BRISTOL, Tenn. - The Newberry softball team dropped both ends of a doubleheader at King College as the Tornado topped the Wolves 9-2 in game one and 4-0 in game two at the KC Softball Complex.

The Wolves drop to 13-12 on the season with the losses at King. Newberry returns to the Newberry College Softball Field on Wednesday at 2 p.m. when the Wolves host Pikeville.

Game One: King 9, Newberry 2
Newberry freshman Jada Crocker (Gaffney, S.C.) led the Wolves in game one with two hits, and along with junior Gwenell Crawford (Yulee, Fla.) tallied a RBI as the Wolves fell to the Tornado.

After King plated six runs in the first four innings, Newberry countered in the sixth with a pair of runs. Despite threatening in the fifth, the Wolves were unable to break through until the sixth when junior Brittany Phillips (Pacolet, S.C.) singled through the right side with one out, and advanced to second on a fielder's choice that also saw sophomore Casey Stevens (Coral Springs, Fla.) reach first safely.

With a pair of runners on base and one out, Phillips would steal third before senior Monica Buccellato (Martinez, Calif.) would walk to load the bases. With the bases loaded, Crawford would ground out to short allowing Phillips to score the Wolves first run of the day. As the bases remained loaded, a two out single to left by Crocker would plate Stevens for the Wolves final run of the ball game.

King College 9, Newberry 2 (Mar 19, 2012 at Bristol, Tenn.) (Game 1)
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Newberry............ 000 002 0 - 2 6 2 (13-11)
King College........ 310 203 X - 9 12 1 (10-9)
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Pitchers: Newberry - Caitlyn Smith; Shelley Jeffcoat(1); Hailey Harris(6) and Gwenell Crawford.
King College - H. Light and F. Thomas.
Win-H. Light(3-0) Loss-Caitlyn Smith(1-2) T-1:45 A-67
HR KING - C. Melcher (2); F. Thomas (3).
Weather: Sunny, 60s

BOX SCORE

Game Two: King 4, Newberry 0
The second game of the doubleheader saw Stevens strikeout three Tornado batters, while four Wolves tallied a hit each in a loss to King College.

Newberry had a runner reach third in the third inning as with one out sophomore Shelby Holland (Charlotte, N.C.) reached base safely on a throwing error by the King shortstop and was able to scamper over to second on the play. A ground out moved Holland to third where she was stranded after another Newberry ground out.

The Wolves held the Tornado to one hit and no runs in the final three innings of Monday's second game.

King College 4, Newberry 0 (Mar 19, 2012 at Bristol, Tenn.) (Game 2)
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Newberry............ 000 000 0 - 0 4 3 (13-12)
King College........ 301 000 X - 4 6 1 (11-9)
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Pitchers: Newberry - Casey Stevens and Monica Buccellato. King College - R. Wilmoth and
C. Milliken.
Win-R. Wilmoth(7-4) Loss-Casey Stevens(1-1) T-1:45 A-60
HR KING - F. Thomas (4).
Weather: Sunny, 55

BOX SCORE