LMU Upsets North Georgia in Dramatic Fashion; LR Advances to Winners Bracket
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LMU Wins 12 Inning Battle To Upset No.1 Seed North Georgia
DAHLONEGA, GA – Lincoln Memorial softball defeats the (1) #3 North Georgia Nighthawks Friday afternoon to advance to the second round of the NCAA Southeast Regional Tournament 7-8.
North Georgia drove one run in the first and kept that 1-0 lead through the second. The Railsplitters picked up the momentum in the third as Kristin Grifffin drove in Reese Vivrette with a double to equalize the game at 1-1. The Nighthawks regained the lead in the same inning with a two-run home run to make the score 3-1. The score remained the same through the top the fifth, until Griffin brought the score within one with a solo home run. The top of the seventh Hanna Bogoski singled down right field to bring in Hannah McMeen and Griffin to give Lincoln Memorial the lead 3-4. With North Georgia scoring an unearned run in the bottom of the seventh, the game is brought to extra innings.
Bears best Anderson 2-1 to open NCAA Tournament
FLORENCE, S.C. - Madison Wilson picked up her 20th win of the season as Lennoir-Rhyne outlasted Anderson 2-1 in the first game of the NCAA Tournament.
Kennedy Lange's RBI triple to score Adriana Lamantia in the fourth was the difference maker in the game.
The Bears will now face host Francis Marion tomorrow afternoon at 1 pm in the winner's bracket. The Patriots advanced to the winner's bracket thanks to a 2-1 win over Carson-Newman earlier in the day.
Carson-Newman drops opening NCAA Tournament game against No. 8 Francis Marion
FLORENCE, S.C. – In its first NCAA Tournament game since 2023, Carson-Newman (40-13) dropped its opening game to the two-seed and hosts Francis Marion, 2-1, on Thursday afternoon at the Francis Marion Softball Stadium. It marked the first meeting between the two since the Patriots eliminated the Eagles back in 2023 during their last NCAA Tournament appearance.
The Patriots took an early lead in the first inning, before the Eagles knotted it up in the fourth. However, Maddy Golka was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, giving Francis Marion the edge it needed to take the opening game.