MOREHEAD, Ky. – After falling behind by five runs, the Eagles rallied to take a back-and-forth affair and secure the sweep against Tennessee Tech, with a 9-7 victory.
Seven different Eagles recorded RBIs in the high scoring matchup, including
Ilencia Lightbody and
Taikibrea Campbell picking up two RBI apiece, along with
Peyton Jordan going 3-for-5 with an RBI.
Emily Williams continued her on base streak with a 2-for-3 performance, including an RBI double.
In addition to her performance at the plate,
Taikibrea Campbell came on in relief to pick up her first collegiate victory, allowing only one hit and one run in two innings of work.
Jessie Begley recorded her first collegiate save and ended the weekend having thrown 19 of the team's 21 innings in the circle.
HOW IT HAPPENED
After two scoreless innings, the Eagles broke through in the third.
Trinity Spear reached on a one out single and came around to score on an RBI groundout from
Peyton Jordan.
After the Eagles stranded a pair of runners in the top of the fourth, Tennessee Tech rallied for six runs in the bottom half of the inning to leap out to a 6-1 lead.
The Eagles immediately responded with
Madeline Gailor driving home Spear on an RBI single, and
Taylor Rhea delivering an RBI single of her own to cut the lead to 6-3.
After a pitching change,
Kaytlyn Cripps continued the rally with a run scoring sacrifice fly and
Ilencia Lightbody drew a bases loaded walk to slice the lead down to one.
Taikibrea Campbell gave the lead back to the Eagles by capping off a six-run inning with a two RBI single.
Tennessee Tech loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom half of the inning, but only managed to bring across one run off
Taikibrea Campbell to even the score at 7-7.
After a leadoff single from
Peyton Jordan,
Emily Williams smacked an RBI double to give the Eagles an 8-7 lead.
Ilencia Lightbody added to the advantage with an RBI single to score Williams.
Jessie Begley, who re-entered the game in the sixth, navigated out of trouble in the seventh to secure the 9-7 victory.
UP NEXT
The Eagles head to Youngstown State for a midweek matchup Wednesday. The doubleheader begins at 3:00 PM.
