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Softball Tames Lehigh, 11-3

GREENVILLE, N.C. - The Campbell softball team (8-5) reached double figures in runs for the third time this season in an 11-3 win over Lehigh (0-2) on Saturday, Feb. 26 on the second day of the Pirate Clash at ECU Softball Stadium. The Camels have scored 11 runs in all three of their run-shortened games.

Junior Christina Melton (2-0) picked up the win for Campbell with four innings worked and two strikeouts. Freshman Olivia Scarborough pitched the final inning for Campbell. The loss went to Rebecca Bliss, who surrendered seven runs in two plus innings.

Four different Campbell players recorded multiple RBIs in the game led by senior Lizzie Goldbach's three. Fellow seniors Amanda Miller and Keeli Michael plus sophomore Sarah Forgacs also had a pair of runs drive in.

The Camels scored first with two runs in the second inning. Junior Taylor McGee started the frame with a walk. She scored all the way from first on Goldbach's double. Michael then punched a double to left center to score Goldbach with the second run.

The Mountain Hawks cut the deficit in half with a two-out run in the bottom of the frame. Jessica Long started the rally with a walk and came all the way around the bases with the first run on Tenley Halaquist's RBI double.

The CU offense exploded for five runs in the third inning. Miller started the frame with a lead-off walk, moved to second on an illegal pitch, took third on a wild pitch and then scored on Forgacs' single to center. Melton and McGee then walked to load the bases. Goldbach followed with a double to center to score Forgacs and Melton. Michael then drove in McGee and senior Katie Hinton's ground out scored Goldbach.

Lehigh scored two in the third. Audra Wood walked to start the inning. Alex Cueva moved Wood to third with a double. Julie Fernandez then singled through the left side to plate Wood from third. Cueva came to score the second run of inning on a wild pitch.

Campbell's Melton got out of a one-out first and second situation in the fourth inning when she induced pinch hitter Kristen Mitchell to hit into a double play from senior third baseman Katie Woodcock to senior first baseman Lauren Stephan.

The Camels added the final four to the lead in the fifth inning. Hinton picked up a one-out triple. Senior Melissa Elks then walked and stole second. Miller followed with a triple to left to score Hinton and Elks. Miller came around to score the next run on Forgacs' RBI double. Melton then singled in Forgacs' with the team's 11th run.

The Camels finish play in the Pirate Clash and have a pair of games on Sunday, Feb. 27. CU will take on Towson at 1 p.m. and East Carolina at 3 p.m.


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