Friday, March 9
Honolulu, Hawai'i
6:30 p.m.
East Carolina University
10-15
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Arkansas-Pine Bluff
3-12
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2nd innning2
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5th innning5
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Arkansas Pine Bluff
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Photo by: Rob Goldberg
Softball Splits Doubleheader To End Stay In Hawai’i
March 09, 2018 | Softball
PDF Box Scores: Arkansas-Pine Bluff | BYU
HONOLULU, Hawai'i – On its final day in Hawai'i, the ECU softball team defeated Arkansas-Pine Bluff 13-2 in five innings before dropping a 6-3 eight-inning international tiebreaker decision to preseason Mountain West Conference favorite and 2017 NCAA Regional finalist BYU at the Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.
Team Records
ECU: 9-16
UAPB: 3-12
BYU: 10-13
How It Happened (Game One): The Golden Lions threatened in the bottom of the third, loading the bases on three singles, but freshman RHP Erin Poepping struck out the next three batters to keep the contest scoreless. The Pirates capitalized in the top of the fourth, scoring four runs on three hits and three UAPB errors to seize control. The Golden Lions fought back in the bottom of the frame, using small ball to eventually plate a pair of runs and cut the ECU lead to 4-2. Unfazed, the Pirates locked in at the plate and exploded for nine runs on seven hits, including a grand slam by senior infielder Meredith Burroughs, to break the game wide open and take a 13-2 advantage. Poepping retired UAPB in order in the home half of the fifth inning to complete the run-rule victory.
Pitchers of Record
WP – Erin Poepping (5-6)
LP – Angelique Ramos (2-4)
ECU Top Performers
Meredith Burroughs: 2-for-3, 3 Runs, 4 RBI
Ashley Weingartz: 2-for-3, 2 Runs, 3 RBI
Tate McClellan: 2-for-4, 2 Runs
Kendra Ziemba: 2-for-3, 1 Run, 3 RBI
Pine Bluff Top Performers
Tonnay Hawkins: 3-for-3, RBI
Ta'Lyn Moody: 2-for-3, RBI
How it Happened (Game Two): BYU started the scoring right away as Rylee Jensen led off the game with a home run to center field. The Cougars added a run off a sacrifice fly to lead 2-0 moving to the bottom of the first. ECU pulled a run back in the bottom of the second thanks to a RBI single by sophomore infielder Kendra Ziemba and redshirt junior RHP Ashley Cruise worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the top of the third to keep the BYU lead at 2-1.
The Pirates found the tying run with two outs in the bottom of the fifth when redshirt sophomore infielder Tate McClellan deposited a single into shallow right field that scored freshman infielder Ashleigh Inae from second base. ECU had a chance to win the game in the bottom of the seventh with Inae in scoring position with one out, but a strikeout and fly out sent the game to extra innings. Under the international tiebreaker rules, the Cougars out-scored the Pirates 4-1 to earn the victory.
Pitchers of Record
WP – Kerisa Viramontes (3-3)
LP – Whitney Sanford (3-7)
ECU Top Performers (Game Two)
Ashley Weingartz: 2-for-3, Run, RBI, 2B
Kendra Ziemba: 2-for-4, RBI
Tate McClellan: 1-for-4, Run, RBI
BYU Top Performers
Rylee Jensen: 2-for-4, 2 Runs, 3 RBI, 2 HR
Bridget Fleener: 1-for-1, RBI
Kerisa Viramontes: 8.0 IP, 8 Hits, 3 Runs, 4 Walks, 3 Strikeouts
Things to Note
HONOLULU, Hawai'i – On its final day in Hawai'i, the ECU softball team defeated Arkansas-Pine Bluff 13-2 in five innings before dropping a 6-3 eight-inning international tiebreaker decision to preseason Mountain West Conference favorite and 2017 NCAA Regional finalist BYU at the Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.
Team Records
ECU: 9-16
UAPB: 3-12
BYU: 10-13
How It Happened (Game One): The Golden Lions threatened in the bottom of the third, loading the bases on three singles, but freshman RHP Erin Poepping struck out the next three batters to keep the contest scoreless. The Pirates capitalized in the top of the fourth, scoring four runs on three hits and three UAPB errors to seize control. The Golden Lions fought back in the bottom of the frame, using small ball to eventually plate a pair of runs and cut the ECU lead to 4-2. Unfazed, the Pirates locked in at the plate and exploded for nine runs on seven hits, including a grand slam by senior infielder Meredith Burroughs, to break the game wide open and take a 13-2 advantage. Poepping retired UAPB in order in the home half of the fifth inning to complete the run-rule victory.
Pitchers of Record
WP – Erin Poepping (5-6)
LP – Angelique Ramos (2-4)
ECU Top Performers
Meredith Burroughs: 2-for-3, 3 Runs, 4 RBI
Ashley Weingartz: 2-for-3, 2 Runs, 3 RBI
Tate McClellan: 2-for-4, 2 Runs
Kendra Ziemba: 2-for-3, 1 Run, 3 RBI
Pine Bluff Top Performers
Tonnay Hawkins: 3-for-3, RBI
Ta'Lyn Moody: 2-for-3, RBI
How it Happened (Game Two): BYU started the scoring right away as Rylee Jensen led off the game with a home run to center field. The Cougars added a run off a sacrifice fly to lead 2-0 moving to the bottom of the first. ECU pulled a run back in the bottom of the second thanks to a RBI single by sophomore infielder Kendra Ziemba and redshirt junior RHP Ashley Cruise worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the top of the third to keep the BYU lead at 2-1.
The Pirates found the tying run with two outs in the bottom of the fifth when redshirt sophomore infielder Tate McClellan deposited a single into shallow right field that scored freshman infielder Ashleigh Inae from second base. ECU had a chance to win the game in the bottom of the seventh with Inae in scoring position with one out, but a strikeout and fly out sent the game to extra innings. Under the international tiebreaker rules, the Cougars out-scored the Pirates 4-1 to earn the victory.
Pitchers of Record
WP – Kerisa Viramontes (3-3)
LP – Whitney Sanford (3-7)
ECU Top Performers (Game Two)
Ashley Weingartz: 2-for-3, Run, RBI, 2B
Kendra Ziemba: 2-for-4, RBI
Tate McClellan: 1-for-4, Run, RBI
BYU Top Performers
Rylee Jensen: 2-for-4, 2 Runs, 3 RBI, 2 HR
Bridget Fleener: 1-for-1, RBI
Kerisa Viramontes: 8.0 IP, 8 Hits, 3 Runs, 4 Walks, 3 Strikeouts
Things to Note
- The Pirates won the first-ever meeting with Arkansas-Pine Bluff and dropped to 0-5 against BYU.
- ECU scored its most runs in a single game since plating 14 against Winthrop during the opening weekend of the 2017 season. The Pirates also plated nine or more runs in an inning for the first time since scoring 10 against Hampton in a 12-0 victory April 7, 2010 in Norfolk, Va.
- Freshman outfielder Courtney Layton recorded her first collegiate hit (a single to left field) in the top of the fifth inning of the UAPB contest.
- Poepping tossed her third complete game of the season against the Golden Lions.
Up Next: ECU returns home Tuesday, March 13, for a non-conference contest against in-state foe UNCW at 5 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Poepping, Erin (5-6)
L: Ramos. A (2-4)
Batting:
2B: McClellan, Tate 1 ; Weingartz, Ashley 1
HR: Burroughs, Meredith 1
RBI: King, Tyler 1 ; Burroughs, Meredith 4 ; Weingartz, Ashley 3 ; Ziemba, Kendra 3
SH: Mycek, Alex 1 ; Weingartz, Ashley 1
Base Running:
RUNS: King, Tyler 1 ; Inae, Ashleigh 1 ; Burroughs, Meredith 3 ; McClellan, Tate 2 ; Mycek, Alex 1 ; Weingartz, Ashley 2 ; Smith, Karlie 1 ; Ziemba, Kendra 1 ; Narron, Olivia 1
SB: King, Tyler 2 ; Inae, Ashleigh 1 ; Mycek, Alex 1 ; Narron, Olivia 2
CS: Ziemba, Kendra 1
HBP: Burroughs, Meredith 1 ; Mycek, Alex 1
Batting:
RBI: Hawkins. T 1 ; Moody. T 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hall. K 1 ; Garcia. N 1
Game Leaders
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AB
3
R
2
H
2
RBI
3
AB
3
R
1
H
2
RBI
3
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