Greensboro College Pride Softball advances to Day Three of USA South Tournament with win over Mary Baldwin, 4-1

Pride advance to Day Three of USA South Tournament with win over Mary Baldwin, 4-1

Greensboro, NC – On Friday afternoon, the Greensboro College Softball team would face Mary Baldwin University in the winner’s bracket of the USA South Athletic Conference Tournament. Both teams were coming off of close wins, with the Fighting Squirrels getting their first postseason win in program history. The game would become a pitcher’s duel until the later innings, as the Pride came away with the hard-fought win to advance to Day Three, buy a score of 4-1.

Junior Lauren Engel (Huntersville, NC) got the start on the mound for Greensboro and would get in some early trouble, as Mary Baldwin loaded the bases. However, she would not panic and was able to get out of the inning with a big strikeout, to keep the game scoreless. It would stay that way until the top of the sixth inning when Senior Brooke Kinley (Lexington, NC) hit a single to left field, which saw Junior Ivy Ray (Thomasville, NC) cross the plate for the first run of the game. After an error, Kinley advanced to third and then was able to score, which was followed by a Sophomore M’Kenzie Davis (Greensboro, NC) RBI double. To round out the scoring, Senior Kailey Walker (Eden, NC) hit a single to center field driving Davis home for the four-run lead. The Fighting Squirrels would get one back, but Greensboro was able to come away with the win, 4-1.

Offensively, the Pride were led by Walker, who finished the game 2-3 with an RBI, while, on the mound, Engel finished the complete game with three strikeouts and only five hits.

Greensboro will be back in action Saturday, May 6th as they face Methodist University at Penn-Wright Stadium at Barber Park. First pitch is scheduled at 2:00pm.

USA South Softball Tournament Completes Day Two

(Misenheimer, NC & Greensboro, NC) – The USA South Softball four-team double-elimination tournaments are down to the final two teams in each bracket after second-day action today, May 5th.

In the bracket hosted by top-seeded Pfeiffer, fourth-seeded Meredith eliminated eighth-seeded Southern Virginia, 6-5, in the first game of the day. The second game saw the host Falcons hit a two-run home run in the top of the seventh inning to defeat fifth-seeded William Peace, 2-1. In final game of the day in Misenheimer, William Peace eliminated its cross-town rivals Meredith, 5-2.

In the Greensboro bracket, seventh-seeded Methodist opened the day with a 1-0 shutout win over third-seeded N.C. Wesleyan. The second game of the day saw the host Pride advance with a 4-1 win over sixth-seeded Mary Baldwin. In the final game of the day, Methodist eliminated Mary Baldwin thanks to a 4-1 win.

Pfeiffer and William Peace will battle while Greensboro and Methodist will face-off in games tomorrow, May 6th. William Peace and Methodist would need two victories to advance to next week’s best-of-three championship series.

Please visit the Tournament Website for up-to-date information, including the Tournament Bracket.

2023 USA South Softball Tournament Schedule (all times ET)

Bracket #1 (hosted by Pfeiffer)

Thursday, May 4
Game 1: #8 Southern Virginia – 2 #1 Pfeiffer – 5
Game 2: #5 William Peace – 3 #4 Meredith – 1

Friday, May 5
Game 3: #8 Southern Virginia – 5 #4 Meredith – 6
Game 4: #1 Pfeiffer – 2 #5 William Peace – 1
Game 5: #4 Meredith – 2 #5 William Peace – 5

Saturday, May 6
Game 6: #1 Pfeiffer vs. #5 William Peace – 12:00pm
Game 7 (if necessary): Same teams as Game 6 – 3:00pm

Bracket #2 (hosted by Greensboro)

Thursday, May 4
Game 1: #7 Methodist – 0 #2 Greensboro – 2
Game 2: #6 Mary Baldwin – 4 #3 N.C. Wesleyan – 3

Friday, May 5
Game 3: #7 Methodist – 1 #3 N.C. Wesleyan – 0
Game 4: #2 Greensboro – 4 #6 Mary Baldwin – 1
Game 5: #7 Methodist – 4 #6 Mary Baldwin – 1

Saturday, May 6
Game 6: #2 Greensboro vs. #7 Methodist – 2:00pm
Game 7 (if necessary): Same teams as Game 6 – 4:00pm

Best-of-Three Championship Series (hosted by highest-remaining seed)

Friday, May 12
Game 1: Bracket #2 Winner vs. Bracket #1 Winner – Time TBA
Game 2: Bracket #2 Winner vs. Bracket #1 Winner – Time TBA

Saturday, May 13
Game 3 (if necessary): Bracket #2 Winner vs. Bracket #1 Winner – Time TBA

Dates and Times Subject to Change