The Emory softball team snapped a four-game losing streak in
impressive fashion Wednesday afternoon as it topped Piedmont
College in both games of a doubleheader at Cooper Field. The
Eagles boosted their record to 21-13 following 4-0 and 6-1
victories over the Lions who saw their record slip to 20-8.
Sophomore pitcher Bridget Holloway turned in a pair of masterful
performances on the day, earning complete-game wins in both
contests. She allowed just one hit in the first game, that
being an infield single in the fourth inning, and gave up just one
walk while fanning one. In the finale, she was almost as
imposing, surrendering five hits and striking out five while not
issuing any walks. The only run the Lions generated all day
came in the top of the seventh when Michelle Crandall
homered. The two wins upped Holloway’s record to
11-8.
Senior Cassie Walsh went a combined 5-for-7 at the plate in the two
games, scoring a pair of runs while registering one RBI.
Walsh’s hit total enabled her to creep closer to the top spot
on the school’s all-time chart. Walsh has 218 career
safeties to her credit, just two shy of tying the current standard
of 220 held by Lauren Dix (2000-03).
In the opener, the Eagles put three runs up in the third inning
with the big blow being a two-run homer by sophomore left field
Jessica Thomas, her sixth blast of the campaign and 12th of her
career, good for a third-place tie on the school’s all-time
ladder. Emory added another run the following frame when
Walsh’s two-bagger scored Jen Haag.
The Eagles jumped on the Lions early in the second game, crossing
the plate four times in the bottom of the first. A two-run
double by sophomore Jessica Boni followed by another double by
freshman Meaghan Schultz were the key hits in the inning.
Emory tacked on two more in the sixth when pinch hitter Zara Louy
and Haag came through with RBI singles.
Emory returns to action on Friday (Apr. 16) when it hosts LaGrange
College in a doubleheader starting at 3:00 p.m.
Emory Softball Posts Doubleheader Sweep Against Piedmont
Posted: Apr 14, 2010