Peace Softball Goes 1-2 At East Coast Challenge Rain Delay Put’s a Damper on Weekend

Florence, SC – After two straight days of rain, the sky finally cleared in Florence and the East Coast Challenge was finally able to get underway on the last scheduled day of the tournament. Peace College was scheduled to play 3 games on Friday and 2 on Saturday, much like the other attending teams, but ended up playing 3 games on Saturday. The Pacer club went 1-2, loosing to Huntingdon College of Alabama 3-0 in game one, defeating USA South Conference opponent NC Wesleyan College in a non-conference game 3-0 and then loosing to LaGrange College of Georgia 6-0 in the night cap.

In game one, Huntingdon scored three runs on eight hits and one error as Peace could not find the plate and ended the contest without any runs, three hits and one error. Freshman short stop, Summer Evans had two of the three Peace hits with a single up the middle and a double hit to deep center field. Junior third baseman Kenni Seagroves singled to center field for the third hit. Freshman pitcher, Ashley Stansbury took the loss from the mound for the Pacers, dropping to 5-4 on the season.

In game two, Peace was paired against USA South Conference foe, NC Wesleyan College. The Battling Bishops connected for five hits but never crossed the plate leaving nine runners on base at the end of the game. Peace only connected on three hits but scored all three runs on four Bishop errors. Ashley Stansbury had two hits, singling up the middle and to left field. Junior second baseman, Joanie Blevins picked up the other Peace hit singling with a shot to left field. Junior first baseman, Holly Braswell scored the first Peace run in the bottom of the second inning on an error by the NC Wesleyan first baseman. Peace would not score again until the bottom of the sixth inning as Summer Evans scored on Stansbury’s single to left field, as Stansbury picked up an RBI. Blevins would also score on an error by the left fielder in the same play. Senior pitcher, Lauren Pleasant picked up the win from the mound advancing to 5-1.

In the night cap, the Pacers met up with LaGrange College who scored six runs on eight hits and four Peace errors. Peace didn’t score, only connecting on three hits. Seagroves, Blevins & Stansbury each picked up a single for the Pacers. Stansbury took the loss from the mound dropping to 5-5 on the season.

The Pacers dropped to 15-8 overall, still 1-3 in the USA South. Peace will resume conference play next week traveling to Greensboro, NC to take on the Pride of Greensboro College who are currently undefeated in conference play. The first game of the double header is slated to start at 2:00 pm.