Johnson C. Smith Golden Bulls

JCSU Softball Eliminated from CIAA Tournament With Losses To BSU and VSU

4/28/2016 5:09:00 PM

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Raleigh, N.C. (April 27, 2016) – The Johnson C. Smith University softball team was eliminated from contention at the 2016 CIAA Softball Tournament, dropping games against Bowie State and Virginia State on Thursday at the Walnut Creek Softball Complex.

Game one saw Bowie State jump out to a 3-0 lead in the third inning, but JCSU quickly cut the Bulldog lead to 3-2 when Melissa Vierra (Tracy, Ca.) led off with a double to left center. 
Breanna Archibald (Wendell, N.C.) would drive Vierra home when she doubled down the left field line.  Another double from Victoria Lopez (San Diego, Cal.) brought Archibald around to cut the lead to 3-2.

Bowie State would score four runs in the fourth inning, thanks to a triple and two doubles to take the 7-2 lead that would stand the rest of the way, as JCSU would only manage two hits over the final three frames.

Relegated to the losers bracket, the Golden Bulls then took on the Northern Division's fourth-seeded Virginia State Trojans in an elimination game.

VSU wasted no time, plating two runs in the first and three more in the second inning to take a 5-0 lead.  JCSU would cut the lead to 5-2 in the bottom of the second when, following a
Morgan Hasty (Salem, Ind.) single, Archibald doubled to left center, bringing Hasty in to score.  Archibald would later score on a VSU error to make it 5-2.

VSU would score runs in the third and fourth inning to make it 7-2, then added a pair of runs in the sixth and a run in the seventh to take the 10-3 lead into JCSU's final at-bat. After back-to-back singles from Imani Scott (Atlanta, Ga.) and Jocelyn Hernandez (Bloomington, Ca.),
Tia Mahoney (Hartwell, Ga.) would load the bases with a single of her own. 
Azha McNeil (Fayetteville, N.C.) would then drive in JCSU's only run of the inning when she reached on a fielder's choice, driving in Scott from third.  The game would end with a groundout to third, with VSU eliminating JCSU 10-4.

JCSU wraps up their season, finishing 10-18 overall, while VSU advances to play in a second elimination game on Friday morning against Fayetteville State.

2016 CIAA Softball Tournament Results/Schedule (Walnut Creek Softball Complex, Raleigh, N.C.)
Thursday, April 28
Game 1 – N1 Chowan def. S4 St. Augustine's, 3-2 (8 innings)
Game 2 – S2 Winston-Salem St. def. N3 Virginia Union, 11-2 (5 innings)
Game 3 – S1 Fayetteville St. def. N4 Virginia St.
Game 4 – N2 Bowie St. def. S3 JCSU, 7-2
Game 5 (Elimination Game 1) – N3 Virginia Union def. S4 St. Augustine's, 7-3
Game 6 (Elimination Game 2) – N4 Virginia St. def. S3 JCSU, 10-4
Game 7 – S2 Winston-Salem St. def. N1 Chowan, 3-2
Game 8 – N2 Bowie St. def. S1 Fayetteville St., 5-3

Friday, April 29
Game 9 – (Elimination Game 3) S1 Fayetteville St. vs. N4 Virginia St., 10:00 a.m., Field 4
Game 10 – (Elimination Game 4) N3 Virginia Union vs. N1 Chowan, 10:00 a.m., Field 2
Game 11 – S2 Winston-Salem St. vs. N2 Bowie St. 12:30 p.m., Field 5
Game 12 – (Elimination Game 5) Winner Game 10 vs. Winner Game 9, Field 3, 12:30 p.m.
Game 13 – (Elimination Game 6) Winner Game 12 vs. Loser Game 11, Field 5, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 30
Game 14 (Championship Game 1)- Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 13, Field 1, Noon
Game 15 (If Necessary) Loser Game 14 vs. Winner Game 14, 30 minutes after game 14, Field 1