WILMORE, Ky. – The Asbury University softball team was back at home for the first time in over a week on Saturday and the Eagles split their doubleheader with Midway University in conference play.
Asbury won game one in 13 innings 3-2 but fell 4-1 in game two.
The Eagles move to 15-21 on the year and stay .500 in league play at 7-7.
Asbury will host IU Southeast on Tuesday for a doubleheader beginning at 4 PM.
Game one
*Asbury broke the scoreless tie in the bottom of the third as a sacrifice fly from
Taylor Enlow scored
Madilyn Choate for a 1-0 lead.
*Midway responded with two runs on two hits in the top of the fourth to re-take the lead.
*Choate tied the contest up in the bottom of the fifth with a solo homer to centerfield.
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Ally Moore pitched in relief for Enlow and came up big with eight scoreless innings to record the victory.
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Harley Wagoner's RBI single to center scored
Abby Fletcher for the game-winning run in the 13
th. Wagoner led AU with a team-high three hits on the day, while Choate, Enlow, and
Bree Sanders each posted two hits in the win.
Game two
*Jenni Beasley scored the first run of the game off
Taylor Enlow's RBI triple to deep-right center in the bottom of the first.
*Enlow finished with four hits in the double header and notched a double and a triple in game two.
*However, AU would be held scoreless the remainder of the contest despite collecting six hits in the game.
*Midway tied things up in the third off a solo home run and then tacked on three runs in the next half-inning to take a 4-1 lead.
*Along with Enlow,
Bree Sanders and Beasley would collect multi-hit games with two hits each as no other Eagles were able to record a hit.
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Abby Ponder got the start and pitched 3.1 innings of work and
McKenzie Meyer pitched 3.2 shutout innings in relief.
