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Kayla Washington
5
Converse College CON
7
Winner CIU Softball CIU
Converse College CON
5
Final
7
CIU Softball CIU
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Converse College CON 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 5 9 4
CIU Softball CIU 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 7 10 1

W: Cox, Reagan (1) L: Owens, Reagan (1)

9
Winner Converse College CON
4
CIU Softball CIU
Winner
Converse College CON
9
Final
4
CIU Softball CIU
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Converse College CON 1 0 0 0 5 3 0 9 12 3
CIU Softball CIU 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 8 3

W: Irizarry, Daija (1) L: Wallick, Alicia (1)

Game Recap: Softball | | sgrigsby

Rams Battle Converse College in 2020 Home Opener

Columbia, SC- The CIU softball team played their first home game of the 2020 campaign with a doubleheader starting at 1 & 3 PM vs. Converse College. With the weather in the low 50s and sunny, the Rams went 1-1 on the day against the Valkyries, dropping the second game in a disappointing loss. 

Game 1 
How it Happened: 

  • CIU bats hit their mark early, scoring four runs in the first inning as Kayla Washington batted in a run off of a double to right field. Kaylyn Devaney would pick up a RBI later in the side, with a single up the middle, scoring Kalya Washington. Robyn Andrews slammed home two RBIs with a single to shallow right-center field, giving CIU a 4-0 lead. 
  • Converse College answered in the top of the 3rd with a homer from Allison Plafcan. 
  • The Valkyrie offense took charge in the 4th inning, scoring three more runs to take a 5-4 lead over the Rams. 
  • CIU first basemen Shannon Patton blasted a homer over the left-field fence in the 4th inning, scoring Tanaya Ellis in the process to give the Rams a 6-5 lead. 
  • The Rams would go up 7-5 in the 6th as speedster Tanaya Ellis stole home from third. 
  • Reagan Cox and the CIU defense put the game away in the top of the 7th, giving CIU a 7-5 victory. 

Box Score Highlights 

Game 2 
How it happened: 

  • Converse College jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the 1st inning. 
  • The Rams answered in the bottom of the 1st, with a Kayla Washington RBI to deep right-center. Kaylyn Devaney doubled deep down the LF line, scoring Shannon Patton in the process, giving CIU the first lead of the game at 2-1. 
  • CIU looked to pull away from Converse in the 3rd, with an impressive one run homer from Kayla Washington. Madison Janning hit an RBI single to third, giving the Rams a comfortable 4-1 lead.
  • Converse College came to life in the top of the 5th, scoring five runs to take a 6-4 lead over CIU. 
  • Converse continued to bat well into the 6th, scoring three more runs, making it 9-4 converse. 
  • The Rams attempted to rally late but were unable to gain enough offensive momentum going to pull out a victory. 

Box Score Highlights: 

What Coach Allen is saying: 

"It was great to finally play at home after being on the road for a month. Our fans are the best and the weather was perfect to be able to show off what we've been working on since September. I thought we showed a lot of the competitive character that we've been developing, and I'm really please to see our bats show up the way they did. We also had some fantastic defensive plays, especially in game one. Every day we've been on the field has been better than the one before. I think we're ready to open up conference play Tuesday!"

Up Next: The Rams begin conference play next Tuesday as they look to host the Bulldogs of Tennessee Wesleyan University in a DH at 1/3 PM. 

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