WILMORE, Ky.--- Asbury softball (8-9) returned home after playing three games in Elizabethtown, Ky. AU completed a season sweep over Berea (1-13) winning both games, winning game one 18-1 and game two 10-3.
Asbury produced at the plate on Tuesday, contributing 30 hits over the two games, while committing just one error. The AU offense was led by
Natalie Ison and
Abigail Moffat in game one, who went a combined 7-7 from the plate with five RBI, six runs, and one walk.
Josie Deatherage was a force on the mound yet again for the Eagles. Deatherage gathered her fifth win on the season, tossing six strikeouts in five innings, surrendering just three hits and one run.
In game two, it was again
Abigail Moffat and
Natalie Ison sparking the offense, each adding two hits apiece. The two combined for five RBI and each had a double. On the mound it was
Taylor Enlow who threw a complete game, allowing just six hits and two ER, while striking out six on her way to collecting her third win.
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Natalie Ison went 5-7 on the day with five RBI, one walk, and one double
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Taylor Enlow went 3-7 from the plate with two RBI and threw a complete game with six strikeouts in game two
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Josie Deatherage pitched five innings allowing just three hits and one run in game one
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Abigail Moffat went 6-7 on the day, adding five runs, five RBI, and two doubles
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Emma Popplewell went 3-5, netting four RBI and two runs in game one
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Emily Zink added two hits including a homerun in game two
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Emalie Tackett went 3-5 adding three runs and two RBI
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Samantha Bottom went 3-5 scoring four runs and adding two RBI
Game One | ASBURY 18, BEREA 1
* Berea scored the first run of the game in the top of the first
* AU responded with five in the bottom half, highlighted by an Emma Poppelwell three RBI double
* Asbury added seven in the third and six in the fourth off 16 hits
* Josie Deatherage only allowed one hit after the first inning
* The Eagles only allowed one error
Game Two | ASBURY 10, BEREA 3
* Berea scored the first run in the second consecutive game
* A Natalie Ison double tied things up in the bottom half
* AU added three runs in the second to take a 4-1 lead
* Berea responded in the top of the fourth for two runs to make things 4-3
* The Eagles scored six consecutive runs (four in the fourth inning) to complete the sweep, winning 10-3
* Asbury committed no errors
* AU had 10 hits
* AU had 30 hits and just one error on the day
* The Eagles only allowed nine hits an three walks
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Emily Zink hit a homerun in game two
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Josie Deatherage gained her fifth win on the mound
* Asbury only LOB nine runners
Asbury travels to Bluffton, Oh., to take on Bluffton University for a doubleheader on Friday at 3:30 and 5:30 PM
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