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Winner Lander LANDER 14-7
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USC Beaufort USC BEAU 15-9
Winner
Lander LANDER
14-7
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Final
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USC Beaufort USC BEAU
15-9
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Lander LANDER 0 1 1 0 2 0 5 9 10 3
USC Beaufort USC BEAU 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 12 3

W: Geddings, Mattye (5-1) L: Madison Murphy (8-3)

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Game Recap: Softball | | Hailey Franklin - Assistant Sports Information Director

Late Seven-Run Rally Lifts Lander Past USC Beaufort in Series Opener

HARDEEVILLE, S.C. - Lander erupted for five runs in the seventh inning to rally past USC Beaufort 9-7 on Friday night, overcoming an early deficit to win the opening game of the series.

Trailing 7-4 entering the final frame, Lander (14-7, 4-0 PBC) strung together timely hits and patient at-bats to flip the game in its favor. The rally began when Isabella Santos delivered an RBI single up the middle to cut the deficit to two. Moments later, Reagan Hill ripped a double down the right-field line that brought home another run.

With the pressure mounting, Kara VonAchen worked a bases-loaded walk to tie the game at 7. Freshman Savanna Price then capped the rally with a two-run single to left field, giving the Bearcats a 9-7 lead and completing the five-run outburst.

USC Beaufort (15-9, 1-3 PBC) controlled the early innings, jumping out to a four-run lead in the first.

The Sand Sharks extended the advantage to 6-2 by the third inning before Lander chipped away. Santos put the Bearcats on the board with a solo home run in the second, and Lander added two runs in the fifth, including an RBI single from Hill, to cut the deficit to 6-4.

USC Beaufort added a run in the sixth to move ahead 7-4, but the Bearcats' seventh-inning surge proved decisive.

Santos led Lander offensively, going 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs, while Hill finished 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs. Samantha Bumgarner also contributed with two hits and two runs scored.

In the circle, Mattye Geddings (5-1) went the distance for Lander, allowing 12 hits and seven runs, four earned, while battling through seven innings to earn the win.

Madison Murphy (8-3) took the loss for the Sand Sharks after allowing nine runs on 10 hits with eight strikeouts over seven innings.

Lander will look to secure the series on Saturday when the teams meet for a doubleheader beginning at noon in Hardeeville, S.C.
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play LANDER USC BEAU
USC BEAU BOT 1st Katelyn Boyette singled through the left side, advanced to second, 2 RBI (0-0); Saria Simmons advanced to third; Tamiyah Whitlock scored; Catharine Conway scored. 0 2
USC BEAU BOT 1st Chloe Turner reached first on an error by ss, RBI (0-2 KF); Katelyn Boyette advanced to third; Saria Simmons scored, unearned. 0 3
USC BEAU BOT 1st Ashley Grieser singled to right center, RBI (2-1 BBF); Chloe Turner advanced to second; Katelyn Boyette scored. 0 4
LANDER TOP 2nd Isabella Santos homered, RBI (0-0). 1 4
USC BEAU BOT 2nd Tamiyah Whitlock popped up to ss, SAC, RBI (2-0 BB); Catharine Conway scored, unearned. 1 5
LANDER TOP 3rd Emorie Anderson reached first on an error by 3b, RBI (1-0 B); Kara Vonachen scored, unearned. 2 5
USC BEAU BOT 3rd Sydney Kibler walked, RBI (3-1 KBBBB); Catharine Conway advanced to second; Emma Reynolds advanced to third; Chloe Turner scored. 2 6
LANDER TOP 5th Reagan Hill singled, RBI (2-2 BBKK); Samantha Bumgarner advanced to third; Emorie Anderson scored. 3 6
LANDER TOP 5th Reagan Hill advanced to second on an error by c, advanced to third; Samantha Bumgarner scored on an error by c, unearned. 4 6
USC BEAU BOT 6th Taelor Chang reached on a fielder's choice, RBI (0-0); Saria Simmons out at second ss unassisted; Tamiyah Whitlock scored, unearned. 4 7
LANDER TOP 7th Isabella Santos singled up the middle, RBI (3-2 KKBBB); Samantha Bumgarner advanced to second; Emily Allen scored. 5 7
LANDER TOP 7th Reagan Hill doubled down the rf line, RBI (0-2 KK); Cheyenne Jordan advanced to third; Samantha Bumgarner scored. 6 7
LANDER TOP 7th Kara Vonachen walked, RBI (3-2 KBKBBFB); Bella Angeli advanced to second; Reagan Hill advanced to third; Cheyenne Jordan scored. 7 7
LANDER TOP 7th Savanna Price singled to left field, 2 RBI (0-1 K); Kara Vonachen advanced to third; Bella Angeli scored; Reagan Hill scored. 9 7

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