UNCG Softball Hits Past Elon, 9-2
ELON, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) softball team defeated in-state foe Elon on Sunday, 9-2, at Hunt Softball Complex.
The Spartans are now 3-2 this season. UNCG totaled 11 hits in the victory for its fifth-straight game with 10 or more hits.
UNCG has now won eight-straight games against Elon dating back to March 20, 2022.
UNCG has totaled 15 home runs in five games played.
Jessie Shipley (2-for-3) and Grace Loftin (3-for-4) had multi-hit games for the Spartans.
Macy Michael (1-for-4) and Shipley each had two RBI and two runs scored.
This was the first complete game for Reese Byrd in the circle since April 30, 2022.
She matched her season-best of five strikeouts.
With Shipley on first with two outs, Loftin tripled to right field for the first run of the game, 1-0.
Byrd retired three straight batters in the bottom of the first.
After a scoreleass second inning, the Spartans broke the game open with six runs on five hits and one error.
Shipley tallied her fifth homer of the season to lead off the inning and then Rylie Williams drove in Michael on a single to second base. Shipley later tallied another RBI as the Spartans batted around and she hit a RBI sacrifice fly for the 7-0 advantage.
Michael crushed her third home run of the season in the top of the sixth driving in Kaylyn Belfield for a 9-0 lead.
Elon’s Gabi Schaal hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth, cutting the deficit to seven, 9-2.
Neither team was able to push across anymore runs in the seventh as the Spartans held on for the 9-2 victory.
PITCHING RECORDS
Reese Byrd: W, 2-2
Attached photo of Reese Byrd (credit Denise Archetto)
Taylor Cherry: L, 0-1
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The Spartans are scheduled to host a four-team tournament this coming weekend in the Spiro Classic at UNCG Softball Stadium. UNCG will host Merrimack (12:30 p.m.) and Georgetown (5:30 p.m.) on Friday. The Spartans will then battle Toledo (12:30 p.m.) and Georgetown (3:00 p.m.) on Saturday, followed by Toledo again on Sunday (12:30 p.m.).
Courtesy of Denise Archetto
Assistant Athletic Director For Strategic Communications
UNC Greensboro