2008 Woodie Awards
Gamecock softball loses heartbreaker
Chad Hoffman
Issue date: 3/17/06 Section: Sports
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To the JSU softball team, it takes three.
JSU traveled to Nashville, Tenn., to face Lipscomb for the second and third times this season.
It isn't easy for any team to beat a team two or three times in a season, but the Gamecocks accomplished the feat and swept the Bison 3-0 and 6-2.
Pitcher Carly Kellam got the start in game one and only allowed two hits in seven innings of work. The senior struck out nine batters and walked two while she improved her ERA to 1.18. Kellam improves her record to 9-1 and is on a nine-game winning streak while in the circle.
The Gamecocks had four hits in game one and they were spread throughout the lineup; however, the bottom half contributed and did what head coach Jana McGinnis wanted them to do.
"Both games, from our number five through nine, I thought they carried us a lot of the time," said McGinnis. "Our pitching was good and our defense was solid."
JSU took flight in game two and left the Bison grazing in the wind.
Maigin Alexander, who leads the team in home runs, added her fifth in the fourth inning of game two.
Becky Carpenetti went 3-for-4 and drove in one run for JSU, a part of a 13-hit performance for the team.
Senior Christine Pierce won her fourth-straight game for JSU, improving to 9-3 on the year.
The Gamecocks played host to UAB in a double-header on Wednesday.
"It is always a good game," said coach McGinnis. "They are a perfect team for us to play before we open up with the OVC."
Game one was scoreless until the top of the fourth when UAB scored off of a homer by Nicole Whitlock, her first of the season.
The ladies in the Red and White answered back in the bottom half with the help of UAB's pitcher, Jennifer Nelson. With the bases loaded and two outs, she walked Allie Barker to put Amy Brown across the plate to tie the game at one.
UAB added another run in the top of the fifth from a double to left center by Holly Krzan, which added another RBI to her season total of 27.