Trailing 2-1 with an eight-game winning streak on the line, the 麻豆原创 softball team scored two runs in its final at-bat to narrowly defeat Georgetown 3-2 in the first game of a doubleheader Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Confident after their comeback, the Knights (15-7) easily handled the Hoyas 5-0 in the second game to sweep the two-game series.<\/p>\n
麻豆原创 has now won 10 straight games heading into conference play, which begins with a home series this weekend against Tulsa. The Knights and Golden Hurricane will play a doubleheader at 1 p.m. Saturday and a single game at noon Sunday.<\/p>\n
Down 2-1 heading into the bottom of the sixth, 麻豆原创 rallied and scored two runs to defeat the Hoyas (8-11) 3-2. Freshman Farrah Sullivan (Waynesboro, Miss.) and senior Vanessa Perez (San Diego, Calif.) opened the inning with back-to-back singles. After an out, senior Tawny Swan (Gilbert, Ariz.) smoked a single through the right side that scored Sullivan from second. When the throw to plate went to the backstop, Perez scored from third.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the game, Sullivan hit an RBI double in the fourth to cut the Knights\u2019 deficit to one run. Sullivan was 3-for-6 with two RBI and a run scored in the doubleheader. She raised her season batting average to .294 and now has a team-leading 12 RBI.<\/p>\n
Freshman Mackenzie Audas (Plant City, Fla.) struggled early, as she allowed two runs on three hits in the first inning. However, Audas settled in nicely and didn\u2019t allow a hit or run through the next six innings en route to her seventh victory of the season. Audas is now 7-4 with a 1.58 ERA and a Conference USA-best 75 strikeouts in 80 innings.<\/p>\n
Freshman Hayley Barrow (Miami, Fla.) made her season debut as a pinch hitter for the Black and Gold after missing the first 20 games with an injury. Barrow is the younger sister of former Knights four-year starter Hillary Barrow.<\/p>\n
Senior Ali Schmidt (Cordova, Md.) improved to 5-1 on the season as she pitched her first career shutout. Schmidt struck out five and threw the third one-hitter of the season for the Knights. She now has a team-best 1.31 ERA in 11 appearances on the year.<\/p>\n
Freshman Kahley Novak (Clermont, Fla.) went 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored for the Knights. Novak, who began the year as the Knights\u2019 leadoff hitter, has flourished since moving into the two spot in the lineup.<\/p>\n
Junior Marissa Menendez (Tampa, Fla.) went 2-for-3 with two RBI. Menendez broke the game open in the fifth inning as she ripped a two-run triple down the right field line that scored Novak from third and junior Danielle Brewer (Apopka, Fla.) all the way from first. Like Sullivan, Menendez was also 3-for-6 during the doubleheader. Menendez leads the Knights with a .348 batting average.<\/p>\n
The Knights have 18 home games remaining at the 麻豆原创 Softball Complex. 麻豆原创 fans can follow all of the action on 麻豆原创 All-Access with live video and audio. Fans can also follow on the 麻豆原创Athletics.com Gametracker as well as www.twitter.com\/麻豆原创_Softball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trailing 2-1 with an eight-game winning streak on the line, the 麻豆原创 softball team scored two runs in its final at-bat to narrowly defeat Georgetown 3-2 in the first game of a doubleheader Wednesday. Confident after their comeback, the Knights (15-7) easily handled the Hoyas 5-0 in the second game to sweep the two-game series. 麻豆原创 has now won 10…","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":33643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[6845,6843,6849,6848,2971,4337,4583,5041],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-33642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-ali-schmidt","tag-farrah-sullivan","tag-kahley-novak","tag-mackenzie-audas","tag-marissa-menendez","tag-softball","tag-tawny-swan","tag-vanessa-perez"],"yoast_head":"\n