CHARLESTON,
S.C. - The George Mason softball team fell to UNC Greensboro, 2-1, and
Charleston Southern, 6-4, Saturday in the Charleston Southern
Tournament. With the losses the Patriots fall to 1-2 on the season.
In
the first game of the day for Mason, the Patriots and Spartans went
back and forth with no runs scored until Lindsay Thomas homered to left
field to put UNCG on the board in the bottom of the fifth. Aubrey
Baldwin also scored for the Spartans in the fifth after a Mason error.
It would be the last time UNCG would score but it would be enough for
the win.
Mason tried to rally back in the sixth after Christina
Gabriele reached first off a fielding error.
Casey Price then sacrificed
to move
Lindsay Merriken to second, who entered the game as a pinch
runner for Gabriele. Angela Maoiran drove in an RBI with a single up the
middle to bring Merriken home to put Mason on the board. The Patriots
had another opportunity at the end of the inning with the bases loaded
but the Spartans kept the Patriots scoreless for the win.
Hanks
was the winning pitcher for UNCG allowing six hits and one run to pick
up her first win of the season. Gabriele moved to 0-1 after throwing
five innings and allowing three hits and two runs.
The Patriots
got off to a strong start in their second meeting against Charleston
Southern scoring two runs in the first.
Tiffany Webb and
Lauren McColgan
scored to give Mason a 2-0 lead. Webb was able to score off a throwing
error by Stephanie Sbardella, while McColgan scored on a RBI from Megan
Blank.
Mason rallied back in the third with another two run
inning. McColgan scored for the Patriots from a RBI double to left
center from
Brooke Blankenship. Blankenship would score the second and
final run for Mason after Blank hit a single to centerfield.
The
Bucs would go on to score one run in every inning to take the win.
Charleston Southern's first score came from Courtney Konyk who pinch ran
for Sbardella after she hit a double down the infield line. After a
single from Hayes Holdsworth, Konyk was able to reach home plate. Trea
Steele had a pair of runs for Charleston Southern and Jasmine Conley,
Natalie Yonana and Sbardella each scored one. Sbardella led the Bucs
with three hits and thre RBI's.
Linzy Rother was the winning
pitcher allowing only one hit and zero runs.
Stephanie Maher dropped her
first game allowing five hits and three runs.
The Patriots will play their final game of the tournament against UNC Greensboro tomorrow at 1 p.m.
