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Softball 2020
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Alcorn State ALCN 5-8
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Winner UIW UIW 5-5
Alcorn State ALCN
5-8
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Final
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UIW UIW
5-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Alcorn State ALCN 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 9 4
UIW UIW 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 3 2

W: Myers, Natalie (1-0) L: Dorsey, A (2-3)

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Miss. Valley State MVSU 1-5
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Winner UIW UIW 6-5
Miss. Valley State MVSU
1-5
3
Final
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UIW UIW
6-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Miss. Valley State MVSU 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 6 3
UIW UIW 2 1 2 1 0 0 X 6 7 4

W: Hoffman, Renee (2-0) L: Matthews, A. (0-2)

Game Recap: Softball |

Cardinals are 2-0 on day one of Mardi Gras Mambo

YOUNGSVILLE, La. – It was a fruitful start in the first road test of the season for the University of the Incarnate Word softball team as it won both games on Friday night. The first win came against Alcorn State that saw the Cardinals win 3-2 in a last inning rally. The second game had less dramatics but resulted in a 6-3 victory over Mississippi Valley State.

NOTABLES
  • Freshman Natalie Myers earned her first collegiate win vs. Alcorn State as she struck out the lone hitter she faced and the team rallied to win in the bottom of the seventh.
  • Annie Gunther started the game against Alcorn State and pitched four shutout innings as she lowered her season ERA to 1.63 in 30 innings of work.
  • Sophomore Renee Hoffman pitched a complete game allowing one earned run while striking out five in the win against MVSU.
  • Junior Tori Alvarez-Lopez reached base four times on the day as she had two walks vs. Alcorn State and went 2-3 with a double vs. MVSU.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Game 1 vs. Alcorn State
Some games are won in ugly scraps and this was one of them for the Cardinals as they edged Alcorn in the bottom of the seventh after a couple of errors by the Bravehawks.

It was a scoreless game through four innings before UIW struck first in the bottom of the fifth. Freshman Abby Frank continued her clutch bat as she hit an RBI single to score Kendall McGary, giving the team a 1-0 lead.

Alcorn State answered with a flurry of hits to score two runs to take a 2-1 lead in the top of the seventh. Myers came in to record the last out with a strikeout.
After a pair of Bravehawk's mistakes, it allowed the Cardinals to score two runs in the bottom half of the seventh to win the game. It marked the second game of the season that the Cardinals won in the bottom of the seventh inning.

The lone batter that Myers faced allowed her to be in position to earn her first collegiate win.

Game 2 vs. Mississippi Valley State
Another scrappy game that saw the Cardinals as the victors turned into a 6-3 win over MVSU.

UIW scored at least one run in the first four innings of the game and that turned out to be enough. The offense was led by senior Delaney Guzman's RBI double in the second, then juniors Hailey Goins and Tori Alvarez-Lopez's RBI doubles in the third inning.

Those runs proved to be all that Renee Hoffman needed as she went the distance while striking out five batters to earn her second win of the season.
 
UP NEXT
The Cardinals will compete in day two of the Mardi Gras Mambo as they face-off against Jacksonville State at 5 p.m. (CT) for the first game and then against Louisiana at 7 p.m. (CT) later that evening.

STAY TUNED
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The UIW softball team is on Twitter at @UIWSoftball and Instagram at @uiwsoftball.
 
 
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