MONTICELLO, Ark. – The University of Arkansas at Monticello softball team opened their conference series with a doubleheader against Southern Nazarene on Saturday afternoon. The Blossoms came out of the day with a 5-0 loss in game one, followed by a 5-4 walk-off victory in game two.
Game 1, 7 Innings
Arkansas-Monticello: 0, Southern Nazarene: 5
WP: J. Worthington (12-1)
LP:
Mallory Pitre (6-6)
SV: None
Scoring Recap:
Southern Nazarene scored all five of their runs in the third inning, taking a 5-0 lead over the Blossoms.
UAM was unable to respond throughout the remainder of the game.
Game one on the weekend concluded with a 5-0 loss for the Blossoms.
Game 2, 8 Innings
Arkansas-Monticello: 5, Southern Nazarene: 4
WP:
Kyann Woods (4-4)
LP: J. Worthington (12-2)
SV: None
Scoring Recap:
The Blossoms scored first in game two, taking advantage of an error by the shortstop in the first to take a 1-0 lead over SNU.
Southern Nazarene found a run in the top of the second on a Blossom throwing error to make it a 1-1 game.
Courtnee Sensibaugh drove in a run in the bottom of the inning on a SAC fly to reclaim the lead for the Blossoms.
A two RBI double in the top of the sixth gave SNU a 3-2 lead over UAM.
Kammie Walker drove in the Blossoms' third run of the game in the bottom half of the sixth, putting the game back at 3-3.
SNU found a fourth run in the top of the eighth inning to push into a 4-3 lead over UAM.
Bailey Camp drove in
Lexie Smith for the equalizer in the bottom half of the inning.
Courtnee Sensibaugh drove in the game winner on a walk-off single to left, scoring
Jadyn Hart as the final run of the day.
The split on the day puts Arkansas-Monticello to a 14-18, 6-10 GAC record for the 2024 season.
GAME DAY SPONSOR
UAM Athletics would like to give a massive shout out to this afternoon's game day sponsor, South Arkansas Rehab! Thank you for your continued support of UAM Athletics!
UP NEXT
Arkansas-Monticello is back to work, tomorrow, Mar. 24, as they host Southern Nazarene University for game three of the series. First pitch is set for 12:00 p.m.
All live streams and live stats will be available as clickable links on the
UAM Softball schedule.
How to follow the Blossoms: For more information on Arkansas-Monticello Blossoms softball, visit
www.uamsports.com and follow the team's social media channels by searching "UAM Softball" on Twitter and Instagram.
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