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{'Georgia Southern takes three James Madison grounds Seahawks
ERICA HARBATKIN
With the Eagles still on top, 4-1, UNCW
sophomore Tiffany Lindemann smacked the
ball over the left field fence for a two-run home
I run, placing the Seahawks back within strik-
I After dwelling behind Geoi^gia Southern, 4- ing distance of the Eagles.
11, as late as the fifth inning Saturday, UNC “(The home run] definitely pushed a little
Wilmington’s softball team rallied back to push momentum back on our side,” UNCW head
1,1^ game into extra innings. However, the coach Maggie St. Ledger said. ‘That
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five runs and striking out three.
“1 think our players believe in one
another,” UNCW coach Mark Scalf
said. “We know our opponents have to
get 27 outs before the game is over. We
feel like our pitching staff has got a
chance to keep us in the ballgame.”
The Seahawks entered the weekend
having won II of their last 15 games.
James Madison took game one of the
James Madison out-slugged the
Seahawks, 6-5, Sunday afternoon to take
two of three games over the weekend,
slowing down the red hot Seahawks.
James Madison (21-16-1 overall, 6-6
Colonial Athletic Association) took a I -
0 lead in the second and added two more
runs in the fourth inning to go ahead 3-
0 The Dukes would add two more in the series, 5-4, Friday night, powered by
sixth, including a solo home run by 16 hits. The Seahawks bounced back
Mitch Rigsby, to take a 5-0 lead. Saturday to pound the Dukes 10-1.
‘I think overall we played pretty Jake Mullis (6-3) pitched a four-hit
good. We just didn’t start hitting the complete game, while Hairr smacked a
pitches we needed to hit at the begin- grand sli
ning of the game,” UNC Wilmington’s
David McKenna said. “We started too
late and didn’t take advantage of the consistent
the fifth ir
1 think we’ve made some progress
some areas, but we’re still not as
need to be from a
Assistant Coach Danny Bellamy instructs softball All-
Star Tiffany Lindemann after she reaches first base
in Saturday’s game against Georgia Southern.
Hilliiird robbed Shannon Hoobin of a home fifth run in
nin for the third out of the inning, snatching Stacie Cooper hit a me drive over the short-
Ihe ball from over the center field fence. stop for an RBI single
Hilliard kept the momentum going in the Littlejohn walked UNCW s f .
bottom of the third when she stepped up to bat, ters of the seventh '""'"S
drivine the ball into deep left field for the stand- Kammerer, a senior from Tommce, Calit., en
up double. With no one else on ba.se, Hilliard tered the She threw a w.ldj.it^^^^
stole third and was able to steal home after
Georgia Southern’s third ba.seman missed the
catch for the out.
“It’s always a confidence booster when you
take away a home run,” Hilliard said. “But it
just pumps me up more when I make a good
play on defense, and then 1 can come in and
make a good hit.”
The Eagles capitalized on UNCW’s two er-
the fifth inning, extending their lead to
vanced both runners. Then, Audrey White fied
out to center field, but not before driving in a
run to pull the Seahawks to within one run.
With two outs on the board, Lindemann
drove in the tying run for UNCW.
“I felt the pressure on me of course,”
Lindemann said. “But 1 said this is the best
place you want to be... I just hit it as hard as 1
can hit, and it went in the hole.”
Meghan Correia drove in the go-ahead run
^r t^Eagles wj a f^to center field, and
seven strikeouts for the game, struck out UNCW was unable
UNCW’s fir^t two batters in the bottom of the the eighth inning.^
fifthTAudrey White Sited the ball to left field With the win, So“te^
for the SeahLks in the third at-bat, but it was a three-game sweep of UNCW tor the week
pulled down for the third out.
UNCW
Athlete of
the Week
fastballs we were getting at the begin- pitching and defensive standpoint.”
ning of the count.” Scalf said. “I felt that this weekend
The Seahawks (27-15 overall, 8-6 showed that a bit.
conference) would answer in the bottom
half of the inning, scoring three runs
with four consecutive singles by Justin
Wishon, David McKenna, Kevin Hairr
and Matt Wright to trim the lead to 5-3.
James Madison added an important
run in the eighth inning when Eddie Kim
smacked a home run to right field to take
a 6-3 lead. The Seahawks added another
run in the bottom half of the inning when
Wright (2-for-4, three RBIs) singled to
left field, scoring Hairr. Magnus
Pilegard added a hit before Russ
Simmerman grounded into an inning-
ending double play.
The Seahawks cut the lead to 6-5
when Pat Massey led off the ninth in
ning by pounding his second home run
of the season to left field. James Madi
son pitcher Jared Doyle got Jamie
Hemingway to ground out and struck out
the last two batters.
“Playing on your home field is a key,”
Wright said. “You can’t come in and
give up losses here. We have to stay mo
tivated [throughout the lineup].”
Starter Brian Whitaker (6-3) pitched
MATT Price
Track and Field
GOLD Hill, N.C.
A sophomore from Gold Hill, Price
broke his own school record by clear
ing 17-0 to capture first place in the
polt vault during the Tar Heel Invita
tional over the weekend in Chapel Hill.
Price nosed out N.C. State’s
Zach Whitlow for the gold medal
in the event.
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