WILMORE, Ky. – The Asbury University softball team swept Alice Lloyd at home on Tuesday evening at the Kirkland Complex in non-conference action.
The Eagles won game one 9-0 (F/5) and game two by a score of 8-5. With the two victories on the day, Asbury improves to 8-14 on the year.
Game one
*The Eagles' bats wasted little time in building an early lead as they scored five runs on six hits in the first.
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Chandler Kelly's two-RBI double to right scored the first two runs, followed by an RBI single from
Abby Fletcher and a two-RBI double from
Olivia Judy.
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Ally Moore pitched a complete game shutout in the circle and allowed only six hits in five innings of work and struck out three batters.
*AU added another run in the bottom of the third off an RBI single from
Olivia Judy to make it 6-0.
*The Eagles put the finishing touches on the game in the fourth with three runs on five hits.
Taylor Enlow's RBI double to left-center scored
Jenni Beasley and then
Bree Sanders connected on an RBI single to score Enlow.
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Harley Wagoner's RBI double later in the inning brought home Sanders for the final run of the game.
*Judy led the Eagles with three RBI and
Abby Fletcher posted a 3-3 effort at the plate with two runs scored.
*Enlow,
Madison Moss, Judy, Wagoner all tallied multi-hit games.
Game two
*Asbury scored three quick runs in the first inning to take a 3-0 advantage as they went for the doubleheader sweep.
*ALC would score four unanswered runs to take a 4-3 lead heading into the bottom of the fourth.
*Asbury scored three runs on two outs in the inning to claim a 6-4 lead.
Madilyn Choate's two-RBI single gave the Eagles the lead back. Choate would cross the plate off a throwing error on the same play to make it 6-4 AU.
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Ashleigh Bobo's pinch-hit RBI single gave the Eagles an extra run of insurance in the sixth leading 8-4.
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Abby Ponder pitched a complete game and recorded the victory as she struck out four and surrendered six hits.
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Abby Fletcher and Choate each notched two hits apiece in the win. T
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Taylor Enlow leads AU's offense with a current nine-game hitting streak.
