ERRORS DOOM LADY CRUSADERS

Orange Beach, AL- #11 William Carey University committed five errors which led to seven unearned runs as #7 Shorter College ended the Lady Crusaders hope for a Region XIII title by knocking off the Lady Crusaders 7-3.

“We played well offensively and pitched the ball well but you cannot make the mistakes we made and expect to win,” said William Carey head coach Wendy Hogue.

Every mistake by William Carey was taken advantage of by Shorter and they made the Lady Crusaders pay for it. In the third inning the Lady Crusaders committed the first error which allowed Shorter to score two runs to take a 2-0 lead.

Carey bounced back in the fourth as Megan Pittman singled in two runs and Joy Cavenaugh was able to score thanks to a Shorter error to put Carey up 3-2.

However, the lead was short lived for the Lady Crusaders. An error in the fourth resulted in two Shorter runs while one in the fifth plated yet another.

The final William Carey error came in the sixth off a dropped fly ball with two out’s which was followed by a homerun by Shorter’s Lindsey McDaniel to put the Lady Hawks up 7-3.

Devin King took the loss for the Lady Crusaders allowing 5 unearned runs in four innings of work.

With William Carey exiting the Region XIII tournament, it now awaits the call from the National Office on its postseason future. WCU hopes to receive one of the seven at-large bids into the NAIA Softball National Championship. The Lady Crusaders will know their postseason future on Friday.

NAIA REGION XIII TOURNAMENT

ORANGE BEACH, AL                               May 9, 2008

GAME ONE   
 1     2     3     4     5     6     7     R     H     E
 
#11 CAREY    0     0     0     3     0     0     0     3     7     5

#7 SHORTER   0     0     2     2     1     2     X     7    11     4

CAREY (38-12):  BREE NEIDHARDT 0-4 1 RBI; SHANA GUNTER 1-1; PAM MARTIN 2-3; JOY CAVENAUGH 1-3; MEGAN PITTMAN 1-3 1 RBI; TAN MONTGOMERY 1-3; JILL WEDGEWORTH 1-3

                         NAME        IP   H     R     ER    SO    BB

WILLIAM CAREY:    DEVIN KING (10-5)  4.0   8     5     0     0     0                   BRITTANY FULLER    2.0   3     2     0     3     0                      
SHORTER:          LIBBY MUNSON       7.0   7     3     0     8     2
                 
                  

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