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Campbell University

Softball Splits on the Opening Day of the Elon Invitational

BURLINGTON, N.C.-Campbell split the opening day of the Elon Invitational Friday afternoon defeating North Carolina A&T 9-1 in six innings after dropping the opener 6-0 to the Big East Conference's Connecticut.

The Camels (7-4-1) pounded out 13 hits against the Aggies (2-5) and jumped out to an 8-0 lead in the first inning sending 13 batters to the plate. Campbell's first seven batters reached base safely.

Shayla Cullum, Karlie Love and Courtney Quinn delivered the big shots of the inning each with 2-RBI base hits. Cullum finished the game 3-for-4 from the plate and Love finished 2-for-4.

Hilary Wheatley's first career hit in the bottom of the sixth inning scored Cullum to close out the Camels scoring.

North Carolina A&T scored its lone run of the game in the fifth inning when starting pitcher Adia Dial brought home Yahamma White.

Lauren Caviness (3-1) stuck out seven batters and scattered just four hits in the win for Campbell allowing just the one unearned run. Dial (1-2) took the loss allowing seven runs, five earned, on four hits and three walks without recording an out. Sasha Philpot relieved her in first inning and allowed two runs, one earned, on six hits in six innings.

In the opener, UConn (1-0) took advantage of three Campbell errors and used a solid pitching effort by Tricia Sullivan (1-0) to win its season opener.

Quinn recorded two of Campbell's three hits in the ballgame, while Huffman led off the game with a double for the other.

The Huskies got on the board with a solo home run in the second inning by Lauren Cecchi. They plated a pair of runs in both the fifth and sixth innings and a single run in the seventh.

Sullivan walked four and struck out eight in the victory, while Kelly Weaver (3-2) took the loss allowing five runs, three earned, on nine hits in 5.1 innings. Brittany Stanley tossed the final 1.2 innings allowing an unearned run on two hits.

The Camels continue play of the round robin tournament Saturday against another Big East opponent Rutgers at 12:00. Campbell will play

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Players Mentioned

Lauren Caviness

#18 Lauren Caviness

P
5' 9"
Junior
Shayla Cullum

#8 Shayla Cullum

INF
5' 5"
Freshman
Karlie Love

#12 Karlie Love

INF/P
5' 8"
Sophomore
Courtney Quinn

#23 Courtney Quinn

C/INF
5' 4"
Junior
Brittany Stanley

#16 Brittany Stanley

P/DP
5' 10"
Freshman
Kelly Weaver

#9 Kelly Weaver

P
5' 9"
Senior
Hilary Wheatley

#22 Hilary Wheatley

INF
5' 6"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Lauren Caviness

#18 Lauren Caviness

5' 9"
Junior
P
Shayla Cullum

#8 Shayla Cullum

5' 5"
Freshman
INF
Karlie Love

#12 Karlie Love

5' 8"
Sophomore
INF/P
Courtney Quinn

#23 Courtney Quinn

5' 4"
Junior
C/INF
Brittany Stanley

#16 Brittany Stanley

5' 10"
Freshman
P/DP
Kelly Weaver

#9 Kelly Weaver

5' 9"
Senior
P
Hilary Wheatley

#22 Hilary Wheatley

5' 6"
Sophomore
INF