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Box Score 3 TU softball (4-7) goes 2-1 on day 2 of the Southern Challenge in Clermont, Fla.
Thomas started the day playing The Sun Conference foe, USCB (8-2), in a non-conference game winning 9-6. In a hitting fest with the wind blowing out, TU scored in innings 1 through 5 while holding USCB to 4 scoreless innings.
Summer Rose (1-4, 2 RBI, 1 Run) hits a two run blast in the top of the 4
th to put TU up 8-5. USCB answered back with a RBI single up the middle. In the top of the 5
th Julia Cullinan (2-4, 1 RBI, 1 R) hits a solo homerun to secure the 9-6 victory.
Summer Rose picks up the win tossing a complete game allowing 6 runs.
In game 2 of the day The Lady Night Hawks came up short with a one run lose to Mobile University (3-2). The Rams held TU to 2 runs on 8 hits. Thomas University was not able to put the 8 hits together as they fell shy with a 3-2 lose.
To close the day out TU finished with a victory beating Truett-McConnell 14-9. TU went up 6-0 in the first 3 innings. Truett then answered back in the bottom of the third with 4 runs. Thomas gained another run in the top of the 4
th; however, Truett answered with 5 runs taking their first lead of the game. The Lady Night Hawks stepped to the challenge as they scored seven more runs late in the game.
Lindsey Young (2-3, 4 RBI, 2 R) was responsible for 4 of those runs with a grand slam blast over the center field wall in the top of the 6
th.
Summer Rose picks up her 4
th victory of the year while blanking Truett in the final innings of the game.
The Lady Night Hawks will be back in action tomorrow morning at 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM to close out the weekend at the Southern Challenger.