Greenville, SC—The SC State women's softball team yesterday (April 21) dropped a non-conference doubleheader to Furman, 11-5 and 13-2. The game was contested at Pepsi Stadium on the campus of Furman University.
Furman (19-17) jumped out to a 6-0 lead by the bottom of the second inning of Game One. SC State (7-35) put the first three-of-four batters on base via a hit, hit-by-pitch, and an error respectively. Freshman Shannon Baity followed those three base runners up with a grand slam (her second home-run of the season) to pull the Lady Bulldogs within two runs, 4-6 heading into the middle of the third inning. The Paladins put up two runs in the fourth, two in the fifth and one in the sixth and allowed just one additional Lady Bulldog run en route to the Game One 11-5.
SC State scored first in Game Two putting up two runs in heading into the middle of the first. The Paladins then took control of the game scoring five runs in the first inning, two runs in the second and six runs in the fourth to take Game Two, 13-2.
Freshman Arziné Lee was the loser in both games for the Lady Bulldogs while Lana Mackey and Hannah Bradley picked up the wins in Game One and Two respectively for the Paladins.
SC State will not return to the field until the weekend of May 1-2 when they travel to Winston-Salem, NC to take on the Lady Rams of Winston-Salem State. The Lady Bulldogs will then return home to closeout the 2010 regular season against Florida A&M University the weekend of May 8-9.
