GC at USA South Tournament, Raleigh, N.C.
April 17, 2004

GC 3, Peace 1
RALEIGH, N.C. - Greensboro College registered the biggest upset of the USA South Conference softball tournament to date by eliminating Peace College Saturday morning in the loser's bracket quarterfinals.

The win marked the first GC had ever won two conference tournament games.

Greensboro (14-17-1) and the tournament's eighth seed, sent fourth seeded Peace (19-16-1) packing with a three run bottom of the fourth. GC now moves on to play the loser of the Ferrum College.

PC scored the initial run of the game in the top of the fourth when they manufactured a run out of a single, a wild pitch and two sacrifices. Lauren Pleasant led off with a single to left, moved to second on a wild pitch, to third on a sacrifice and then trotted home on Vanessa Bryan's sacrifice fly to left.

In the bottom half of the inning, GC answered with three runs on four hits to both chase Peace starter Heather Dobbins and build a lead they would not relinquish. 

The big play in the inning came when Kelly Cooper singled to right, sending Whitney Williams home from second. Williams would have been out at the plate, but PC catcher Melanie Legrow allowed the relay to go off her glove for an error that plated Williams and moved Cooper to second. Cooper scored one batter later on Bailey Cotton's sacrifice bunt.

Williams was the winner on the mound with a four inning performance that included a strikeout against two hits, a run and three walks.

Ferrum 4, GC 2
RALEIGH, N.C. - Ferrum College defeated Greensboro College, 4-2, in a USA South Tournament game that ended GC's undergo run and eliminated The Pride from the event. 

Ferrum (27-13) ousted Greensboro (14-18-2) by breaking open a 2-2 tie with one run in the fifth and another in the seventh.

Stacy Porter, who was the winner on the mound after giving up two runs (one earned) on five hits in four innings, provided the big bat for the Lady Panthers with three hits in four at-bats and two runs batted in. Porter had an RBI triple in the third and knocked in the winning run with a single to right in the fifth.

Trica Moore hit the first home run of the tournament with a solo blast to left center in the third. Moore finished the day 1 for 4 with an RBI and a run scored.

The Pride had seven hits on the day and no player had more than one. Jamie Pittman, who took the loss on the mound, and Kelly Cooper each had an RBI for GC.

Final GC record 14-18-2; Streak L1