Softball Falls To Elon And No. 1 FSU Saturday

Saturday, February 23

Tallahassee, Fla.

9:00 AM (CT)

Samford University

5-9

Elon

7-4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Elon	0	0	4	0	1	3	0	8	12	0
Samford	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	6	1

Box Score (PDF)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Samford	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Florida State	8	1	2	2	X	13	12	1

Photo by: Chase Cochran

2.23.19 | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

SAMFORD VS. ELON BOX SCORE (PDF)

SAMFORD VS. FLORIDA STATE BOX SCORE (PDF)

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Samford softball team dropped a pair of games at the Unconquered Invitational, hosted by Florida State University Saturday. The Bulldogs fell to Elon, 8-2, and then to top-ranked Florida State, 13-0 in five innings.

With the losses, Samford falls to 5-10 so far this season. Elon has a record of 7-4, while Florida State's record improves to 15-0 with the win.

ELON 8, SAMFORD 2
FROM THE BOX SCORE

Kelsey Royalty went 2-for-3 at the plate for Samford.
Kathryn Jackson homered in a 1-for-3 performance.
Madison Couch also drove in a run for Samford.
Taylor DeCelles (0-5) took the loss for Samford, pitching 2.2 innings, giving up four runs, just one earned, on seven hits.
Kenna Quinn (3-2) picked up the win for the Phoenix, pitching the complete 7.0 innings, allowing two runs on six hits.
Morgan Reich went 3-for-4 with two RBI to lead Elon at the plate.
Keagan Goldwait homered and drove in two runs in a 1-for-2 performance at the plate.

SCORING SUMMARY

Elon took the lead with four runs, all with two outs, in the top of the third inning. Goldwait plated the first run with a solo home run. Rebecca Murray drove in two other runs in the inning, and Reich drove in one for a 4-0 Elon lead.
Samford came back with a run in the bottom of the third inning to cut the lead to 4-1. Couch singled to left-center field to drive in Royalty to pull Samford to within three runs.
Elon added another run in the top of the fifth inning when Reich doubled to drive in Callie Horn for a 5-1 Elon lead.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, Jackson led the inning off with a home run to cut the Elon lead to 5-2.
The Phoenix plated three final runs in the top of the sixth inning to make the final score 8-2.

FLORIDA STATE 13, SAMFORD 0
FROM THE BOX SCORE

Timberlyn Shurbutt, Hannah Trombley, Whitney Hinton and Mekhi Mayfield had one hit each for Samford.
Annalyn Yantis (0-3) took the loss in the circle for Samford, pitching 0.2 innings and allowing seven runs on four hits.
Anna Shelnut and Cassidy Davis each homered in the game for Florida State.
Makinzy Herzog (1-0) earned the win for the Seminoles, tossing 3.0 innings, allowing no runs on two hits.

SCORING SUMMARY

Florida State jumped out to an early lead with eight runs in the bottom of the first inning.
The Seminoles added a run in the second inning, two in the third and two more in the fourth to make the final score 13-0.

LOOKING AHEAD
Samford will conclude play in the Unconquered Invitational Sunday when the Bulldogs take on Florida State at 11:30 a.m. (CT). For more information on the tournament, click here: TOURNAMENT CENTRAL.