Home Runs from Sharp and Azurdia Not Enough in Loss to Reinhardt
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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#25 Reinhardt (GA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 1 |
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Columbia (SC) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
Game 2
Game 2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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#25 Reinhardt (GA) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 2 |
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Columbia (SC) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
COLUMBIA, S.C. - The Columbia College softball team hit two home runs and 12 hits on the day but would fall just short against #25 Reinhardt University (Ga.), the defending AAC Champs, on Sunday afternoon.
RU won game one 9-5 before also taking game two 7-3.
Game 1
The Lady Eagles led 2-0 after one before the Koalas came back with a big three-run homer from senior 3B Aislyn Sharp in the 2nd inning that gave the Koalas the lead. A two-out rally was begun by 2B Brooklyn Franco's HBP before Mary-Catherine Sanders' single put runners on 2nd and 3rd. Sharp then followed with her massive home run over the left field wall for the 3-2 CC lead.
A homer from RU in the third tied the game before RU re-took the lead 4-3 in the 5th. Reinahrdt then put the game away with a 5-run 6th inning on 3 hits and an error to take a commanding 9-3 lead. Columbia scored two runs in the 7th on a Kylie Smith sac fly scoring Sharp and a Hope Azurdia RBI double, but it was not enough.
Senior pitcher Meghan Dennis was saddled with the loss throwing 5 innings allowing 10 hits and 6 runs (5 earned) with 2 walks and 2 strikeouts to fall to 5-4.
Game 2
RU (18-4 overall, 8-0 AAC) again got out to a 2-0 lead in game two before a home run from Azurdia made it 2-1 after two innings. It was her third of the season. RU then had a 3-run third inning to increase their lead to 5-1. Columbia came back with 2 runs in the third on a Sharp RBI single and a Kylie Smith RBI single. RU then added two more runs in the 6th for the 7-3 win.
Catcher Katie Poole had a two-hit game while Sharp is now batting .355 on the season with 6 home runs and 19 RBIs.
Senior pitcher Kylie Smith suffered the loss falling to 5-6 throwing just two innings allowing 8 hits, 5 runs and 2 homers. Reliever Paige Branham then came on in the third inning and held the powerful Eagles to just 5 hits and 2 runs on 2 walks and a strikeout.
Columbia falls to 12-12 overall and 7-5 in the AAC on the season and will next remain home to close out their long homestand on Monday afternoon when they take on non-conference foe Carolina University in a 2 PM DH.