GREENSBORO, N.C. — Averett University softball lost a pair of non-conference games at Greensboro College on Thursday, falling 8-0 in five innings and 3-1 in Game 2.
Averett (1-7) struck first in Game 2 when freshman
Molly George scored on an RBI groundout in the top of the second inning. That lead held until the fourth inning, when Greensboro (3-1) tied it 1-1 on an RBI single. The Pride took a 2-1 lead with an RBI triple in the fifth and tacked on an insurance run in the sixth.
Averett totaled four hits in the second game of the day.
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In the opener, Greensboro scored a run in each of the first two innings before exploding for six runs in the third to pull away. The Pride, meanwhile, limited Averett to only two hits — one of which was a triple by junior
Grace Watlington.
Averett is scheduled to travel to Salem College on Saturday for a non-conference doubleheader.
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