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NEWBERRY, SC – Junior right-hander Taylor Luff pitched a four-hit shutout and scored the game's only run as Francis Marion University beat Newberry College 1-0, but Wolves turned the tables in game two for a 1-0 defeat of the Patriots, Wednesday afternoon (Feb. 6) in women's softball action.
Francis Marion (5-1) will return home to host Mount Olive College for a non-conference doubleheader on Saturday at 1 p.m.
Luff (3-0) pitched her third complete game and second shutout of the young season in the opener, while also scoring the game's only run. Batting lead-off, she opened the game by reaching on an infield throwing error, went to second on a sacrifice bunt, advanced to third on a wild pitch, and scored on a sacrifice fly to left field by senior catcher Olivia Ferguson.
Luff also recorded the Patriots' lone hit in the opener, with a bunt single to third base in the top of the third inning. Newberry senior righty Kaylyn Camacho (1-1) took the hard-luck loss despite striking out 12 Patriots and allowing only the one safety.
Luff fanned 10 and walked just one from the mound.
In the second contest, FMU sophomore right-hander Katie Carnes and Newberry senior righty Shelley Jeffcoat matched zeros through the first four frames. Newberry pushed across the game's only run in the fifth inning as a result of three FMU errors.
Francis Marion, which managed four hits in the second contest, left a runner in scoring position in each of the first, fourth, fifth, and sixth innings.
Carnes (1-1) allowed just six hits, while issuing only one walk.
Francis Marion 1, Newberry 0 (Feb 06, 2013 at Newberry, S.C.) (Game 1)
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Francis Marion...... 100 000 0 - 1 1 2 (5-0)
Newberry............ 000 000 0 - 0 4 1 (2-1)
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Pitchers: Francis Marion - Taylor Luff and Olivia Ferguson. Newberry - K Camacho and L Workman.
Win-Taylor Luff(3-0) Loss-K Camacho(1-1) T-1:59 A-0
Weather: 61 deg., sunny, clear
Newberry 1, Francis Marion 0 (Feb 06, 2013 at Newberry, S.C.) (Game 2)
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Francis Marion...... 000 000 0 - 0 4 3 (5-1)
Newberry............ 000 010 X - 1 6 2 (3-1)
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Pitchers: Francis Marion - Katie Carnes and Olivia Ferguson. Newberry - S Jeffcoat and L Workman
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Win-S Jeffcoat(2-0) Loss-Katie Carnes(1-1) T-1:18 A-95
Weather: 64 deg., sunny, clear
