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Box Score (PDF)SPARTANBURG, S.C. - The Morehead State softball team fell in their final two games of the grueling Spartan Classic on Saturday afternoon. The Eagles lost 9-1 to Ohio State before falling 10-2 to host South Carolina-Upstate.
With the losses, Morehead State falls to 5-6 on the year and finishes 0-4 in the Spartan Classic.
In the loss to Ohio State, the Eagles managed just two hits, a single by
Lindsay Ward and a double by
Dana Hutchins. They loaded the bases in the top of the fourth, trailing 3-0, but
Lizzy Margagliotti struck out to end the threat.
Mackenzie Grossmann (1-3) picked up the loss for MSU, allowing four hits and six earned runs in five innings of work. She walked six and struck out five.
Against USC-Upstate, the Eagles received solo home runs from
Karly Thompson in the second and Hutchins in the fifth to score their only runs. Thompson's solo shot trimmed the Upstate lead to 3-1, but the Spartans added three more in the bottom of the third to extend the lead to 6-1. After Hutchin's home run, USC-Upstate responded with a run in fifth and three more in the sixth as MSU fell 10-2.
Allison Rager (3-2) allowed seven hits and six runs, five of which were earned, in 2.2 innings to record the loss.
Hutchins was named to the Spartan Classic All-Tournament Team after recording a double, a home run and two runs batted in.
Next weekend, the Eagles travel to Johnson City, Tenn. to participate in the Buccaneer Classic. They face Alabama A&M and host East Tennessee State on Saturday and Siena and Alabama A&M on Sunday.
