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LW softball defeats Vanguard 6-3 in an elimination game Monday


The Lindsey Wilson College Blue Raider Softball Team vs Freed-Hardeman (TN) Tuesday, May 15, 2018, 11amCT, at Marilyn D. Sparks Park, LWC Sports Complex, 928 Russell Road, Columbia, KY

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By Anthony Latessa, LW Athletics

COLUMBIA, KY - (Mon 14 May 2018) - Second-seeded Lindsey Wilson softball defeated top-seeded Vanguard in an elimination game Monday in the 2018 NAIA Softball Opening Round Tournament Columbia (KY) Bracket at Marilyn D. Sparks Park.




The Blue Raiders (40-15) recorded 15 hits in the game while the Lions (50-12) had six. Lindsey Wilson also left 15 runners on base and Vanguard stranded five. The Blue Raiders had at least five players with two or more hits led by Callum Pilgrim who recorded four.

Pilgrim led off the first inning with a single to center field and advanced to second on a stolen base. Alaeni Ray hit a single into left field scoring Pilgrim to give the Blue Raiders a 1-0 lead. Cassie Matlock increased the lead to 2-0 with a single up the middle to score Ray.

Lindsey Wilson had an opportunity to increase its lead in the second inning but were unable to capitalize. Back-to-back one-out singles by Cassie Kooker and Pilgrim put runners on first and second. Courtney Thornhill then retired the next two Blue Raider batters to end the Lindsey Wilson scoring chance. Caasie Balswick got the first hit of the game for Vanguard with a one-out double to deep left-center field in the third inning.


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Running on air as Lindsey Wilson Softball wins 6-3 to play today



2018-05-15 - Marilyn D. Sparks Park, LWC Sports Complex, 928 Russell Road, Columbia, KY - Photo from Lindsey Wilson Athletics .
Lindsey Wilson Softball infielder Amber Hancock, a junior from Louisville, KY, seemed to be floating in the air as she rounded the bases in the LWC's elimination bracket win over Vanguard, Second-seeded Lindsey Wilson softball defeated top-seeded Vanguard in an elimination game Monday in the 2018 NAIA Softball Opening Round Tournament Columbia (KY) Bracket at Marilyn D. Sparks Park. The Blue Raiders are back in action on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, for an elimination game against the No. 3 seed Freed-Hardeman (TN) at 11amCT, at Marilyn D. Sparks Park, LWC Sports Complex, 928 Russell Road, Columbia, KY - - Anthony Latessa

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