Peace Softball Splits With Nationally Ranked Conference Foe Greensboro College Holly Braswell Adds Another Homer to the Count

Greensboro, NC – The Peace College Softball team traveled to Greensboro today to take on the eleventh ranked (nationally) Pride of Greensboro College in USA South Conference Action. Peace defeated the Pride 1-0 in the first game and lost the second game 0-7. With the split, Peace advances to 16-9 overall, 2-4 in the USA South. The Pride 23-3, 5-1, picked up its first conference loss of the season.

In game on freshman pitcher, Ashley Stansbury, pitched a shut-out for the Pacers and on the offensive end, drove junior second baseman Joanie Blevins in for the only run of the game in the top of the sixth. Greensboro was not able to answer and Peace’s Stansbury took the win advancing to 6-5 from the mound n the season. Greensboro’s Brown was credited with the loss.

In game two the bats seemed to come alive for both teams as Greensboro had eight hits and Peace had ten. Holly Braswell and Kristen Crandall both went 2-3 in game two for the Pacers and Joanie Blevins went 2-4. Braswell took one over the center field fence in the top of the second inning to add yet another homer to her count for the season, as it now stands at eleven homers and with three weeks to go, Braswell has already captured the single season and career records at Peace. Although Pacers picked it up offensively from game one, it was not enough as the Pride went on to win 4-7. Lauren Pleasant took the loss from the mound dropping to 5-2 on the season. Patterson (6-1) picked up the win for the Pride.

Peace will be on the road Saturday at Methodist University for a conference Double header starting at 1:00 pm.