Box Score
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The North Carolina Central University women’s softball team dropped their season-opening game to the University of Maine Friday, Feb. 8, at the Subway Classic, hosted by USC-Upstate, in Spartanburg, S.C., at Cyrill Stadium.

NCCU senior designated hitter, Shakemia Edwards, lead the Lady Eagles offensively finishing 2-for-3 at the plate followed by junior transfer London Germ who finished her first game in maroon and gray 1-for-2 at the plate along with NCCU’s lone run scored.

The Lady Eagles played their first game of the season as the visiting team during day one of the USC-Upstate Subway Classic. Junior transfer Camille Hampton earned the first hit of the season for NCCU during the top of the first inning with a single to left field.

The bottom half of the first inning the Lady Black Bears used a two-out rally to put their first two runs on the board, leading NCCU after the first, 2-0. Solid defense held both teams scoreless during inning number two.

Entering the top of the third inning and the beginning of the Lady Eagles line up, Germ singled to third base before advancing off of Lady Black Bear errors and giving NCCU their lone run of the contest.

Maine’s junior third baseman Jean Stevens hit a two-run homer off of Lady Eagles starting pitcher, Bianka Molina, before the NCCU coaching staff substituted freshmen London Booker to the mound. Molina, who took the loss for the Lady Eagles, finished the game after 2 innings on the rubber, allowed six hits, five runs, all which were earned, walked three Lady Black Bear batters and earned one strike out while facing 15 batters.

Booker, the Richmond, Va., native finished her rookie debut in the circle pitching a total of 3.2 innings, allowed four hits and four runs, one which was earned, walked two batters while striking out one against 19 batters.

The Lady Black Bears were led offensively by Stevens who finished the first game of the season 4-for-2 at the plate, one run scored, four RBI’s along with her two-run homer. Maine pitcher Beth Spoehr took home the victory after pitching five complete innings, allowing four NCCU hits, one unearned run, one walk, five strike outs while facing 20 batters. 

The Lady Eagles drop to 0-1 during their 2013 campaign while the Lady Black Bears advance to 1-0 on the season.

NCCU softball team returns to the field Sat. Feb. 9, at 10 a.m. as they compete in day two of the Subway Classic. The Lady Eagles first match-up is against University of Missouri-Kansas City, followed by Western Carolina at 6 p.m.

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