GSC
0
Delta State DSU 26-23
8
Winner North Alabama UNA 33-10
Delta State DSU
26-23
0
Final
8
North Alabama UNA
33-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Delta State DSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
North Alabama UNA 0 0 3 1 4 8 13 2

W: H. Carpenter (18-4) L: Beaver, Shayna (10-7)

Game Recap: Softball | | Fred Sington

UNA Blanks Lady Statesmen in First Round of GSC Tourney

VALDOSTA, Georgia – Hillary Carpenter limited Delta State University (26-23) to one hit to lead No.14 North Alabama to an 8-0 win in the first round of the 2015 Gulf South Conference Softball Tournament on Friday at Steel's Diamond-Blazer Park.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: No. 14 North Alabama 8, Delta State 0 (5 innings)
2015 Gulf South Conference Softball Tournament
Date: Thursday, April 30, 2015
Location: Valdosta Georgia | Steel's Diamond-Blazer Park
Records: Lady Statesmen (26-23), #14 North Alabama (33-10)
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HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Both teams had early scoring chances. North Alabama put two runners on with one out in the first only to see DSU starter Shayna Beaver get a strikeout and a ground out to end the inning. Kory Watterson was hit by a pitch with one out and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Kassidy Tally before a ground out ended the inning.
  • The Lions struck for three runs in the bottom of the third. Courtney Shields doubled with one out and scored on a Libby Olinger single to take a 1-0 lead.  Regan Tittle followed up the Olinger single with a home run to centerfield to give UNA 3-0 lead.
  • Cory Grace Shields extended the North Alabama lead to 4-0 on a leadoff solo home run to right center field.
  • North Alabama ended the game with a four-run fifth. Brittany Gillson had an RBI-double followed by an RBI-double from Medeline Lee and a two-run double by pinch-hitter Avery Goodwin.
  • Hillary Carpenter (18-4) tossed a one-hitter with two strikeouts in five innings of work to earn the win for North Alabama.
  • Shayna Beaver (10-7) allowed three runs on five hits with a walk and one strikeout as the pitcher of record for the Lady Statesmen.

STAT OF THE DAY
  • Delta State went 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position, while North Alabama went 5-for-9 with runners in scoring position.
 
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
  • The Lady Statesmen were limited to one hit for the second time this season, dating to game one of a GSC series against Union University (3.15.15).
  • North Alabama is the fourth ranked opponent that Delta State has faced this year. The Lady Statesmen are 0-8 against ranked opponents in 2015.
  • DSU been out-hit by opponents in seven of its last eight games.

UP NEXT
  • Delta State will play the loser of the Shorter-Union contest in an elimination game on Friday, May 1 at 9 a.m.
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