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Harding University Athletics

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Southern Nazarene SNU 9-16, 6-9 GAC
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Winner Harding HU 21-6, 13-4 GAC
Southern Nazarene SNU
9-16, 6-9 GAC
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Harding HU
21-6, 13-4 GAC
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Southern Nazarene SNU 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 12 0
Harding HU 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 9 1

W: Dwyer, Emma (8-3) L: Katelyn Brown (6-9)

Game Recap: Softball | | by Nathan Looney

Amanda Fields Walks Off Softball; Game Two Suspended Due to Darkness

SEARCY – Freshman Amanda Fields singled in a run in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the No. 17th ranked Harding softball team a 4-3 victory of Southern Nazarene in Great American Conference action Friday. Game two of the doubleheader was suspended after the fourth inning due to darkness with Harding leading 4-1. The game will pick up Saturday at noon.

Harding improves to 21-6 overall and 13-4 in the GAC.

Southern Nazarene falls to 9-16 overall and 6-9 in the GAC.


Game One Key Innings (Harding 4, Southern Nazarene 3 – 10 innings)

-         Southern Nazarene scored in the first inning to take a 1-0 lead when Riley Brown hit into a fielder's choice that scored James.

-         Harding answered back with a run in the bottom of the inning when Briley Feringa hit a single to left field that scored Katlyn Gordon from second.

-         The Crimson Storm took a 2-1 lead in the third inning when Caitlyn Curlee singled up the middle to score Sydni Toilolo.

-         Harding again tied the game in the bottom of the inning when Briley Feringa knocked in Madi Trump from third.

-         The Lady Bisons took a 3-2 lead in the fifth when Feringa hit into a fielder's choice that scored Katlyn Gordon from third.

-         Southern Nazarene tied the game in the top of the seventh on two hits. Riley Brown singled in the run with two outs and a 3-2 count.

-         Harding had the game winning hit in the bottom of the 10th on three hits. With runners at first and second, Amanda Fields hit a single to left to score Mason McCord.

 
Game One Key Statistics

-         Harding had nine hits with Katlyn Gordon, Briley Feringa and Katie Carney each having two.

-         Feringa's three RBI was a career high.

-         Southern Nazarene had 12 hits with Victoria Rodriguez going 4-for-4.

-         The Crimson Storm left 16 on base and the Lady Bisons left 11.

-         Emma Dwyer received the win and improves to 8-3. She gave up four hits, no runs and struck out five in relief. Amanda Berry started the game and went 6 2/3 innings and struck out three for Harding.

-         Katelyn Brown received the loss for Southern Nazarene and falls to 6-9. She pitched 5 1/3 innings of relief, gave up one earned run and struck out five.




 

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