BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Freshman catcher Hannah Trombley helped the Samford University softball team blow past Tennessee Tech 10-2 in six innings on Friday, Feb. 26, at the Samford Softball Field. Trombley finished the game going 3-for-4 at the plate with a pair of doubles, a home run and five RBIs.

"Kudos to Trombley tonight. I'm pretty sure she is leading the team in home runs now, she hasn't hit a single yet – everything she hits goes for extra bases." Head Coach Mandy Burford said. "She's hitting the ball really well right now and it's carried over from a successful travel ball season this summer where she hit the ball just like that."

It was senior third baseman Callie Brister who put the Bulldogs (5-5) on the board 1-0 in the bottom of the 2^nd inning as she sent a 2-0 pitch from Danielle Liberatore (1-4) over the wall in left field.

Trombley quickly followed up and gave Samford separation with her two-run homer to straight away center that scored Abbie Miranda.

The productive 2^nd inning was capped off by sophomore Shelby Maze's shot to first that was not fielded cleanly by the Tennessee Tech (3-7) first baseman which scored Lexie Higgins for an unearned run to make the score 4-0 in favor of Samford.

Samford struck for three more runs in the bottom of the following inning thanks in part to a RBI bloop single to right field from junior Abby Sweeney that scored Callie Brister.

Yet again it was Trombley who recorded her fifth-consecutive extra base hit to give Samford a 7-0 lead over the Golden Eagles with a double to right center field to score Miranda and Caroline Wilder.

From there redshirt-senior Mollie Hanson (3-3) proceeded to retire 10-consecutive Golden Eagle batters before giving up her first hit of the contest to Alyssa Richards. Richards recorded a double off of Hanson in the top of the 4^th but no damage was done.

Tennessee Tech finally broke onto the scoreboard in the top of the 5^th inning when Madison Taylor drove in a pair of runs with her home run over the wall in right center field.

Samford put the game away in the bottom of the 6^th inning on a trio of hits. Wilder doubled to left center field to score Brister then Sweeney drove in Wilder on a RBI single through the left side.

It was only fitting that Trombley drive in the final run of the game on what would be her sixth-consecutive extra base hit with a game winning double to right center field that scored pinch runner Kelsey Royalty all the way from first.

Wilder finished the game 3-for-4 from the plate with an RBI and two runs scored while Brister went 2-for-3 with an RBI and three runs scored.

The Bulldogs return to action to 12:30 p.m. tomorrow when they take on Wright State.