Troy Splits Final Day of the Black and Garnet Challenge

Sunday, March 1

Columbia, S.C.

9 a.m.

Troy University

14-3

Charlotte

11-9

Charlotte

Troy

Troy Splits Final Day of the Black and Garnet Challenge

3/1/2020 5:52:00 PM | Softball

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By: Troy Athletics Communications

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Trojans downed Charlotte, 8-0, powered by Kynsley Rae Blasingame's shutout performance before dropping a heart-breaker to host No. 16 South Carolina, 5-2, in the final day of the Black and Garnet Challenge at Beckham Field.

Kynsley Rae Blasingame (3-1) picked up her second shutout victory of the season scattering three hits and sitting down a pair of batters in five innings of work to record Troy's (14-4) eighth shutout of the season.

In the final game of the tournament, the Trojans dropped a close contest to the Gamecocks (14-4) off of a walk-off home run.

Game One: Troy 8, Charlotte 0
Troy's offense smashed 12 hits to run-rule the 49ers in five innings.

Jade Sinness kicked off the scoring smoking a solo shot over the right field wall in the bottom of the second inning.

Katie Webb and Kelly Horne tacked on two runs in the bottom of the third inning with a groundout and hit to shallow left center.

Meagan Patterson scored Webb in the fourth inning on a sacrifice fly before hits by Webb, Horne, Sinness, Libby Baker and Candela Figueroa scored three runs to end the game early.

Madelyn Wright (3-2) suffered the loss for Charlotte (11-9) giving up five runs off of six hits and walk.

Game Two: South Carolina 5, Troy 2
With two-outs and runners on first and second, South Carolina's Hannah Kumiyama hit a walk-off home run to push the Gamecocks past Troy.

Sinness blasted a two-run home run to put the Trojans on top in the top of the fifth inning.

South Carolina answered with a two-run long ball in the bottom half of the inning setting freshman Kumiyama up for the two-out walk-off.

Blasingame suffered the loss for Troy allowing two runs and a hit in 1.2 innings of work.

Bailey Betenbaugh (2-0) went the distance and earned the win for the Gamecocks scattering two runs and four hits.

Notable

Troy's home run streak continues with Jade Sinness powering long balls in both games. The Trojans extend their home run streak to eight games, the longest since 2015.
The Trojans underclassmen continue to dominate at the plate accounting for five of Troy's eight RBI today.
This marks the half-way point of the Trojans' eight game road stretch.

Next Up
The Trojans travel to Birmingham, Ala., to take on Samford on Wednesday. First pitch is scheduled for 5 p.m.