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SB26 Jenna Walling vs Newberry
2
Francis Marion FRANCIS 2-1
3
Winner Augusta AUGUSTA 1-0
Francis Marion FRANCIS
2-1
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Final
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Augusta AUGUSTA
1-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Francis Marion FRANCIS 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0
Augusta AUGUSTA 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 3 7 2

W: A. Gibson (1-0) L: Poston, Alyssa (1-1)

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Winner Francis Marion FRANCIS 3-1
2
Augusta AUGUSTA 1-1
Winner
Francis Marion FRANCIS
3-1
8
Final
2
Augusta AUGUSTA
1-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Francis Marion FRANCIS 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 11 2
Augusta AUGUSTA 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 1

W: Walling, Jenna (2-0) L: K. Ezzo (0-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

#10 Patriots split road twinbill at Augusta

AUGUSTA, GA – Senior right-hander Jenna Walling tossed a five-hitter and senior right fielder Paige Strickland rapped out a pair of run-scoring hits to lead 10th-ranked Francis Marion University to an 8-2 win over Augusta University and to a split of Saturday's (Feb. 7) non-conference softball doubleheader.  The Jaguars won the opener 3-2.
 
Francis Marion (3-1) will play a doubleheader at Coker University on Tuesday at 2 p.m.
 
FMU gave Walling (2-0) all the support she needed with a seven-run top of the first.  Walling allowed just one earned run while striking out eight.
 
In addition to Strickland, four other Patriots recorded two hits in the second contest:  senior left fielder Anderson Thrower, junior designated player McKenzie Jewell, senior second baseman Rylie Webster, and senior catcher Kendal Miller.
 
Jewell and Webster staked the Patriots to a 2-0 lead in the first with back-to-back run-scoring singles to left field.  Walling helped her own cause when she was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to force in a third run.    A fourth run scored on a passed ball, before senior shortstop Madalyn White walked with the bases loaded to make the margin 5-0.  Thrower and Strickland completed the scoring with run-scoring singles before FMU was finally retired.
 
Augusta scored single runs in the second and fifth frames to draw within 7-2, before Strickland lined an RBI-double to right field in the top of the sixth to account for the final tally.
 
Junior righty Kristyn Ezzo (0-1) was the Jaguars' losing pitcher.
 
In Saturday's first contest, Augusta took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second.  The Patriots loaded the bases with no outs in the fourth, but could manage only a sacrifice fly by Jewell to knot the score at 1-1.
 
The Jaguars responded in the bottom of the fourth with the go-ahead run and upped the margin to 3-1 in the sixth.  Webster clouted a leadoff homer in the top of the seventh, but senior right-hander Ansley Gibson (1-0) retired the next three Patriots in order to end the game.
 
FMU senior southpaw Alyssa Poston (1-1) was tagged with the loss.  She scattered seven hits and fanned three, while not issuing a walk. It was only her ninth loss in 66 career decisions as a Patriot.
 
A third-inning double by senior center fielder Mikaela Goss, a fourth-inning single by White, and Webster's long ball were the only Patriot hits in game one.
 
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