JCSU Splits Doubleheader with Fayetteville State
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Box Score JCSU Softball Splits Doubleheader With Fayetteville St.Charlotte, N.C. (April 22, 2015) – The Johnson C. Smith University softball team split a softball header with visiting Fayetteville State on Senior Day at Biddleville Park on Wednesday afternoon.
Game one saw FSU jump ahead 1-0 in the top of the first following a leadoff walk by Alex Wickham. She then advanced to second on a passed ball and would score on a throwing error to quickly put the Broncos ahead. JCSU would regroup, and forced FSU to strand two runners to end the inning.
The Golden Bulls tied the game in the bottom of the first after
Tia Mahoney (Hartwell, Ga.) reached on an infield single. Following a sacrifice bunt that moved Mahoney to second, sophomore
Morgan Hasty (Salem, Ind.) singled, scoring Mahoney to knot the game at 1-1.  FSU would strike again in the third inning to make it 2-1. Wickham again reached by walk and was singled home on a Shi-Ca Goins single to right field.
JCSU's big inning came in the fifth, as the Golden Bulls tagged FSU for four runs, going ahead 5-2. After FSU retired the first two JCSU batters, Mahoney walked and
Jocelyn Hernandez (Bloomington, Ca.) reached on a throwing error by the Bronco shortstop.   A fielding error by the second baseman led to two JCSU runs. Hasty would then launch her eight home run of the season over the left center fence, a two-run shot, to put JCSU up 5-2.
FSU would score one in the sixth to make it 5-3 and one in the seventh to draw within 5-4. JCSU would seal the win when FSU's Maggie Smith would ground out to Hernandez to end the game.
JCSU's Hasty finished 2-for-3 and had three RBI in the win. Hasty's long ball ties her for the league lead.Â
Stacy Peralta (Brooklyn, N.Y.) also drove in two runs on the afternoon and gained the complete game pitching win, giving up four runs while striking out three. Peralta improved to 3-9 with the win.
The visiting Broncos would score in each of the first three innings in game two, taking a 5-0 lead and cruising to the 9-1 win in five innings. FSU had five doubles in game two and were led by Wickham (2-for-4, 2 RBI) and Vanessa Kokoszka (2-for-3, 2 RBI) in the win. Zoe Howard took the pitching win, scattering five hits and striking out seven JCSU batters.
Hasty again led JCSU, going 1-for-2 with an RBI. Teammates
Jocelyn Hernandez,
Maci Black (Greensboro, N.C.),
Miranda Ricafrente (Jacksonville, Fla.) and
Cabrisha Anderson (Atlanta, Ga.) each had one hit in game two.
With the split, JCSU now stands at 12-16 overall, 7-9 in CIAA play. The Golden Bulls finish the regular season with a 5-5 record in Southern Division and will play in the CIAA Softball Championship, April 30-May 2 at the Walnut Creek Complex in Raleigh. Seedings will be announced next week.
