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Box Score 2 Ferrum, Va. -- The University of Lynchburg softball team lost one and won one on the road against Ferrum Sunday.
The Panthers walked off the Hornets in the 8th for a Game-1 victory, and the 16th-ranked Hornets bounced back with a 2-0 win in Game 2.
Gracie Dooley kicked off the day with an RBI single in the 1st inning of Game 1.
Coming off a nearly-perfect performance Saturday, Emily Charlton got the start and carried a no-hitter into the 4th. However, the Panthers tagged Charlton for three in the 4th.
The Hornets tied things up in the next half inning on a Dooley homer and a Karle Cundiff double.
Kailey Dorcsis took over in the circle for the 6th inning. She struck out four batters but took the loss as the Panthers scored the game-winning run in the 8th with two outs on a bunt.
Lynchburg quickly got Angela Sperandeo run support in the 1st inning of Game 2. Cundiff scored Addison Walter with a single.
Sperandeo only needed the one run of support as she shut out the home team over 4.1 innings of work only allowing two hits.
Dorcsis stranded two runners after relieving Sperandeo with one out in the 5th. She earned her second save of the year as she struck out five Panthers in 2.2 innings of relief work and secured Lynchburg's fourth shutout of the season.
Lynchburg (14-10, 3-3 ODAC) hosts Randolph on Wednesday, April 5. Game 1 is scheduled for 2:30 p.m.
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Lynchburg, Va. -- University of Lynchburg baseball pitcher Wesley Arrington took a no-hitter into the 6th inning of Game 2 as the Hornets swept the Royals of Eastern Mennonite Sunday.
Arrington fanned a career-high 11 batters in a 13-1 victory in Game 2, and the 11th-ranked Hornets won Game 1 by a score of 5-3.
Zack Potts started Game 1 and struckout eight in 6.2 innings of work. The Lynchburg offense provided Potts with four runs to work with over the first two innings as the senior improved upon his undefeated record.
Avery Neaves opened the scoring Sunday after tripling and coming home on a wild pitch in the 1st. Gavin Collins also tripled in the inning driving home Jackson Harding and Benton Jones. Cameron lane extended Lynchburg's lead in the 2nd with an RBI single.
Jack Bachmore secured his fifth save of the season with four Ks over 2.1 innings of releif work. He ensured Potts' conference-leading seventh win of the season.
Carrson Atkins quietly went 1-4 in the win scoring on Lane's single in the 2nd. However, his lone base knock extending his hitting streak to five games and set the table for a huge Game 2.
Atkins went 3-3 in the second game with four runs and six RBI with a grand slam. The speedy center fielder is batting .667 over his six-game hitting streak with 14 hits, four doubles, and three dingers. He has also walked twice and stolen two bags.
Atkins hit his grand slam in the 4th to put Lynchburg up 10-0.
Lynchburg's 10-run lead was more than enough as Arrington was dealing during the top of each inning. The Keswick, Va. native sat down the first eight batters he faced. He allowed one run over seven innings of work.
Travis Shumate relieved Arrington in the 8th. Sam Alheit and Nathaniel Mack combined to close out the 9th.
Eric Hiett and Collins both enjoyed multihit games during Arrington's gem.
Lynchburg (20-3, 9-1 ODAC) hosts N.C. Wesleyan at home on Tuesday, April 4.
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