King University KING 4-5

Limestone University LU 4-7

King University KING

4-5

Final

Feb. 16, 2023

Limestone University LU

4-7

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
King University KING	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	9	2
Limestone University LU	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	9	2

W: Luper, Savana (2-0) L: Caroline Ruth (2-3) S: Walter, Madison (1)

King University KING 5-5

Limestone University LU 4-8

King University KING

5-5

Final

Feb. 16, 2023

Limestone University LU

4-8

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	5	R	H	E
King University KING	2	0	8	0	0	10	7	0
Limestone University LU	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0

W: Duncan, Marleigh (2-0) L: Makayla Cyzick (1-3)

Game Recap: Softball | 2/16/2023 5:15:00 PM

King offense erupts in sweep of Limestone

GAFFNEY, S.C. – The King University softball team swept another doubleheader on Thursday, taking a pair at Limestone University. The Tornado held on to take game one 4-3 before using an eight-run inning to take game two 10-0.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: King 4, Limestone 3; King 10, Limestone 0
LOCATION: Jimmy Martin Field; Gaffney, S.C.
RECORDS: King 5-5; Limestone 4-8

KING HIGHLIGHTS

Carly Turner drove in five on two hits and scored twice on the day.
Jessica Campbell posted three hits and scored twice from the leadoff spot.
Haylee Dye scored twice on two hits in game two while Rikkelle Miller and Peyton Day each drove in two runs.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS

Campbell Started the game with a single, but was left there.
The Saints started the bottom of the first with a single and a walk, but Savana Luper then recorded back-to-back strikeouts.
Following a single, Tinsley Thompson threw out a baserunner at home, ending the inning and keeping the game scoreless.
Luper worked out of another jam in the third before the Tornado offense got on the board in the fourth inning.
Thompson walked and Camryn Haag singled before Lilly Million laced a double that scored both and gave King a 2-0 lead.
Samantha Helms started the fifth with a single and later scored on a Turner home run, giving King a 4-0 lead.
The Saints started the bottom of the fifth with a single and a walk before groundout put runners on second and third.
Back-to-back singles scored run, cutting the King lead to 4-2 before Madison Walter came in and got the final out.
Walter got the first out of the seventh, but Limestone then ripped three straight singles to load the bases.
A fielder's choice scored one, but the Tornado were unable to secure an out on the play.
Walter then got a strikeout and foul out to end the game and give King the 4-3 victory.

OF RECORD
Winning Pitcher: Savana Luper (2-0) 4.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 SO
Losing Pitcher: Caroline Ruth () 5.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 SO
Save: Madison Walter (1) 2.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS

King loaded the bases with singles from Campbell and Dye and a Thompson walk.
A Miller groundout scored one before King took a 2-0 lead with double steal.
In the bottom of the first, the Saints put two runners on with one out, but Marliegh Duncan induced a double play to end the inning.
Duncan again stranded two Limestone runners in the second before King blew the game open in the third.
Day drove in a pair with a double before Turner laced a three-run double that stretched the King lead to 10-0.
The Tornado then turned double plays to end the third inning and fifth inning to take the 10-0 victory.

OF RECORD
Winning Pitcher: Marleigh Duncan (2-0) 5.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO
Losing Pitcher: Makayla Cyzick (1-3) 2.0 IP, 3 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 0 SO

FOR THE FOES

Santana Anderson posted three hits on the day and scored twice in game one while Ragan Bristol registered three hits in game one.
Madison Chappell and Katie Wilbur each added a pair of hits in game one.

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