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Marlins Softball is Going Dancing
No. 2 Marlins Battle with No. 10 Lions of TCNJ en route to Regional Title win
vwuathletics.com | May 23, 2021
The No. 2 Virginia Wesleyan softball team defeated the No. 10 Lions from The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) in exciting fashion on May 23 to close out the 2021 NCAA Regional Tournament. came in to the game in the bottom of the sixth and went to work earning a save en route to the Marlins 6-5 win over the Lions.
GAME RUNDOWN
Score: No. 2 Virginia Wesleyan 6 - No. 10 TCNJ 5
Records: No. 2 Virginia Wesleyan 41-5-1 | No. 10 TCNJ 26-5
Location: TowneBank Park | Virginia Beach, VA
GAME RUNDOWN
- got things going for the Marlins in the bottom of the first inning as she hit a solo shot over the center field wall giving 嫩草影院 a 1-0 lead.
- The Lions knotted the score at one run apiece as the shortstop Kinnally scored on a throwing error.
- 嫩草影院 added two more in the bottom of the second to break the tie and go up 3-1 as and both scored.
- Both teams were kept silent in the third and fourth innings until the bottom of the fifth when 嫩草影院 added three runs to their total. A single scored for the first run while a single to the shortstop scored and putting the Marlins up 6-1.
- The Lions added three runs to their total in the top of the sixth and a fifth run in the top of the seventh but the Marlins defense and relief pitcher closed down TCNJ with a pair of strikeouts to win the game and advance to the NCAA National Tournament in Salem, VA.
KEY STATS
- came in clutch for the Marlins as she drove in two RBI on her one hit.
- tallied one run, a solo home run, on two hits with an RBI and two walks.
- (W: 21-2) threw 5.2 innings giving up four runs on six hits while walking and striking out two.
- came in to throw 1.1 innings giving up one run and struck out three to save the game for the Marlins and clinching the Atlantic Regional Championship Title.
COACHES COMMENTS
"We just like to make it interesting. They always pick on me because I say it's a game of 2s and 5s, you want to be up 2 or up 5, and fortunately we were up 5 there so it gave us a little wiggle room there. We've been talking for 2 or 3 weeks about the fighter's fire when you get tested and that's how gold is pure gold. We talked today about boulders and pushing through them and I think they took that literally. At the end of the day, you win games, survive, and advance, and doesn't matter how you did it. These guys figured out a way to get it done like they have all year, and we're going to Salem."
2021 NCAA Division III Atlantic Regional All-Tournament Team
Penn College - Lesley Fritz (1B)
Farmingdale State - Brooke Walker (3B)
Moravian College - Maddisen Bieber (3B)
Gettysburg College - Olivia Moser (3B)
Gettysburg College - Shelby Baker (DP)
TCNJ - Julia Kinnally (SS)
TCNJ - Eliza Sweet (P)
嫩草影院 - (OF)
嫩草影院 - (DP)
Most Outstanding Player - 嫩草影院 - (C/DP)
Most Outstanding Pitcher - 嫩草影院 - (P)
UP NEXT
The Marlins will travel to Salem, Virginia on Wednesday to begin their journey towards the National Championship title.
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