SOFTBALL FALLS IN CONFERENCE OPENER TO PIONEERS

Greeneville, TN - After a Game 1 setback, the Cobras come inches from a Game 2 victory but ultimately fall short in this conference-opening series 

By The Numbers:

Final Score: Tusculum 12, Coker 2 (Game 1 - 5 Innings), Tusculum 7, Coker 6 (Game 2)
Records: Coker 7-13 (0-2 SAC), Tusculum 23-1 (2-0 SAC)
Location: Greeneville, TN

Top Performers

Mya Cribbs: 2 hits in 2 at-bats, 1 run, 1 RBI (Game 1)
Dakota Slack: 2 hits in 4 at-bats, 1 run (Game 2)
Ally Moore: 2 hits in 4 at-bats, 1 run, 1 RBI (Game 2)
Lacey Hennessy: 2 hits in 3 at-bats, 1 RBI (Game 2)

How It Happened:

Game 1: The Pioneers came out with their bats hot in the first game, jumping out to a 12-0 lead in the fourth inning. The Cobras scored two runs in the top of the fifth, but the beginning of a late comeback wasn't quite enough as the Cobras fell in five innings to the Pioneers.

Game 2: The Pioneers raced out to another lead in this one, going up 4-0 in the first three innings of play. The difference this time was that the Cobras weren't done quite yet. In the top of the fourth, Payton Brigman doubled to left center to score Moore and Cheyenne Palmer, and then Hennessy singled to left center to score Brigman to make it a one-run game at 4-3. Tusculum extended it back to 6-3 in the bottom of that inning, and the Cobras got one back in the top of the fifth when Slack scored on an unearned run. In the top of the seventh, the Cobras made this a ballgame when Carter Freeman doubled to left field to score Savanah Fowler and Ariana Fair to tie this at 6-6. Unfortunately, the Pioneers scored in the bottom of the seventh to walk it off as the Cobras fell in Game 2.

Notables

• The Pioneers are 23-1 on the season, one of the best records in all of DII softball, and the Cobras were just inches from giving them their second loss of the year
• Moore (.409) and Slack (.435) are both above the .400 mark in batting average this season

Up Next

The Cobras have the weekend off and will host Lincoln Memorial next Wednesday at 1 & 3 PM ET in their first home conference action.