Complete games lead to domination of Tornado, Yellowjackets
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (13-3) left no quarter and dominated in all three phases of two wins over King (4-3) and West Virginia State (1-5) Saturday at day two of the Eagle Invitational at the Vickee Kazee-Hollifield Softball Complex.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman (13-3) left no quarter and dominated in all three phases of two wins over King (4-3) and West Virginia State (1-5) Saturday at day two of the Eagle Invitational at the Vickee Kazee-Hollifield Softball Complex.
Carson-Newman run-ruled WVSU to start the day 9-0 before powering to an 8-2 win over King in the nightcap.
"I'm glad we came back against King after yesterday's performance," Michael Graves said. "Sara and Syerra were just phenomenal in the circle. The offense was good today. It was good to see everyone get going today."
Emily Harris (Cumming, Ga.) had a four-hit day in the night cap
GAME ONE: Carson-Newman 9, West Virginia State 0 (five innings)
Carson-Newman used aggressive base running to grab the lead in the second. The Eagles loaded the bases with a single for Mary Vandergriff (Soddy Daisy, Tenn.), a hit batter to Ruthie Allen (Cumming, Ga.) and a base on balls to Natalie Corbin (Tybee Island, Ga.). A wild pitch let Vandergriff race home to give C-N a 1-0 lead after two.
The Eagles played add on in the bottom of the third. C-N started the inning with an infield single to Emily Harris (Cumming, Ga.). A walk to Hayden Dye (Powell, Tenn.) gave the Eagles two base runners for Macey Hughes (Corryton, Tenn.). She slapped a double off the paint on the left field line to score two and start the onslaught.
Carson-Newman scored eight times off seven hits in the inning. Carmen Holt (Lawrenceburg, Ky.) and SieAnna Cameron (Alcoa, Tenn.) both tallied RBI doubles in the inning, while Sohm and Harris had infield singles to score runs.
When the dust settled, the Eagles led 9-0 with their highest scoring inning of the season.
Harris had the lone multi-hit day for C-N, while Hughes drove in multiple runs for a third striaght game.
Sara King (Cumming, Ga.) logged her first complete game shutout to improve to 7-1. She gave up six hits in five innings while striking out four. She didn't walk anyone, nor did she hit anyone.
Kasy Murphy took the loss to fall to 0-3. She gave up five hits and seven runs, all earned in a 2.1 inning start while walking three and striking out two.
GAME TWO: Carson-Newman 8, King 2
Carson-Newman grabbed the lead in the second. A one-out single to right center for Holt and a two out knock for Rogers gave the Eagles two base runners. SieAnna Cameron (Alcoa, Tenn.) got the timely two-out lick to right to push across Holt and give C-N a 1-0 lead.
Carson-Newman padded its edge in the third. Back-to-back singles for Sohm and Harris to start the frame. A Dye sacrifice bunt moved the pair into scoring position before a Hughes RBI groundout to third scored Sohm and gave C-N a 2-0 cushion.
More timely hitting followed for Carson-Newman in the fourth. Vandergriff led off the inning with a double before coming home on a Cameron rip through the right side. Harris tallied her third hit of the day and her 18th RBI of the season with a single stroked to center to put the Eagles up 4-0.
C-N kept the pedal down in the fifth. An RBI double by Rogers started the scoring, then C-N scored two more in unearned fashion off a dropped fly ball in left and a wild pitch to stretch the edge to 7-0.
King got two runs back in the top of the sixth with a two-out, two run home run from Lauren Lawson to make it a five-run game.
Carson-Newman scratched across its final run in the sixth when Harris scored on a wild pitch to set the final margin at 8-2.
Cameron, Rogers and Holt all had multi-hit efforts in the night cap while Cameron logged her third career multi-RBI effort.
Rogers got the complete game win to improve to 4-1. She only allowed three hits and two runs with two walks while matching a career high with eight strikeouts.
Marleigh Duncan took the loss to fall to 2-2.
