then struck out the next two batters to get out of the jam. In all, Korenegay (W, 20-11) struck out 10 in seven complete innings, becoming the school’s all-time leader in shutouts with 16. The sophomore also became the first Pacer pitcher to ever win 20 games in a season. Hughes pitched 6.1 innings, allowing five hits and no runs with one strikeout. White finished the game 4-for-4 for USCA, including a double. Jones was 2-for-3 with four other Pacers collecting one hit each. Denham led the team with two RBIs. Camp, Vaughn and Jones collected the three hits for ASU, all in the top three spots in the order. The bottom six hitters for Augusta State went a combined 0-16 in the contest. ASU also left seven runners on base. Box Score
PBC Quarterfinals: No. 6 Pirates Advance To PBC Softball Semifinals With 7-5 Win Over FMU
Flagler or fifth-seeded Columbus State. Armstrong moves to 44-8 on the season while Francis Marion falls to 31-20. Meeting the Patriots for the third time in five days and Francis Marion starter Taylor Luff for the second time, Saturday’s game started off much better for the Pirates. After squeaking out a 1-0 win with only one hit against Luff, the Pirates jumped on top with single runs in both the first and second innings. Heather Walker’s RBI single in the first staked Armstrong to a quick 1-0 lead, then a Shelby Duff RBI groundout in the second made the score 2-0. Francis Marion got one back in the top of the third on Ashley Jaramillo’s RBI single, bringing the Patriots to within one. Armstrong loaded the bases in the bottom of the fourth inning on a walk to Ashley Buckett, a double by Ashley Schwab and a single by April Jowers - her 100th hit of the season - then Francis Marion left fielder Jazz Holliday dropped a routine fly ball to left, allowing all three runners to score and putting Armstrong up, 5-1.
A home run by Octavia Ferguson in the top of the fifth made the score 5-2, but Duff followed in the bottom of (4/21/12) COLUMBUS, Ga. - The sixth-ranked and the fifth with a two-run triple to center field and a 7-2 top-seeded Armstrong Atlantic State University softball advantage. squad advanced to the 2012 Peach Belt Conference Tournament semifinals with a 7-5 win over A single run by the Patriots on a Destinea Schneider eighth-seeded Francis Marion on SaturRBI single in the sixth made the score 7-3, and Holday afternoon at Cougar Field in Columliday briefly atoned for her error with at two-run home bus. run in the top of the seventh, but PBC Pitcher of the Year Megan Barnwell retired Kayla Ellingsen on a The Pirates popup to second with a runner on to close out the 7-5 stretched victory. their win streak Barnwell improved to 21-3 on the year, scattering 11 to 18 hits and five runs in the complete-game victory, walkwith the ing two while striing out two. victory, Luff (9-7) took the loss, giving up eight hits and seven advancing runs - four earned - in 4 2/3 innings pitched, walking to a 1:30 four and striking out four. p.m. semifinal matchup Duff went 2-for-4 with three RBIs to pace the Pirates with either offensively, while Schwab went 2-for-3 with two runs fourthscored. Jowers went 2-for-4 to notch her 330th career seedArmstrong’s hit, tying her with Brantley Mack of Lander for the ed Baillie Peach Belt Conference’s all-time hits lead. Temples 142