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Briley Feringa
2
Harding HU 27-16, 19-14 GAC
5
Winner Southern Arkansas SAUSB 41-4, 30-3 GAC
Harding HU
27-16, 19-14 GAC
2
Final
5
Southern Arkansas SAUSB
41-4, 30-3 GAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Harding HU 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 1
Southern Arkansas SAUSB 1 2 0 1 1 0 X 5 8 3

W: Victoria Taylor (20-0) L: Garrett, Emily (8-4)

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Harding HU 27-17, 19-15 GAC
8
Winner Southern Arkansas SAUSB 42-4, 31-3 GAC
Harding HU
27-17, 19-15 GAC
0
Final
8
Southern Arkansas SAUSB
42-4, 31-3 GAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Harding HU 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Southern Arkansas SAUSB 6 1 0 0 1 8 7 1

W: Jolie Trahan (5-0) L: Dwyer, Emma (10-8)

Game Recap: Softball | | by Nathan Looney

No. 5 Southern Arkansas Defeats Harding Softball Sunday

MANGOLIA, Ark. – The Harding softball team fell to fifth-ranked Southern Arkansas Sunday in Great American Conference action. The Lady Muleriders won 5-2 and 8-0 (5 innings)

Harding falls to 27-17 overall and 19-15 in the GAC.

Southern Arkansas improves to 42-4 overall and 31-3 in the GAC.


Game One Key Innings (Southern Arkansas 5, Harding 2)

-         Harding got on the board first in the first inning when Madi Trump scored on a fielding error.

-         Southern Arkansas tied the game in the bottom of the inning when Marina Duran hit a single down the left field line to score Rachel Miller.

-         Southern Arkansas added two more runs in the second on three hits and an error.

-         The Lady Muleriders went up 4-1 in the fourth when Faith Otts hit a sacrifice fly to left field.

-         Southern Arkansas scored its final run in the fifth off two hits.

-         Katlyn Gordon hit a solo home run for the Lady Bisons in the sixth for its second run. It was her third of the season.

Game One Key Statistics

-         Southern Arkansas had eight hits led by Rachel Miller who went 3-for-4.

-         Harding had five hits by five different players.

-         Victoria Taylor picked up the win for the Lady Muleriders to move to 20-0 on the season. She gave up one earned run and struck out eight.

-         Emily Garrett, who started the game, received the loss and falls to 8-4. Amanda Berry pitched 3 1/3 innings of relief and struck out three.


Game Two Key Innings (Southern Arkansas 8, Harding 0 – 5 innings)

-         Southern Arkansas scored six runs in the first inning on three two-run home runs.

-         The Lady Muleriders added another run in the second and one in the fifth.

 
Game Two Key Statistics

-         Southern Arkansas had seven hits by seven different players.

-         Harding had three hits with Briley Feringa going 2-for-2.

-         Jolie Trahan picked up the win to improve to 5-0 for the Lady Muleriders.

-         Emma Dwyer received the loss and falls to 10-8. Hannah Fisher pitched four innings of relief and struck out three.


Up Next

-         Harding will play a midweek GAC doubleheader Wednesday at Arkansas Tech in Russellville, Arkansas. The doubleheader starts at 3 p.m.  The series was moved due to GAC series being moved to later in the weekend.

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