GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The Greensboro College softball team earned a 12-3 victory, in five complete innings, over the Mary Baldwin College Fighting Squirrels for the first game of a scheduled doubleheader at Salvation Army Field.  

GC (9-1) was led at the plate by freshman  Jenee Johnson. She went 3-for-3, with 2 RBIs, and scored one run.  Senior Frances Constantino was 2-for-3, RBI, and one run scored.  Stacie Patterson helped herself on the mound. She was 2-for-3 at the plate and had one RBI. Joy Daniels went 2-for-3, with one RBI  and Jennifer Sherrill was 2-for-3.

The Pride scored four runs in the first, giving Patterson (2-0) all the runs she needed.  Patterson threw five complete innings, scattered four hits, gave up three earned runs, walked five and fanned four.

GC broke the game open in the home half of the fourth inning, scoring six runs.  Starting the inning with a Patterson double to left field, the next four Pride batters would reach base.  Left fielder Jenee Johnson brought home two runs with a single to center field, as GC recorded six hits in the inning.  

The Fighting Squirrels (0-1) rallied by scoring three runs in the top of the fifth, however it was not enough, as GC would score two more in the bottom of the fifth. Leadoff hitter Jennifer Sherrill started the inning with a double to left, and was followed by a Joy Daniels double to center.  Jennifer Simms, the third batter of the inning, singled to right field driving in Sherril and Lauren Manning, a pinch runner for Sherrill, and ended the game with a 12-3 final.

Greensboro College 12, Mary Baldwin College 3 (Game 1)
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Mary Baldwin College 000 03 -   3  4  3      (0-1)
Greensboro College..   400 62 - 12 14  0      (9-1)
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Pitchers: Mary Baldwin College - MICHAEL. Greensboro College - /PATTERSON.
Win-/PATTERSON(2-0)  Loss-MICHAEL(0-1)  T-1:25  A-46
MICHAEL faced 3 batters in the 5th.

Game One: GC 10, Mary Baldwin 2

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- In the second game of the twin bill, Greensboro College would again put an early ending to Mary Baldwin College, this time with a 10-2 final in five innings.   

Freshman Jordan Davenport (2-0) was on the hill for GC, pitching a complete game, allowing two earned runs, five hits, and striking out three.  

The Pride offense was led by the middle of the lineup, where the 4-7 hitters accounted for six of the game?s 10 runs.  Leading the way were Katie-Meagan Anderson (3-for-3, 2 RBIs, 2 runs) Jessica Clack (1-for-2, 2 RBIs). Catcher Samantha Salter was 3-for-3, with an RBI, and scored two runs. Whitney Williams, the fourth batter in the GC lineup, was 1-for-3, with one RBI, and one run.

Mary Baldwin (0-2) scored in the first inning, as leadoff batter Mina Uejima reached on a triple, and would score just one batter later with a single back to the pitcher by Kelly Lally.

In the second, GC (10-1) scored two runs on two hits, the first coming after Anderson scored to tie the game at 1-1, taking advantage of a Clack grounder to second base.  The Pride took the lead, and would not trail again, following a Lauren Engle grounder to first that scored Salter. 

The Pride would follow by scoring four runs in consecutive innings, while the Fighting Squirrels managed just one run in the top half of the fifth inning.  
 

Greensboro College 10, Mary Baldwin College 2 (Game 2)
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Mary Baldwin College.. 100 01 -  2   5  0       (0-2)
Greensboro College.... 024 4X - 10 13  0      (10-1)
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Pitchers: Mary Baldwin College - CRAWFORD. Greensboro College - DAVENPORT.
Win-DAVENPORT(2-0)  Loss-CRAWFORD(0-1)  T-1:23  A-47