Burford-Johnson Sets Program Wins Record In Softball's 7-4 Win At UNCG

Sunday, March 24

Greensboro, N.C.

12:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

13-22, 2-1

UNC Greensboro

17-12, 1-2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Samford	0	2	1	0	0	3	1	7	6	1
UNCG	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	9	2

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Burford-Johnson Sets Program Wins Record In Softball's 7-4 Win At UNCG

3.24.19 | Softball

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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Samford head softball coach Mandy Burford-Johnson became the program's all-time winningest coach when the Bulldogs earned a 7-4 win at UNCG Sunday afternoon.

Burford-Johnson now has 199 career wins, breaking the old record of 198 set by Beanie Ketcham from 2003 to 2010. For the season, Samford improves to 13-22 overall and 2-1 in Southern Conference play. UNCG falls to 17-12 overall and 1-2 in league play.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Madison Couch, Merritt Cahoon and Mekhi Mayfield each homered in the game to lead Samford to the win.
Hannah Trombley also drove in a run for Samford.
McKenna Gillespie (4-3) pitched 3.2 innings in relief, giving up no runs on two hits to earn the win in the circle for Samford.
UNCG was led by Marisa Sholtes and Gabi Howard with a home run each.
Stephanie Bryden (12-6) tossed 7.0 innings, giving up seven runs on six hits to take the loss for the Spartans.

SCORING SUMMARY

UNCG got on the scoreboard first with a run in the bottom of the first inning. Sholtes hit a solo homer to give the Spartans a 1-0 lead.
Samford took a 2-1 lead with two runs in the top of the second inning on a two-run home run by Cahoon.
The Bulldogs added a run in the top of the third inning to push their lead to 3-1. Mayfield homered to left field to give Samford a two-run lead.
In the bottom of the third inning, UNCG plated another run to cut the Samford lead to 3-2. Delaney Cumbie singled up the middle to drive in Melanie Darges to bring UNCG to within one run.
UNCG took a 4-3 lead with two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. Howard hit a two-run home run to left field to give the Spartans the lead.
Samford answered with three runs in the top of the sixth inning to take a 6-4 lead. Trombley singled to drive in Couch for the first run of the inning. Ashlyn Barnes scored the second run on a sacrifice fly by Mayfield. Timberlyn Shurbutt then singled to drive in Amanda Briskin for the final run of the inning.
Samford added a run in the top of the seventh inning when Couch homered to push the Samford lead to 7-4.

LOOKING AHEAD
Samford will host Furman for a three-game Southern Conference series next weekend at the Samford Softball Stadium. The teams are set to play a doubleheader Saturday at 1 p.m., and a single game Sunday, also at 1 p.m.