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Friday's softball roundup
East Tennessee State University softball used an explosive first inning at the plate and solid pitching to pick up a 5-3 win over Saint Louis on the first day of the Kennesaw State tournament.Furman claimed an 11-3 victory over SIU Edwardsville and dropped a 12-2 verdict to No. 22 Alabama on the opening day of the T-Mobile Crimson Classic Friday at Rhoads Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Peja Goold posted a strikeout career-high against Stony Brook in the second game and tallied 19 over nine innings on the day while picking up two wins. She gave up three hits and no runs.
Mercer 4, Col. of Charleston 1
Mercer pushed across four runs amid a key fourth-inning rally to help support a solid outing from sophomore right-hander Gabby Ellis in 4-1 win over the College of Charleston, but ran into a buzzsaw on Friday evening in a 14-0 setback to 8th-ranked Florida State, as the Bears split Day-1 action at the Dugout Club Classic.The Samford softball team began play today at the Florida Invitational. They are slated to play five games in three days and split their opening pair of games today as they defeated Troy 5-4 before falling to the No. 3 ranked Florida Gators 9-1 in the nightcap. The Bulldogs record moves to 10-6 on the season after the 1-1 day.The Chattanooga softball team claimed a pair of victories Friday at the Gardner-Webb Spring in the Springs Tournament, running its win streak to eight games.Peja Goold posted a strikeout career-high against Stony Brook in the second game and tallied 19 over nine innings on the day while picking up two wins. She gave up three hits and no runs.
Western Carolina 11, N.C. A&T 0
Western Carolina 3, Rhode Island 0
Sophomores Maya McPherson and Lilly Bell delivered timely offense while the freshman tandem of AG Batson and Amanda Fulton excelled in the circle on Friday as Western Carolina softball opened play in its home tournament, the Catamount Classic, with a pair of shutout victories to open the home schedule. WCU blanked N.C. A&T 11-0 in five innings before earning the 3-0 shutout of Rhode Island in the nightcap at the Catamount Softball Complex.Wofford softball (13-5) took a pair of wins over Buffalo in a 5-4 walk-off victory and Tennessee State by a 16-2 margin on Friday at Hope Field. The win over Buffalo was Wofford's third walk-off victory of the season.