Junior Kayleigh Brueck
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Junior Kayleigh Brueck had two hits, two RBI and one run in her return to NCCU's lineup Friday.
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N.C. Central NCCUSB 14-16, 0-2 MEAC
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Winner Savannah State SSUSB 11-15, 4-1 MEAC
N.C. Central NCCUSB
14-16, 0-2 MEAC
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Final
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Savannah State SSUSB
11-15, 4-1 MEAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
N.C. Central NCCUSB 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 7 3
Savannah State SSUSB 0 0 2 0 2 3 X 7 8 0

W: HALLMAN,Ama (3-7) L: Booker, London (8-8)

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N.C. Central NCCUSB 14-15, 0-1 MEAC
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Winner Savannah State SSUSB 10-15, 3-1 MEAC
N.C. Central NCCUSB
14-15, 0-1 MEAC
2
Final
10
Savannah State SSUSB
10-15, 3-1 MEAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
N.C. Central NCCUSB 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0
Savannah State SSUSB 1 1 1 0 7 10 10 1

W: EICHENLAUB,A (8-8) L: Wilson, Dominique (5-8)

Game Recap: Softball |

NCCU DROPS FIRST TWO MEAC GAMES TO THE LADY TIGERS

Lady Eagles will try and avoid the sweep against Savannah State on Saturday


SAVANNAH, Ga. – Savannah State University scored a dozen late runs to pull away to a pair of Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) victories over visiting North Carolina Central University on sunny Friday afternoon at the Lady Tigers Softball Field.
 
SSU (11-15 Overall, 4-1 MEAC) was in a pair of barn burners but scored 12 total runs after the fourth inning to win 10-2 (5 innings) and 7-3. NCCU (14-16, 0-2) has lost four consecutive games for a second time this season and will try and end the losing streak at four again when the two programs play the series finale on Saturday at 11 a.m.
 
Three Lady Tigers went deep to lead Savannah State to the eight-run rule victory in the opener. Junior Torrian Wright hit a solo shot in the third for her league-leading 13th homer of the season. A three-run blast by senior Amber Hallman and a two-run shot by junior Molly Lillis highlighted a seven-run fifth for the hosts.
 
SSU freshman Ashley Eichenlaub held the Lady Eagles to just two hits in posting the complete-game victory. Eichenlaub (8-8) did not allow a hit for the first three innings and only issued one walk.
 
NCCU scored its two runs in the fourth with junior Kayleigh Brueck and senior Emerie Germ leading off with consecutive singles. Brueck broke up Eichenlaub's no-hit bid with a clean shot to center field and then advanced on Germ's single to right. A Lady Tiger error allowed Brueck to score. Sophomore Brianna Hampton then plated Germ with a sacrifice fly that temporarily pulled the Lady Eagles to within one run at 3-2.
 
Savannah State held a 10-2 hit advantage including five for extra bases.
 
The second game started off as a pitcher's duel between NCCU junior London Booker and SSU sophomore Amanda Hallman as the two teams were tied 2-2 in the middle of the fifth until the Lady Tigers scratched out five more late runs including a pair in the fifth and three more in the sixth.
 
Savannah State grabbed the initial lead with two runs in the third but a two-run single by Brueck knotted the score in the top half of the fifth. Juniors De'Onna Smith and Angelique Perricelli drew a pair of walk to set up the game-tying single that Brueck poked over first base and just inside the right field foul line.
 
The Lady Tigers regained a two-run lead, 4-2, in the top of the fifth but the Lady Eagles had another chance of tying the game up putting a pair of runners in scoring position with no outs in the top of the sixth. Sophomore Dominique Wilson started the frame with a walk and moved to third on a double by junior Casey Hargett. However, Hallman settled down and wiggled her way out of the jam with three consecutive strikeouts.
 
SSU tacked on three insurance runs in the sixth including Wright's second two-run single of the contest.
 
NCCU nearly had as many hits as the Lady Tigers but the Lady Eagles stranded seven base runners including four in scoring position. Junior Markell Wylie led NCCU with two hits. Brueck and Germ added a hit apiece in the nightcap for a pair of hits on the day. 
 
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