BOCA RATON, Fla. -- East Tennessee State survived the first elimination game
of the weekend by scoring the final six runs of the game in a 6-3 win over Gardner-Webb
in the second round of the Atlantic Sun Conference Softball Championship on
Thursday.
A five-run third inning was the difference as the Buccaneers (21-35) overcame
a 3-0 first-inning deficit. ETSU totaled 11 hits in the game, including nine
hits and five runs off of starter Haley Scism (7-22).
Jessie Hackworth delivered the big blow for ETSU with a three-run home run in
the third. Mary Catherine Vercoe had two hits, scoring once and batting in one.
Brittney Lehrschall (4-9) got the win in relief, throwing the final 6 1/3 innings
and giving up just two hits. Christie Barlow had two hits, one run and one RBI
for Gardner-Webb.
ETSU moves on to play the loser of the Florida Atlantic-Campbell game at 5:00
p.m. on Friday, while Gardner-Webb ends the tournament without a win.
