DANVILLE, Va. -- The Meredith College softball Angels came up short in a two-game series at Averett University Saturday afternoon, 3-2, 4-2.

Game 1
MCSB out hit the Cougars eight-to-five in the day's opener, but left five runners stranded through seven innings. Savannah Talley and Brie Caldwell drove in one run apiece in the fourth frame, but an RBI-single and a pair of RBI-walks in the bottom of the inning gave AU what would be enough to win.

Rachel Johnson set up Talley's RBI-double with her own extra base hit to left field. And Caldwell scored Talley on a single to left. Alyssa Drake recorded a pair of singles, while Madison Hamilton, Sarah Manis, and Tatum Smith notched one hit apiece.

Sarah Gundlach earned the loss, earning all three runs on six hits with six walks. AU's Taylor Sullivan earned the win with Hannah Thompson closing out for the save.

Game 2
Averett put one run on the board in the first inning, and Meredith had a good chance to even the game in the top of two. Rachel Johnson walked, and Talley recorded her third hit on the day to move Johnson to second. Anna Goldman loaded the bases with a walk, but an Averett double play ended the inning early.

Three more Cougar runs in the bottom of the stanza left MCSB trailing by four. Neither team made a sound in the third, but Hamilton led off the fourth with a walk for Meredith. She ended up on third after stealing second and benefitting from an infield error in Susanne Taylor's at-bat. Goldman drove in Hamilton with a single to left center to keep the Angels alive.

Another quiet inning in the fifth and three left on base in the sixth, returned Drake to the plate for her fourth hit on the day. Manis moved Drake to second, and an infield misplay allowed Drake to score, unearned, for a 4-2 Cougar advantage. Talley walked, but AU finished out the game on the next play.

Danielle Hunt recorded the loss in game two, allowing eight hits with three walks and a pair of strikeouts. Kaitlyn Aherron faced off with Hunt the entire game, allowing five hits with six walks, striking out five.

Meredith will enjoy warmer days for next week practices to tune up for back-to-back doubleheaders versus Pfeiffer University. The Falcons begin the four-game series in Raleigh on April 10.

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