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BUIES CREEK, N.C. – The Morehead State softball team swept day one of the Holiday Inn Camel Stampede Tournament Friday by picking up victories over Northern Kentucky, 8-6, and Drexel, 8-5.
MSU improved to 5-5 on the season, while Northern Kentucky fell to 4-11 and Drexel slipped to 5-11.
In the opener, senior Adrena Anderson led the Eagles with a 3-for-4 effort at the plate and three RBI. Seniors Elizabeth Wagner and Sam Woodall and junior McKenna Bartko registered multi-hit games as well.
Junior pitcher Kelcey McMurray put in 4.2 innings of work to pick up the victory for MSU. She allowed three earned runs and struck out five in the contest. McMurray is now 1-1 on the season after her fifth appearance. Emily Schwaeble (0-6) allowed seven runs to be saddled with the loss.
Senior Sam Woodall got the scoring started in the third inning via a double to right field that scored fellow senior Anna Sommer. She made her way around the bases off a single to right from Anderson, and the inning concluded with a sacrifice bunt from junior Stephanie Etter to plate Anderson.
It only took a single swing of the bat for the Norse to get themselves back in the game in their half of the inning. Sophomore right fielder Katelyn Roy hit a three-run shot over the left field fence to even the score.
The Eagles re-gained the lead again with four runs off three hits in the fourth frame. Junior McKenna Bartko picked up her first RBI of the season, and Anderson added two to her total. A bases-loaded walk gave the Eagles a 7-3 lead.
The Eagles tacked on another run in the top of the fifth when Bartko doubled in Sommer. NKU closed the gap with three in the bottom of the sixth, but McMurray vanquished the Norse in the seventh with no more runs allowed.
In the second contest, Ashbrook's stat sheet reflected a 3-for-4 line with an RBI. Etter also drove in a pair.
Junior pitcher Greta Smeins picked up her first victory with the Eagles, while McMurray (2.2) and senior Katie Pfost (2.1) also saw action in the circle. Shelby Taylor (3-6) surrendered six earned runs in the first four and took the loss.
Despite Drexel’s early run in the first inning, the Eagles picked up a single run in the first and added a trio of tallies in the second. That included Ashbrook’s team-leading 10th RBI of the season.
The Eagles tacked on two more in the fourth via a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly from Etter. DU cut the gap by scoring two in the top of the fifth to make it 6-3.
MSU added two insurance runs in the fifth when freshman Tressa Watson pinch hit and delivered a shot over the left field fence for her first career home run. Drexel trimmed it to 8-5 in the seventh but Pfost coaxed a double play flyout to end the game.
The Eagles are back in action on Saturday as they take on host Campbell at 5:30 p.m. ET and Norfolk State at 8:30 p.m. Live stats are available for both contests at MSUEagles.com, and live audio (courtesy of CU) will be available for the Campbell contest.
