BATON ROUGE, La. – Emily Barnett (1-0) scattered seven hits and allowed an unearned run in the circle to lead the Samford University softball team to a 3-1 victory over the University of North Dakota in the final game of LSU Classic on Sunday at Tiger Park.  
 
THE BASICS
GM 1 FINAL: Samford 3 | North Dakota 1
Date/Time: Sun., Feb. 16 | 9:30 AM
Records: Samford (5-4) | North Dakota (3-5)
Series: Samford leads 2-1
Location: Tiger Park

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Angel Love singled up the middle to plate Morgan Flann, who reached on an error, and put North Dakota up 1-0 in the top of the 1^st inning.
• Samford answered in the bottom of the 1^st, as Whitney Hinton scored on an error by UND's right fielder to tie the game at 1-1.
• Tomberlyn Shurbutt's RBI single to right gave the Bulldogs a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the 2^nd. Two batters later, O'Neil Roberson laced a single to left, scoring Hinton to make the final margin 3-1.

 IN THE CIRCLE

• Emily Barnett (1-0) allowed one unearned run while scattering seven hits in a complete game victory. The junior from Suwanee, Ga., finished the day with three walks and three strikeouts.
• UND's Lauren Field (1-2) worked just 1.2 innings, allowing three runs on three hits with a pair of walks and a strikeout. Lexi Flom tossed the final 4.1 innings surrendering six hits to the Bulldogs.     

NOTABLES 

• Amanda Briskin (2-for-2), Shurbutt (2-for-3) and Roberson (2-for-3) all collected multiple hits for Samford.
• Victoria Minor and Angle Love had two hits each for the Fighting Hawks.    

UP NEXT 

• Samford returns to action on Tuesday, Feb. 18 at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. First pitch is set for 5 PM.