HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The Stillman College softball team traveled to face the William Carey University Lady Crusaders, who are hosting the Carey Invitational, and the Tigers dropped both games of an evening doubleheader Friday. Stillman lost the first game, 4-3, and the second matchup, 7-1.
Game 1 - William Carey 4, Stillman 3
Avary Lumpkin and
Olivia Hobson both came away with a hit and an RBI,
Lily Stone posted a double, and
Makynli Kidd added an RBI in the tight contest.
Jasmine Wade (0-2) pitched 6.2 innings, recorded a strikeout, and allowed seven hits, three walks, and three earned runs.
The Lady Crusaders posted a run in the second, but Stillman took control in the next half inning. Kidd drew a bases-loaded walk for an RBI, and
Alex Erwin trotted in from third. Hobson followed with a single to right to bring in Lumpkin and take a 2-1 advantage.
Lumpkin added a sacrifice fly to left for an RBI when Erwin scored to push a 3-1 lead for the Tigers.
However, William Carey stormed back with a run in the sixth, and two runs in the bottom of the seventh to take a 4-3 win in walk-off fashion.
Game 2 - William Carey 7, Stillman 1
Lumpkin and Kidd registered the lone hits for the Tigers in the second matchup of the day.
Karli Crocker (0-2) started and pitched 0.2 innings with a strikeout, four hits allowed, three earned runs, and a pair of walks.
Faith Byram went 5.1 innings, threw two strikeouts, and allowed seven hits, three earned runs, and a walk.
The Lady Crusaders posted a hot start with three runs in the first, and added two more runs in the third to take a 5-0 lead.
Molly Neal, playing in a pinch-run situation, scored from third on a wild pitch during
Gracie Fjeldstad's at-bat to get the Tigers on the board.
WCU pushed the lead further ahead to 7-1 with two runs in the fifth. The Tigers could not string together any extra runs and took a second loss on the night.
Stillman College returns to action Tuesday for a doubleheader in Pulaski, Tennessee, against the University of Tennessee Southern, starting at 1 p.m.
