March 3, 2013
Recap | Box Score

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

Brittany Berkopec
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.