Murray State
Evansville
Softball Falls in Two Games at Lady Bison Classic
3/7/2010 3:00:00 AM | Softball
The Murray State softball team lost two games at the Lady Bison Classic hosted by Lipscomb in Nashville, Tenn. The Racers (1-9) fell to Evansville in their opening game of the day, 4-3, before dropping a 9-2 decision to Lipscomb in the later game.
Sophomore Megan Glosser and freshman Kaitlyn England led the team with two hits, one in each game on the day. Sophomore Chelsey Sullivan pitched a complete game against Evansville and recorded five strike outs. Shelby Kosmecki tallied two strike outs in three innings of work against Lipscomb.
MSU will conclude the Lady Bison Classic with a 10 a.m. game against Eastern Kentucky, Sunday, March 7 at Draper Diamond.
Murray State vs. Evansville
Like the second game earlier in the week against Evansville, the Racers were the first to get on the scoreboard. MSU went up 1-0 in the bottom of the second. Stephanie Edwards reached on an error by the Purple Aces' short stop and then advanced to third when Kaitlyn England hit a double to left field. Edwards was batted in by Alaina Zloty one batter later when she singled.
The score remained 1-0, in favor of the Racers until the top of the fourth. Evansville then tallied three runs on a double and two home runs.
MSU cut the lead to one, 3-2, in the bottom of the fifth. Megan Glosser drew the walk with two outs and then stole second while Megan Belio was at bat. Belio then reached on an error by the short stop and Glosser scored when the throwing error left the field of play.
The Purple Aces added an insurance run in the top of the seventh with a base hit and two sacrifices, to make it 4-2. The Racers attempted a comeback in their final at bat. Glosser started off the inning by singling and advancing to second on a pass ball. Two batters later Lauren Buch hit a sacrifice fly just inside the grass in right center to score Glosser from third for the final score of 4-3.
Murray State at Lipscomb
Like the first game between the Racers and the Lady Bisons (March 5) in the Lady Bison Classic, Lipscomb was the first team to get on the scoreboard, with a one-run first inning.
MSU quickly took a 2-1 lead in the second inning. Lauren Buch reached on a fielder's choice as the second batter of the inning and then stole second to put herself in scoring position. Kaitlyn England then doubled to right field and scored Buch. England then scored after stealing third and obstruction was called on Lipscomb's third baseman after an errant throw that caused her to trip up England as she was rounding the base.
The Lady Bisons tied the game in the top of the third and then added four runs in the top of the fourth to go up 6-2. Lipscomb added to its lead in the top of the fifth with one run (7-2). The Lady Bisons added two final runs in the top of the seventh to earn the 9-2 victory.
