Maddie Drerup Pitching vs. GWU
Maddie Drerup
12
Winner Upstate UPST 34-15
3
Gardner-Webb GWU 16-31
Winner
Upstate UPST
34-15
12
Final
3
Gardner-Webb GWU
16-31
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Upstate UPST 4 3 3 2 0 12 14 0
Gardner-Webb GWU 0 1 0 0 2 3 8 1

W: Drerup, Maddie (15-5) L: STIDHAM, ALLI (3-10)

Game Recap: Softball |

Spartans Achieve Full Sweep Against the Runnin' Bulldogs After 12-3 Five Inning Finish on Saturday.

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. - USC Upstate softball finished the final road series of the season in style as the Spartans completed their sweep of the Runnin' Bulldogs with a 12-3 five inning win on Saturday afternoon. Maddie Drerup collected her third win of the weekend while Casey Goguts, Peyton Darnell, and Cassie Norris all hit homeruns in game three of the series.  

Coming off two wins the day before, Upstate had a strong start in the final game with four runs in the top of the first. A single from Darnell brought in the first run while Goguts took a chance and stole home while the Runnin' Bulldogs defense tried to get pinch runner Taliyah Thomas out at second. Thomas proceeded to steal third as well before she came running home with Celeste Delorenzo behind her off Alanna Deal's single to left field. The Spartans added three runs to their total in the top of the second starting with a run scored by Denver Lauer. Deal yet again helped the Spartans gain a bigger gap from the Runnin' Bulldogs as she singled to center field, allowing Summer Johnson and Peyton Darnell to score. The Bulldogs got on the board in the bottom of the second as a single brought in one run. Upstate continued to dominate as Goguts, Darnell and Norris scored three unanswered homeruns to make the game 11-1. Lauer capped the Spartans' scoring in game three as she came home yet again with the help of a single from Goguts in the top of the fourth. In an attempt to keep the game alive, the Bulldogs scored two more runs in the bottom of the fourth but couldn't make the comeback happen as the Spartans closed the inning.  

Maddie Drerup made her second start and third appearance, against Gardner-Webb on Saturday afternoon and walked away with her third straight win. Drerup improved her record to 16-5 on the season after she pitched her 13th complete game of the season. This was the first time this season an Upstate pitcher collected three wins over a Big South opponent.  

Game Three     
Score: USC Upstate 12; Gardner-Webb 3 

Record: USC Upstate (34-15, 10-8 Big South) vs. Gardner-Webb (16-31, 5-10 Big South)  

Location: Brinkley Softball Stadium | Boiling Springs, N.C. 

How it Happened: 

T1: Peyton Darnell hit a single down the right field line to send Tiffany Domingue home and give the Spartans their first run of the game.  

T1: While Taliyah Thomas stolen second, Casey Goguts stole home plate to make the game 2-0.   

T1: Alanna Deal hit a two-RBI single to finish the Spartans' scoring in the first inning.   

T2: With the bases loaded, Summer Johnson reached first on a fielder's choice while Darnell and Domingue advanced and Lauer scored.  

T2: Deal sent a single to center field which allowed Johnson and Darnell both to safely reach home.   

B2: Bonilla hit a single and reached third on the throw while Strobl advanced to third and Visintine scored the first run for GWU. (7-1) 

T3: Goguts got the Spartans scoring going again with a two-RBI homerun over left field. 

T3: Darnell hit a solo homerun over left field. (9-1)  

T4: Cassie Norris hit a solo homerun over right field.  

T4: Goguts hit a single to left field to send Lauer home. (12-1)  

B5: Lyon singled through left field to score Garcia.  

B5: Visintine hit a single to center field which advanced Goodrum and scored McLaughlin.   

Notable                

  • This is the second time Upstate has swept a Big South opponent this season (Charleston Southern: 3-2, 4-0, 9-0). 

  • Her homerun in the top of the fourth was the third homerun Cassie Norris has hit this season.  

  • Peyton Darnell now has six homeruns on the season while Casey Goguts now leads the team with 13 homeruns.  

  • Darnell is currently riding an 11-game reached base streak.  

  • Several Spartans had a multi-hit game: Darnell (3), Goguts (2), Delorenzo (2), Deal (2), Norris (2) 

  • Deal had a career-high four RBI in game three.  

Up Next for the Spartans 

Upstate takes the week to handle finals and will resume action next week. The Spartans will host Presbyterian in the final series of the regular season May 5th and 6th.  

      
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