SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Converse University softball team (11-7, 3-1 Conference Carolinas) continued their span of six games in three days with two games at home against the North Greenville Trailblazers (18-12, 5-5 Conference Carolinas) on Friday afternoon. The teams split the two games with the Trailblazers winning game one and Converse winning game two by a final score of 11-4.
Freshman CJ McBride won game two with a complete-game, seven-inning performance.
Game One: North Greenville 16, Converse 0 (5 Innings)
Junior
Aubree Leonard had the Valkyries' lone hit of the game in the bottom of the third inning with a single into center field.
Game Two: Converse 11, North Greenville 4
The Valkyries struck first with two runs in the first inning. Senior Sydney Watson brought home the first run with a single into left field. Senior AJ Albano brought home the second run when she was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.
They added three more runs when Watson hit a three-run home run over the left field fence in the bottom of the second inning.
Back-to-back homers from North Greenville and a bases-loaded single cut the lead to 5-3 Valkyries in the fourth inning. Converse scored three runs of their own in the bottom of the inning. Watson drove in the first of the runs. A wild pitch brought home the second and freshman Charley Swartzel singled, bringing home the third run.
The Trailblazers scored one on a bases-loaded walk in the top of the sixth inning.
Swartzel added two more RBIs in the bottom of the sixth inning with a single up the middle. Swartzle came around to score on an error by North Greenville.
The Trailblazers showed little resistance in the seventh inning and Converse won 11-4.
On deck for the Valkyries:
Converse returns to the diamond tomorrow, March 22 as they head to Banner Elk, North Carolina to face the Lees-McRae Bobcats. First pitch is scheduled for 2 P.M.
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