Lady Barons Sweep Wolves

Courtesy of BPCU

The Brewton-Parker Christian University Barons softball team hosted the Wolves from Wesleyan College (Ga.) on March 3, for a doubleheader and swept both games with dominant performance on both sides of the ball in both games. The Barons took game one in five innings, 8-0 and then followed it up, taking game two 9-1 in five innings.

Game 1

The Barons seized control with three runs in the first inning and three more in the second, then closed out the run-rule win with a two-run fifth. Kaylee Odum threw a complete- game shutout in the circle, limiting Wesleyan to just two hits over 5.0 innings. The right-hander struck out seven and walked two while throwing 70 pitches and did not allow a run as Brewton-Parker’s defense played errorfree softball behind her. Wesleyan finished with two hits and four runners left on base while committing two errors.

Brewton-Parker’s offense set the tone immediately in the bottom of the first. After Tori Wright reached on an error, Destiny Lucas singled and later stole second to put pressure on the Wesleyan defense. The early traffic turned into the game’s first run, and Alyssa Usrey delivered the decisive blow of the inning with a two-run double that plated Anna Green and Lucas, giving the Barons a 3-0 lead. The Barons followed it up, scoring three runs in the second before walking it off in the fifth with an Ayzsa Wooten sacrifice fly to end the ball game.

Game 2

Game two saw much of the same when the Barons hit through the lineup, sending seven runs across in the first inning. Brewton- Parker’s first-inning outburst was fueled by a balanced effort. Aniston Powell reached on an error by the second baseman in a sequence that brought in two runs and helped ignite a five-run stretch. Shortly after, Jenny Braddy singled to drive in two more, extending the lead and keeping traffic on the bases. Later in the inning, Tori Wright stroked a double to the gap, adding two RBI and capping the seven-run frame with her second at bat of the inning. Natalie O’Neal made the early offense stand up in the circle. The righthander worked all five innings, limiting Wesleyan to two hits and one earned run. She walked two and struck out two while throwing 63 pitches, helping Brewton-Parker keep Wesleyan off the board until the fifth. The Barons’ defense backed O’Neal with clean play, committing just one error and stranding four Wesleyan baserunners.

The Barons then scored two runs in the fifth inning with Aniston Powell scoring off a throwing error from the catcher before Hannah Rust walked the game off with an RBI single into left to force the run rule and end game two 9-1.

The Barons will prepare for a conferenceheavy week, facing three conference opponents in four days. The Barons started with an early week road trip on March 10, to take on the Fillies of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College before returning home for a back-to-back home stand on March 1213.