GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Trailing by two runs in their final at-bat, the Eagles slugged out three consecutive doubles to tie the game, as part of a dramatic late inning rally to seal a victory over UNC Wilmington in the opening game of the day. The hot hitting from the Eagles continued into the extra inning, where they put up three runs to put away the Seahawks.
Sophomore Madi Ogden dominated on Sunday, striking out eight UNCW hitters over eight innings. Ogden bounced back after allowing two first inning runs to toss seven scoreless through the rest of the afternoon.
Freshman Emily Williams led the way offensively for the Eagles, going 2-for-4 in the ballgame with a double and three RBI. Junior Kaytlyn Cripps furnished a standout effort as well, going 1-for-4, including the game tying RBI double in the seventh. Junior Peyton Jordan also contributed, going 1-for-3 for Morehead State with a double and an RBI.
The Eagles fell in their second game of the day against UNC Greensboro, 7-2. Taylor Rhea led the way for the Eagles offense, going 2-3 at the plate with a double, while Taikibrea Campbell and Emily Williams brought home the two runs for the Eagles.
HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 1)
UNCW opened the scoring with two-run single in the first inning to jump out to the early lead.
Both sides remained scoreless, with the Eagles not recording their first hit until a Taylor Rhea single to lead off the sixth.
The score remained 2-0 until the top of the seventh when Peyton Jordan led off the frame with a double. Emily Williams followed with an RBI double of her own and Kaytlyn Cripps tied the game with the team's third straight double.
The Seahawks threatened in the bottom of the seventh, getting the winning run to second base, but Ogden's sixth strikeout of the afternoon sent the game to extras.
Trinity Spear beat out a bunt single to advance Jessie Begley to third at the start of the inning and after an error loaded the bases, Peyton Jordan drove a sacrifice fly to center to break the tie. Williams then broke the game open with a two RBI single, running the score to 5-2.
The Seahawks brought the tying run to the plate with no outs in the bottom half of the frame, but Ogden recorded back-to-back strikeouts and induced a lineout to end the game.
HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 2)
The Eagles got out to a fast start with a one out double from Kirya Kingery in the top of the first. After stealing third, Kingery was brought home on a run scoring error off the bat of Emily Williams.
UNCG knotted the game back up in the bottom half of the frame with a run scoring groundout, but Lennon Spicer stranded the go-ahead run on third.
The Spartans loaded the bases with one out in the second, but Spicer again navigated out of trouble, forcing a pop out and a fielders choice to end the threat.
UNCG broke through in the fourth with a two RBI double, and the attempt from the Eagles to cut into that lead in the fifth was stifled when Taikibrea Campbell was thrown out at the plate trying to score on a Taylor Rhea double.
Home runs in the fifth and sixth stretched the UNCG lead to 7-1, with a sacrifice fly off the bat of Campbell in the seventh giving the game its final score.
UP NEXT
The Eagles are back in action next weekend at the Battle at the Bay, where they will take on Central Connecticut and Hampton Friday, before matching up with Norfolk State and Stony Brook Saturday.
