7: Bryant hit a sacrificed fly to center field to send Kadlub home for the win.  
                
Notable                

  • This was Denver Lauer's first game as the leadoff batter. 

  • The homerun against USF was Lauer's second of the year.  

  • Alyssa Kelly had a season-high seven assists against South Florida. 

  • Denver Lauer is currently riding a nine-game hitting streak while Tiffany Domingue is on an eight-game hitting streak.  

  • Lauer is also currently riding a nine-game reached base streak while Tiffany Domingue is on an eight-game reached base streak. 

  • Upstate now has a 3-0 record over Army with wins from 2016 and 2017. 

Up Next for the Spartans 

The Spartans are set to play one final game in the USF Bulls Invitational Tournament against Rhode Island with an 11:30 a.m. pitch time. Upstate will return home to host Stetson in a double-header on Friday evening and an afternoon game on Saturday which will be followed by an alumni reunion event.  

Alumni Reunion Weekend  

The reunion weekend will be highlighted by a special presentation following the Upstate vs. Stetson contest on Saturday, March 11.  First pitch is tentatively set for 1:00 p.m. The post game presentation is one former players of head coach Chris Hawkins will not want to miss. Following the presentation there will be dinner, music and an Alumni Game. If you plan to attend, please let us know here. 

      
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