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Suka
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Emporia State ESU 0-1
7
Winner Nova Southeastern NSUS 3-4
Emporia State ESU
0-1
3
Final
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Nova Southeastern NSUS
3-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Emporia State ESU 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 9 0
Nova Southeastern NSUS 6 0 0 0 0 1 X 7 5 0

W: Storrer, Lexie (3-2) L: Mesler,Montana (0-1)

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Emporia State ESU 0-2
9
Winner Nova Southeastern NSUS 4-4
Emporia State ESU
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0
Final
9
Nova Southeastern NSUS
4-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Emporia State ESU 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
Nova Southeastern NSUS 1 0 5 3 X 9 4 0

W: Schmoll, Miriam (1-2) L: Righi,Sydney (0-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Sharks Take Two on Marathon Opening Night

NSU wins 7-3 in the first before run-ruling the Hornets, 9-0

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Opening 2019 play at the AD Griffin Sports Complex, the Nova Southeastern softball team earned two wins over the visiting Emporia State Hornets. The Sharks picked up a 7-3 win in the first game before an almost four hour nightcap saw them emerge victorious, 9-0, after just five innings of play.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP (GAME ONE):
FINAL: Nova Southeastern Sharks 7 (W: L. Storrer, 3-2), Emporia State Hornets 3 (L: M. Mesler, 0-1)
RECORDS: Nova Southeastern (3-4), Emporia State (0-1)
LOCATION: AD Griffin Sports Complex | Fort Lauderdale, Fla.  
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HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
BOTTOM 1ST | Tia Williams led off the inning with a walk before a sacrifice bunt by Brooke Ferguson pushed her into scoring position. The next batter, Suka Van Gurp, drilled a triple into right center to score Williams, before NSU put runners back in scoring position as Miriam Schmoll was hit by a pitch. Aubry Hernandez laid down a bunt that was just enough to bring home Van Gurp for a 3-0 Sharks lead before two batters later, Alex Suzuki loaded the bases after drawing the second walk of the inning. Keeley Mayers took one for the team, pushing Schmoll home and keeping the bases juiced before another triple to right center, this time by Kayla Kight, cleared the bases for an overwhelming 6-0 lead after the first inning.
 
TOP 3RD | A single by ESU's Kenzie Garvin and a double by Bri Shepherd put runners on the corners before Kelsey Phillips kit into a fielder's choice that caught Garvin at home. An intentional walk given to the next batter loaded the bases before back-to-back-to-back RBI-singles cut the Sharks' lead to three, 6-3.
 
INSIDE THE STATS:
 
  • Van Gurp finished 2-for-4 with two RBI and scored once, while Kight was 1-for-3 with three RBI.
  • Hernandez was also 1-for-3 and Mayers was 1-for-2, both with an RBI and one scored run.
  • Williams and Suzuki each drew two walks, with Williams scoring twice and Suzuki once.
  • Starting pitcher Lexie Storrer (3-2) went the distance to earn the home-opening win, allowing three runs on nine hits with three strikeouts and four walks.
  • Emporia State's Montana Mesler (0-1) took the loss after pitching 6.0 innings for the Hornets, giving up seven runs on five hits with six strikeouts and four walks.  
 
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:
 
  • Prior to coaching at Nova Southeastern, head coach Julie LeMaire spent four years at the helm of the Emporia State Hornets. This is the first time the two teams have met.
 
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP (GAME TWO, 5 INN.):
FINAL: Nova Southeastern Sharks 9 (W: M. Schmoll, 1-2), Emporia State Hornets 0 (L: M. Mesler, 0-1)
RECORDS: Nova Southeastern (4-4), Emporia State (0-2)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
BOTTOM 1ST: After the Hornets were able to catch Williams out at the plate to hold off the Sharks from scoring, they were unsuccessful during the next at bat as Hernandez sent a double to right center to score Ferguson, who reached on an error by the pitcher.
 
BOTTOM 3RD: With Ferguson and Van Gurp at first and second after back-to-back walks, a throwing error by Emporia State's third baseman allowed both runners to score and allowed Schmoll to reach for a 3-0 NSU lead, before another dropped ball in right field allowed Hernandez to reach and Schmoll move to third. Back-to-back walks by Kight and Williams added another run, before Ferguson was hit by a pitch to tally NSU's sixth run.
 
BOTTOM 4TH: With the bases loaded, Keeley Mayers drew a walk to force Hernandez home and two batters later, Williams singled through the left side to score both Kendra Baldridge and Sydney Anderson to represent the eighth and ninth runs needed for the Shark run rule victory.
 
INSIDE THE STATS:
 
  • Williams finished 1-for-2 with three RBI, drawing two walks.
  • Hernandez was 1-for-3, scoring twice with one RBI while Kight was 1-for-2 with an RBI and one walk.
  • Ferguson scored twice and had one RBI.
  • The Sharks were walked eight times.
 
 
UP NEXT
 
The Sharks will continue their home opening weekend on Sunday as they host the East Stroudsburg Warriors in a doubleheader starting at 1:00 p.m.
 
 
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Follow along with live updates on Twitter by following @NSU_Softball.
 
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