March 3, 2013

No. 23 Emory Hits Walk Off Home Run To Beat BSC Softball

Brittany Berkopec

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Birmingham-Southern (5-5)	0	5	1	3	0	0	0	9	8	3
Emory (17-0)	1	1	1	0	0	4	5	12	13	2
@ Atlanta, Georgia \| Emory Softball Field

Pitching
Win: Lowery (2-0) - Emory
Loss: Deanna Creps (0-0) - Birmingham-Southern

Birmingham-Southern Batting
2B: Danielle Rucker; Bethany Fronk
3B: none
HR: Taylor Bassett

Emory Batting
2B: Gorodetsky; Stout; Sugihara
3B: Kersthold
HR: Light

full stats

ATLANTA, Ga. – Megan Light hit a grand slam in the bottom of the seventh to give No. 23 Emory (17-0) a 12-9 win over Birmingham-Southern (5-5) Sunday in the 3N2 Softball Invitational at the Emory Softball Field.

The Panthers scored five runs in the second, one in the third and three in the fourth to build a 9-3 lead. Danielle Rucker had a two-run double and Elizabeth Ballew and Brittany Berkopec had RBI singles in the second and Taylor Bassett homered to give BSC a 6-2 lead in the third.

Joanna Jernigan scored on an Alyssa Statham sac-fly and Bethany Fronk had a two-run double to score Rucker and Berkopec in the fourth.

Emory would score four in the sixth and five in the seventh for the win. Kersthold drew a bases loaded walk to make it a 9-8 game and set up Light's grand slam in the seventh.

Deanna Creps was the pitcher of record for BSC, falling fall to 1-2. Madeleine Lowery was credited with the win in relief for Emory to improve to 2-0.

The Panthers return home to host Southern Athletic Association member Millsaps for a pair of doubleheaders scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at 12 p.m. both days.