NCCU Softball Captures First Win Over ACC Opponent

APEX, N.C. – Emerie Germ belted a three-run home run and Dominique Wilson struck out eight batters to spark North Carolina Central University to a 5-4 victory over the University of Virginia on Saturday at Middle Creek Park, representing NCCU’s first win over an ACC opponent on the Division I level.

Hampton and Casey Hargett had three hits apiece for NCCU (1-2), while Wilson tallied two hits at the plate and earned the complete game victory by scattering seven hits and allowing three earned runs.

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Cats Drop Two on Second Day of Jacksonville Tourney

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Bethune-Cookman dropped a pair of games on Saturday at the Jacksonville University Invitational held at the Pruitt Complex in Jacksonville, Florida. B-CU fell in its opening game to Syracuse, 5-4, before dropping the nightcap to Akron, 8-0 in a run-rule decision that went just five innings.

In game one, Calesha Shelley and Mariah Davis followed each other in the batting order with a 2-for-4 plate performance for Bethune-Cookman (2-6), but the Wildcats could not muster up enough runs in a late comeback attempt against Syracuse (4-4).

The loss went to B-CU starter Sabrina Anguiano, as she fell to 1-6 on the year, allowing three runs on four hits and striking out a season-best eight batters in five innings of work.

In game two, Akron starting pitcher Erin Seiler allowed just two hits and fanned six as she helped the Zips to an 8-0 run-rule decision over Bethune-Cookman in a five-inning affair.

The hits for B-CU were collected by Mariah Davis and Kaitlin Alamprese.

B-CU will finish the tournament Sunday when the Wildcats take on tournament host Jacksonville University at noon.

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