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Kyrin Mayfield
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Newberry NEWBERRY 1-9
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Winner Embry-Riddle (Fla.) ERAUSB 6-1
Newberry NEWBERRY
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Embry-Riddle (Fla.) ERAUSB
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Newberry NEWBERRY 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 6 2
Embry-Riddle (Fla.) ERAUSB 0 1 1 3 1 1 X 7 9 2

W: Domenici, Ava (3-0) L: L. Foster (1-2) S: Wood, Emma (1)

Game Recap: Softball | | Kyrin Mayfield | @k_mayfield97

Softball Concludes Eagle Classic With 7-4 Win Over Newberry

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Embry-Riddle Softball closed out the three-day Eagle Classic on Sunday by downing Newberry 7-4. It was a true team effort as the Eagles used all five rostered pitchers and saw eight different members of the Blue and Gold record a hit.

ERAU went 4-1 during the tournament and earned an upset over No. 6 Auburn-Montgomery on Friday. 

RECORDS
Embry-Riddle | 6-1
Newberry | 1-9

ALL-TIME SERIES
  • Embry-Riddle leads the all-time series 3-2.
  • The Eagles are 2-0 at home.
  • ERAU defeated Newberry 6-2 on Friday in the opening game of the Eagle Classic.
  • Embry-Riddle has won the last three meetings.
  • The seven runs scored by the Eagles were a series high.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • With two runners in scoring position in the top of the first, Raissa Bianco turned a clutch double play by catching a line drive and tossing to first.
  • Mattea Martin made a spectacular diving grab in right field to start the second inning. 
  • However, Newberry struck first with two singles in the second followed by a fielding error at shortstop to plate an unearned run.
  • Katriana Bain came through in the bottom of the inning with a double that rolled all the way to the right-field fence to bring in Delaney Morgan for her first RBI of the season.
  • The Eagles took the lead in the following inning when Emma Wood touched home on a ball put in play by Morgan.
  • An error and a passed ball put a runner in scoring position for Newberry in the fourth, and the Wolves capitalized with a single through the right side to tie the game (2-2).
  • A hit-by-pitch and a single allowed the first two Eagles to reach base in the bottom of the inning.
  • Bianco executed a sacrifice bunt, with Kelsey Kressler beating out the throw home. 
  • Kerry O'Sullivan and Wood followed with groundouts that each brought in a run (5-2, ERAU).
  • Three walks, a single and a sacrifice fly got the Wolves within one in the fifth (5-4, ERAU).
  • During that inning, Wood made a high-IQ play by cutting off a throw home, which caused a Newberry runner to get caught in a rundown between second and third base.
  • In the bottom of the fifth, Kressler baited a throw down to second to allow Morgan to come home for an insurance run (6-4, ERAU).
  • O'Sullivan notched another RBI groundout in the sixth for the Eagles' seventh run.

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
INSIDE THE STATS
  • Embry-Riddle outhit Newberry 9-6.
  • The Eagles put the leadoff batter on in five of the six innings.
  • ERAU was 5-for-5 with a runner on third and less than two outs.
  • O'Sullivan and Bain picked up their first RBIs of the season. 
  • For O'Sullivan, her two RBIs tied a career high.
  • Bianco has reached base in all seven games this year.
  • Wood is on a team-high six-game hit streak.

PROGRAM RECORD BOOK
  • Oberkehr moved into a tie for sixth in career stolen bases (27).

UP NEXT
Conference play begins next week for ERAU as the Eagles take a trip to St. Petersburg to face Eckerd in a three-game series that starts on Friday, Feb. 14 at 6 p.m.
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