Box Score (PDF) vs. Bryant

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford softball team caps busy midweek with 10-2 win over Bryant Bulldogs in six innings.
 
THE BASICS

FINAL:   Samford 10 | Bryant 2
Date/Time: Thurs., March 12 | Start: 3:02 p.m.
Location: Birmingham, Ala.
Records: Bulldogs (10-16) | Bryant (4-12)
Series:  Samford leads series 1-0

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Bulldogs got off to a hot start as senior Maddie Dorsett got on base with a leadoff walk. Dorsett stole second and came around to score on a single from fellow senior Kathryn Jackson.
• The bottom of the third was a five-single affair that drove in three runs for the Bulldogs giving them a 4-0 lead.
• Bryant got back two runs in the top of the fourth inning, but Samford roared back in the bottom of the inning with four runs on four hits to make the score 8-2.
• Samford added one run each in the bottom of the fifth and the bottom of the sixth to win the game 10-2.

IN THE CIRCLE

• Senior Taylor DeCelles got the start for Samford in the Bulldogs' second midweek matchup.
• DeCelles got the win (2-7) giving up two runs on six hits in 6.0 innings pitched.
• Gabrielle Ermish (1-6) took the loss for Bryant giving up five runs on eight hits in 3.0 innings pitched.

NOTABLES 

• The Bulldogs offense had been quiet of late, but exploded for 10 runs against Bryant in six innings.
• Samford had 15 hits in the game more than double Bryant's six.
• The win for Samford snaps a four-game skid in their first program matchup with the Bryant Bulldogs.