April 17, 2008

Final Stats

NEWBERRY, S.C. - The top-seeded Carson-Newman College Lady Eagles shut out the eighth-seeded Tusculum College Pioneers, 4-0, to wrap up the first round of the 2008 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Softball Tournament at the Newberry Softball Field on Thursday.

Carson-Newman (45-6) was paced by Zoe Heim's three hit, nine strikeout complete game. Heim runs her record to 27-5 on the season.

Tusculum (19-23) was unable to collect an extra base hit in the game. Ashley Whitehead (5-9) picked up the loss for the Pioneers, allowing four runs - two earned - on six hits and three walks in 4.1 innings.

The teams were deadlocked through three and a half innings, but the Lady Eagles jumped ahead with three runs in the bottom of the fourth. Jessie Kuhlman led the frame off with a hard-hit triple to center field, which Whitney Hickam followed by b eating out an infield single. Sara Little drove Kuhlman in with a single through the right side and an Amber Palmer single to left plated Hickam. Little rounded out the scoring in the frame when she reached home after a fielding error by the TC first baseman. Jessie Howard added the final run in the bottom of the fifth using aggressive baserunning and taking advantage of Tusculum errors. After drawing a walk, Howard stole second, advanced to third on a passed ball and proceed to score on a fielding error by the catcher to provide the final 4-0 score line.

The Lady Eagles progress in the winners' bracket to take on fourth-seeded Lincoln Memorial at 11:45 a.m. Friday at Newberry College. Tusculum will take on fifth-seeded Mars Hill in an elimination game at the same time at Newberry High School.

Carson-Newman 4, Tusculum 0
Apr 17, 2008 at Newberry, S.C.
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Tusculum............ 000 000 0 - 0 3 3 (19-23)
Carson-Newman....... 000 310 X - 4 6 2 (45-6)
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Pitchers: Tusculum - Ashley Whitehead; Megan DuBois(5). Carson-Newman - Heim.
Win-Heim(27-5) Loss-Ashley Whitehead(5-9) T-1:30 A-227