Softball Bounces Back To Split Two Games At Cowgirl Classic

Friday, February 8

Lake Charles, La.

12:30 PM (CT)

Samford University

0-2

Lipscomb

2-0

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

Box Score (PDF)

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

Whitney Hinton vs Western Carolina, 2018

Whitney Hinton had two hits and drove in two runs in Friday's 4-2 win over McNeese State.

Photo by: Chase Cochran

Softball Bounces Back To Split Two Games At Cowgirl Classic

2.8.19 | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

SAMFORD VS. LIPSCOMB BOX SCORE (PDF)

SAMFORD VS. MCNEESE STATE BOX SCORE (PDF)

LAKE CHARLES, La. – The Samford softball team split a pair of games Friday at the Cowgirl Classic, hosted by McNeese State. In the team's first game of the day, Samford fell to Lipscomb, 7-0, but the Bulldogs bounced back to take a 4-2 win over the host, McNeese State in the nightcap.

With the split, Samford is now 1-2 on the young season. McNeese State is now 1-1, while Lipscomb has a record of 2-0.

SAMFORD 4, MCNEESE STATE 2
FROM THE BOX SCORE

Samford freshman pitcher Lacey Spear (1-0) earned the win in her collegiate debut. She pitched the complete 7.0 innings, allowing two runs on four hits to pick up the victory.
Whitney Hinton went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI to lead Samford at the plate.
Madison Couch and Kathryn Jackson also drove in a run each for the Bulldogs.
Demi Boudreaux led McNeese State at the plate, going 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI.
Caroline Settle (0-1) took the loss in the circle for MSU, tossing 5.0 innings and allowing four runs on five hits.

SCORING SUMMARY

McNeese State got on the scoreboard first with two runs in the third inning on a two-run home run by Boudreaux, giving the Cowgirls a 2-0 lead.
Samford took the lead with three runs in the top of the fourth inning. The first two runs came on back-to-back RBI doubles by Hinton and Couch.
Couch scored the go-ahead run on a sacrifice bunt by Jackson for a 3-2 Samford lead in the fourth.
The Bulldogs added a run in the top of the fifth inning on another RBI single by Hinton for a 4-2 Samford lead.

LIPSCOMB 7, SAMFORD 0
FROM THE BOX SCORE

Maddie Dorsett tallied Samford's lone hit of the game, going 1-for-3 with a single in the first inning.
Taylor DeCelles (0-1) pitched the complete 7.0 innings, allowing seven runs, five earned, on 12 hits to take the loss.
Katie Turner (1-0) tossed 7.0 innings, giving up no runs on one hit to earn the win for the Bisons.
Turner also went 3-for-4 with a double and four RBI to lead Lipscomb at the plate.

SCORING SUMMARY

Lipscomb jumped on top first with three runs in the top of the second on a sacrifice fly and a pair of RBI singles.
The Bisons added a run in the top of the third inning on an RBI single by Tuner for a 4-0 lead.
Lipscomb plated three more runs, two unearned, in the seventh inning to push its lead to 7-0.

LOOKING AHEAD
Samford will conclude play in the Cowgirl Classic with a pair of games Saturday. The Bulldogs will take on Campbell at 10 a.m., and Arkansas at 12:30 p.m. For links to follow those games, please go to the softball schedule page at www.samfordsports.com.