HARTSVILLE, S.C. – Some timely hits by the homestanding Coker Cobras proved to be the difference as they defeated the UVA Wise softball team in both games of a South Atlantic Conference doubleheader Saturday afternoon.
Game one was won via the run rule after a big third inning by Coker, while the second game went to 10 innings before the Cobras escaped with the 6-5 win.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Game One: Coker 8, UVA Wise 0 – 5 innings
Game Two: Coker 6, UVA Wise 5 – 10 innings
Records: UVA Wise (13-27, 3-15 SAC); Lenoir-Rhyne (10-27, 3-15 SAC)
Location: Hartsville, S.C. | Saleeby-Stokes Field
HOW IT HAPPENED
- In game one, the Cobras picked up a run in the bottom of the first as one of Cameron Jackson's three hits in the game scored Ariana Fair.
- Another Jackson hit that scored Fair sparked a five run third inning.
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The Cobras tacked on two more hits in the fifth to walk-off with the victory.
- UVA Wise opened game two with a run by
Adyson Gibson off the RBI groundout by
Sarah Barrett in the top of the first.
- The Cobras answered back with a solo home run by Caitlyn Ray in the bottom of the second.
- The score remained tied at 1-1 through the end of regulation. In the top of the eighth,
Bayleigh Allison hit a triple that scored
Emma McCauley from third. Allison would then score on a wild pitch soon afterward to put the Cavs ahead 3-1.
- Coker answered back in the bottom of the inning as Wray hit her second home run of the day, this one a two-run blast over the center field wall.
- In the next inning, UVA Wise once again took a two run lead as
Savannah Johnson doubled to right center, scoring
Hannah Bruce and
Kara Long.
- The Cobras once again had a two run home run to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth.
- The Cavs had an opportunity to score in the top of the tenth but the runner was thrown out at home on an attempted sacrifice fly.
- Coker started off the tenth with a sacrifice bunt that moved the international tie-breaker runner from second to third. The next batter singled, and the Cobras won in walk-off fashion.
GETTING WISE
- Gibson led UVA Wise in hitting with three hits, while Johnson and
Mataya Ausmus each had two hits apiece.
UP NEXT
UVA Wise returns home to face the Tusculum Pioneers in a game that was rescheduled from April 3 due to rain. First pitch is set for 5 p.m. as the game time was moved back to avoid the solar eclipse early in the afternoon.
Fans attending who are wishing to view the eclipse before the game can do so from the stands or the parking lot as Cavalier Field faces to the West and has a good view of the sun throughout most of the day.
