Troy University Athletics
Friday, February 13
Athens, Ga.
9 a.m.
Troy University
3-3
6
vs
2
Elon
3-1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
R
H
E
Elon
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
8
3
Troy
0
1
0
0
4
1
X
6
5
2
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Rainey, Ashley (3-0)
L: Burdette, Alli (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Cameron, Emily 1
RBI: Cameron, Emily 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Shutt, Kara 1 ; Roper, Emily 1
SB: Roper, Emily 1 ; Kadlic, Madison 1
CS: Little, Sarah 1
Batting:
HR: Willis, Meg 1
RBI: Phelps, Michelle 2 ; Willis, Meg 1
SF: Phelps, Michelle 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Winters, Amanda 1 ; Rainey, Ashley 1 ; Neely, Khadija 1 ; Willis, Meg 1 ; Hartley, Becca 1 ; Benton, Kate 1
SB: Winters, Amanda 1 ; Benton, Kate 1
CS: Winters, Amanda 1
HBP: Winters, Amanda 1
Game Leaders
AB
3
R
1
H
2
RBI
0
AB
3
R
1
H
1
RBI
1
AB
2
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
2B/SS
/ Softball
IF
/ Softball
IF
/ Softball
P
/ SoftballP
/ Softball
Photo by: Joshua Thurston
Troy Softball Splits in Day One of Bulldog Invitational
2/13/2015 3:34:00 PM | Softball
ATHENS, Georgia - The Troy softball team split a pair of games on Friday in the first day of action the Bulldog Invitational. The Trojans won the first game against Elon 6-2, before falling to SIU Edwardsville, 10-0, at Jack Turner Stadium.
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Troy 6, Elon 2
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Troy (3-4) scored six unanswered runs against Elon for a comeback win, 6-2, handing the Phoenix their first loss of the season.
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Elon (3-1) jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning, but the Trojans came back to cut the deficit in half in the second inning when Meg Willis took a one-out pitch over the scoreboard in left field.
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Troy scored four runs in the fifth inning, which started with a sacrifice fly by Michelle Phelps, to tie the game at 2-2. Next, Khadija Neely hit a towering fly ball that was dropped by the Phoenix left fielder, which scored two more, giving Troy its first lead of the contest at 4-2. Neely later scored on a wild pitch to extend Troy's lead to 5-2.
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A Phelps RBI fielder's choice gave Troy an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth inning.
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Kate Benton led the Trojans at the plate as she went 2-for-3 with two singles.
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Ashley Rainey (3-0) pitched lights out after the first inning earning the complete-game victory. Rainey, on the day, gave up two runs, both unearned, on eight hits while striking out three.
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SIUE 10, Troy 0
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Troy faced OVC Pitcher of the Week, Haley Chambers, in the second game of the Bulldog Invitational.
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Troy threatened in the early part of the game when Benton hit a double down the left field line with only one out in the third inning, but a strikeout and a fly out ended the threat.
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Benton had the only two hits for Troy in the game, going 2-for-2 with a single and a double.
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SIU Edwardsville (5-1) was led by Chambers (4-0) who fanned 13 Trojan batters on the day.
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Sara Mock (0-3) took a tough loss for the Trojans pitching 6.2 innings, giving up six runs on 11 hits.
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The Trojans face SIU Edwardsville again on Saturday at 2 p.m. CT and then take on host No. 10/9 Georgia at 4:30 p.m. CT.
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For more information on Troy Athletics visit TroyTrojans.com or follow us on Twitter at TroyTrojansSB.
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Troy 6, Elon 2
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Troy (3-4) scored six unanswered runs against Elon for a comeback win, 6-2, handing the Phoenix their first loss of the season.
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Elon (3-1) jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning, but the Trojans came back to cut the deficit in half in the second inning when Meg Willis took a one-out pitch over the scoreboard in left field.
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Troy scored four runs in the fifth inning, which started with a sacrifice fly by Michelle Phelps, to tie the game at 2-2. Next, Khadija Neely hit a towering fly ball that was dropped by the Phoenix left fielder, which scored two more, giving Troy its first lead of the contest at 4-2. Neely later scored on a wild pitch to extend Troy's lead to 5-2.
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A Phelps RBI fielder's choice gave Troy an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth inning.
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Kate Benton led the Trojans at the plate as she went 2-for-3 with two singles.
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Ashley Rainey (3-0) pitched lights out after the first inning earning the complete-game victory. Rainey, on the day, gave up two runs, both unearned, on eight hits while striking out three.
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SIUE 10, Troy 0
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Troy faced OVC Pitcher of the Week, Haley Chambers, in the second game of the Bulldog Invitational.
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Troy threatened in the early part of the game when Benton hit a double down the left field line with only one out in the third inning, but a strikeout and a fly out ended the threat.
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Benton had the only two hits for Troy in the game, going 2-for-2 with a single and a double.
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SIU Edwardsville (5-1) was led by Chambers (4-0) who fanned 13 Trojan batters on the day.
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Sara Mock (0-3) took a tough loss for the Trojans pitching 6.2 innings, giving up six runs on 11 hits.
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The Trojans face SIU Edwardsville again on Saturday at 2 p.m. CT and then take on host No. 10/9 Georgia at 4:30 p.m. CT.
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For more information on Troy Athletics visit TroyTrojans.com or follow us on Twitter at TroyTrojansSB.
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