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(April 19, 2007) [Game Statistics]
NCCU SOFTBALL EDGES VIRGINIA STATE IN EXTRA INNINGS, 6-5
PETERSBURG, VA -- North Carolina Central University
freshman first baseman Ashley Henderson drove in the game-winning run in
the bottom of the eighth inning as the defending champion Lady Eagles held
off an upset bid by Virginia State University by a final score of 6-5 at
the Petersburg (Va.) Sports Complex on Thursday.
Henderson went 3-for-3 at the plate and recorded
seven putouts in the field, while teammate Natasha Bailey had three runs
batted in on a single and a two-run home run in the fourth inning to break
a 1-1 tie.
NCCU led 5-1 through five innings of play,
but the Lady Trojans scored four times on four hits, all coming with two
outs, to force extra innings.
Sophomore pitcher Stacey Greene struck out five batters in a complete-game
victory for NCCU (31-9).
NCCU will face Bowie State University in the
semifinals on Friday at 12:30 p.m. on the campus of VSU.
Sophomore hurler Stacey Greene unleashes the ptich
All-CIAA selection Sophia Blue prepares to swing
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