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Garry Talbert
7
Winner Newberry NBYSB 27-10, 8-5 SAC
4
Mars Hill MHUSB 5-20, 2-11 SAC
Winner
Newberry NBYSB
27-10, 8-5 SAC
7
Final
4
Mars Hill MHUSB
5-20, 2-11 SAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Newberry NBYSB 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 7 9 1
Mars Hill MHUSB 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 7 3

W: Foster, Lindsey (6-0) L: Kayla Gallagher (2-10) S: Crowson, Brittany (1)

14
Winner Newberry NBYSB 28-10, 9-5 SAC
2
Mars Hill MHUSB 5-21, 2-12 SAC
Winner
Newberry NBYSB
28-10, 9-5 SAC
14
Final
2
Mars Hill MHUSB
5-21, 2-12 SAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Newberry NBYSB 3 4 0 2 5 14 17 0
Mars Hill MHUSB 0 1 0 1 0 2 6 2

W: Crowson, Brittany (4-1) L: Deja Smith (1-2)

Game Recap: Softball | | Turner Kirby, Athletic Communications Assistant

Brogdon Drives Home Nine, Towery and Turner Homer in Dominant Sweep of Mars Hill

Wolves Travel to Anderson on Saturday

Mars Hill, N.C. - After earning the first sweep of a ranked foe under coach Ciria Triplett on Saturday, the Newberry Softball Team continued their winning ways as they took down the Mars Hill Lions in a South Atlantic Conference doubleheader in the mountains of North Carolina. The Wolves would add late insurance runs to quell a Mars Hill rally in game one and continue that late offense momentum in game two as the Scarlet and Gray would coast to a run rule victory. With the pair of wins the Wolves have won 13 of their last 16 games, move to 28-10 overall and 9-5 in SAC play. and currently are fourth in the SAC standings.

Game One: Newberry 7, Mars Hill 4
As they have done in several games this year, the Wolves got off to a hot start offensively as the first seven Newberry batters that came to the plate would reach, highlighted by a Sierra Brogdon three-run home run to left center that gave the Wolves a 3-0 lead. Vanessa Wilson would tack on another run with a RBI single to make it 4-0 after the first inning. In the fourth inning, Brogdon would make it 5-0 with an RBI groundout to score Mallena Wright.

In the circle, Lindsey Foster would keep Mars Hill at bay for the first three innings but would allow an unearned run in the fourth to break the ice for Mars Hill. However, Foster was not phased as she would escape the inning only allowing that one run. The Lions would strike again in the fifth as they would make it a one run game with a three run home run to make it 5-4 and would get the tying run in scoring position but Foster would hold the lead with a ground out to Tori Rose to end the inning.

Newberry would respond right back with a run in the sixth as Brogdon would record her fifth RBI of the game with a squeeze bunt to score Mallena Wright to make it 6-4. Mackenzie Turner would give the Wolves a final insurance run in the seventh with a no-doubt home run to left field to make it 7-4. Brittany Crowson would come in to relieve Foster in the sixth and would retire six straight Mars Hill batters to record her first save of the season.

Game Two: Newberry 14, Mars Hill 2 (F/5)
The Wolves would continue the offensive momentum from the last two innings of game one as they would plate seven runs in the first two innings. In the first inning, Hannah Towery would break the ice with an RBI single and Mackenzie Turner would homer for the second straight at bat to make it 3-0 to the Scarlet and Gray after the first frame. Newberry would add four more in the second with an RBI fielder's choice from Mallena Wright, an RBI single from Emily Hughes, and a two-RBI single from Sierra Brogdon, her sixth and seventh of the afternoon.

After pitching two innings to record the save in game one, Brittany Crowson returned to the circle in game two and pitched a complete game, only allowing two runs on six hits, striking out two, and walking none.

Mars Hill would get one of their two runs in the bottom of the second but would be held there. After a scoreless third inning on both sides, Newberry would add two more in the top of the fourth with a two run home run off the bat of Hannah Towery to make it 9-1. However, the Lions would respond in the bottom half of the inning with a run of their own on a sacrifice fly. 

The Wolves would pull away for good in the top of the fifth as they would plate five more runs. RBI singles from Mallena Wright and Emily Hughes to make it 11-2, Sierra Brogdon would follow with a double to drive home her eighth and ninth RBIs of the afternoon, and Amber Dalfonso would walk with the bases loaded to cap the scoring for the Wolves. Crowson would make short work of the Lions in the bottom of the fifth to give Newberry their seventh straight win over Mars Hill.

Newberry will take to the field next on Saturday as they travel to the upstate of South Carolina to take on the Anderson Trojans, who received votes in the latest NFCA poll. The Wolves return to the Smith Road Complex on April 9th as they face the Catawba Indians.
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