ULM Defeats Troy in Two Close Games

Friday, April 14

Troy, Ala.

4 PM

Troy University

16-26, 0

ULM

26-15, 0

ULM

Troy

Photo by: Colin Edwards

4/14/2017 10:24:00 PM | Softball

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By: Grace Bolin

TROY, Alabama – The Troy softball team faced ULM in a doubleheader on Friday and fell to the Warhawks late in both games. The Trojans move to 16-27 overall and 4-14 in the conference.

Game one: Troy 1, ULM 3

Strong defensive efforts from both sides brought game one into extras. After six scoreless innings, ULM brought a run across the plate with an RBI single up the middle from Samantha Agamaite to give the Warhawks a 1-0 lead.

Troy answered back woth their first run of the night in the bottom of the seventh inning. With one out, Grace Mirly walked to put the tying run on base for the Trojans. Freshman Logan Calhoun stepped into the box and barreled a double to score Mirly from first to tie the game.

A two run homer from ULM short stop Jayden Mount in the top of the ninth gave the Warhawks a 3-1 lead that the Trojans could not respond to.

At the plate, Calhoun and Becca Hartley put up Troy's only two hit on the board. Hartley led the game off with a triple to right center field, but was not able to cross the plate to take an early lead.

In the circle for the Trojans, Claire Graves earned her 18^th start and pitched her seventh complete game of the season. Unfortunately, she took the loss to move to 7-7 on the season.

Game two: Troy 1, ULM 2

Another one run game plagued Troy as the Trojans were able to post 10 hits, but could only bring in one run. ULM took another early lead as a bunt single from Melanie Coyne scored Sydney McKay from third.

Stephanie Snyder got a base hit in the fifth and a 13 pitch rally from Madeline Porter paid off as the sophomore singled to left center to allow Snyder to get across the plate to tie the game at 1-1.

ULM took home the win as they added another run in the seventh inning to take a one run lead. Troy rallied late, but it's campaign came to an end as a long fly ball ended the game.

The Trojans posted one triple and three doubles to rack up 10 total hits, but they stranded 11 runners on base.

Katie Webb went 1-for-3 at the plate and scored Troy's lone run in the game. Rachel Rigney Brown got the start in the circle and threw a complete game. The loss moves her to 6-14 on the year.

NOTEWORTHY
• Troy added four more doubles in the two games to it's conference high 51. Becca Hartley and Stephanie Snyder still lead the team with nine doubles each.

• 12 of Troy's 27 losses have come within just one run.

• Hartley remains the team leader in batting average (.338), slugging percentage (.762), on base percentage (.466), runs (36), hits (44), RBIs (35), triples (2), and home runs (14). She is two home runs shy of tying Hannah Day's third place single season record with 16 homers that she hit in 2016.

• Maddie Porter took her 14^th hit by pitch in game one. She leads the conference and is 30^th nationally in hit by pitches.

• Stephanie Snyder now has 13 multiple hit games this season after getting two hits in game two of the doubleheader, a career and team high.

UP NEXT

Troy will close out the series with ULM on Saturday at 2 p.m. All youth softball players are invited to join the Trojans on the field for the National Anthem. Players are encouraged to wear their jerseys to the game. Meet behind the first baseline dugout to gather before going onto the field with the team. The Troy Softball program will also hold its annual Easter egg hunt for all children. Following the conclusion of the game, children are asked to meet behind the first base dugout in order to participate.