Friday, March 29
Greenville, N.C.
6:00 p.m.
East Carolina University
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Photo by: Rob Goldberg
UCF Takes Series Opener Over East Carolina, 6-2
March 29, 2019 | Softball
GREENVILLE, N.C. – UCF remained unbeaten in American Athletic Conference play with a 6-2 win over East Carolina Friday night at the ECU Softball Stadium.
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Cassady Brewer went 3-for-4 with a run scored for the Knights (24-9, 4-0 AAC) while Denali Schappacher drove in three runs. Tate McClellan and Courtney Layton notched both of the Pirates' (19-15, 1-3 AAC) hits.
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Erin Poepping (12-10) took the loss in the circle, allowing five runs on eight hits with a walk and two strikeouts in 4.2 innings of work. Alea White (16-6) surrendered just two hits and one earned run with three strikeouts in a complete-game effort.
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UCF used a pair of hits to grab a 1-0 lead in the top of the second. Schappacher led off with a single and moved to second on a sac bunt before scoring on an Aubrey Johnson RBI single.
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The Knights moved ahead 2-0 in the top of the fifth when Tamesha Glover singled up the middle to plate Erin Emanuel who was hit by a pitch with one out. UCF extended its lead further in the frame, using a wild pitch to score another run before Schappacher hit a two-run single to leave the visitors with a 5-0 advantage.
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ECU grabbed a run back in the bottom of the fifth when Layton tattooed a 0-1 pitch over the wall in left field for her first career home run, cutting the Knights' lead to 5-1.
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A trio of errors allowed the Pirates to draw closer in the bottom of the sixth when Tate McClellan laced a RBI single up the middle to score Faith Jarvis who pinch ran for Rachel McCollum who reached on a fielder's choice earlier in the inning.
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UCF put the cap on the scoring in the top of the seventh with a RBI bunt single off the bat of Schappacher.
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The teams will reconvene Saturday at 2 p.m. for game two of the series.
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Cassady Brewer went 3-for-4 with a run scored for the Knights (24-9, 4-0 AAC) while Denali Schappacher drove in three runs. Tate McClellan and Courtney Layton notched both of the Pirates' (19-15, 1-3 AAC) hits.
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Erin Poepping (12-10) took the loss in the circle, allowing five runs on eight hits with a walk and two strikeouts in 4.2 innings of work. Alea White (16-6) surrendered just two hits and one earned run with three strikeouts in a complete-game effort.
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UCF used a pair of hits to grab a 1-0 lead in the top of the second. Schappacher led off with a single and moved to second on a sac bunt before scoring on an Aubrey Johnson RBI single.
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The Knights moved ahead 2-0 in the top of the fifth when Tamesha Glover singled up the middle to plate Erin Emanuel who was hit by a pitch with one out. UCF extended its lead further in the frame, using a wild pitch to score another run before Schappacher hit a two-run single to leave the visitors with a 5-0 advantage.
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ECU grabbed a run back in the bottom of the fifth when Layton tattooed a 0-1 pitch over the wall in left field for her first career home run, cutting the Knights' lead to 5-1.
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A trio of errors allowed the Pirates to draw closer in the bottom of the sixth when Tate McClellan laced a RBI single up the middle to score Faith Jarvis who pinch ran for Rachel McCollum who reached on a fielder's choice earlier in the inning.
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UCF put the cap on the scoring in the top of the seventh with a RBI bunt single off the bat of Schappacher.
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The teams will reconvene Saturday at 2 p.m. for game two of the series.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: WHITE, Alea (16-6)
L: Poepping, Erin (12-10)
Batting:
2B: BREWER, Cassady 1
RBI: GLOVER, Tamesha 1 ; SCHAPPACHER, Denali 3 ; JOHNSON, Aubrey 1
SH: GLOVER, Tamesha 1 ; ESPARZA, Jazmine 1
Base Running:
RUNS: KLARKOWSKI, Kyra 1 ; GLOVER, Tamesha 1 ; BREWER, Cassady 1 ; BARLOW, Brooke 1 ; SCHAPPACHER, Denali 1 ; EMANUEL, Erin 1
CS: JOHNSON, Aubrey 1 ; EMANUEL, Erin 1
HBP: BARLOW, Brooke 1 ; EMANUEL, Erin 1
Batting:
HR: Layton, Courtney 1
RBI: McClellan, Tate 1 ; Layton, Courtney 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jarvis, Faith 1 ; Layton, Courtney 1
Game Leaders
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