Raleigh, N.C. - The Avenging Angels softball team completed
their second sweep in two days by defeating Peace 8-2 and 5-4.
Game One: Meredith 8,
Peace 2 - Peace took the early 2-0 lead with a run in the
first and one in the third, but that would be all they would get,
Meredith would avenge with eight runs to gain a 8-2 victory.
Meredith (15-9, 5-3 USA South) got things rolling in the third
inning when Sara Cranford hit her second homerun on the year.
Cranford's three-run shot cleared the 210' marker in center field
and scored Kirstin Morris and Val Sherrer.
The Avenging Angels would get one more in the fifth as Morris hit
a one-out triple. Morris would then score on a hit to third base by
Olivia Izze.
Meredith was not done with the Pacers in the top of the seventh,
as they put four more insurance runs on the board. Rebecca Leigh
and Morris had one-out singles to get on base. Brittney Tucker then
hit a single to center field that scored both Leigh and Morris.
Tucker would then score on a error by Peace's left fielder. Arielle
Stout would finish the onslaught with a single to score Gus
Crist.
Beirne picked up her fifth win on the year striking out 12 and
only giving up six hits in a complete game.
Game Two: Meredith 5,
Peace 3 - Once again, Peace jumped out with an early lead to
only see Meredith shut them down and answer back and take the
win.
Meredith started the first inning off with a leadoff single from
Morris. Izze moved Morris to second on a sacrifice. Morris then
moved to third on a passed ball. Tucker then had an RBI-single to
centerfield to score Morris. Crist then hit a double to right and
Stout knocked in Tucker on a single to take the 2-0 lead. The
Pacers answered in the bottom of the inning with three runs and led
3-2 after the first.
The Avenging Angels would tie things up at three-all in the third.
Morris started the inning with a single and moved to second on a
hit back to the pitcher by Izze. A sacrifice by Tucker moved the
runners to second and third. Morris then scored on a wild pitch and
tied the game.
Meredith would add two more in the fifth. Ashley Braswell hit a
single to right field and Morris reached on a bunt. A two-out
double scorcher to left field by Crist scored Braswell and
Morris.
Meredith would close out the game and held Peace to gain the 5-3
win. Crist gained her second win on the year, coming in for 6 1/3
innings of relief pitching and holding the Pacers scoreless and
striking out six.
Meredith next hosts Methodist on Wednesday at 2 p.m.