ESU softball takes out No. 5 Angelo St.
By The Emporia Gazette (Contact)
Originally published 01:36 p.m., February 18, 2008
Updated 01:36 p.m., February 18, 2008
It was a bittersweet day for the No. 11 Emporia State softball team on Sunday, as the Hornets went 1-2 at the Angelo State Blue & Gold Classic but still were able to knock off No. 5-ranked Angelo State, 6-4.
ESU fell in its first two games, losing to Incarnate Word, 6-5, and West Texas A&M, 5-4.
The Hornets’ win over the host team was sparked in the first inning by Miranda Campbell, who blasted a two-run home run to help give ESU a 3-0 lead.
Angelo State tied it in the third, but Campbell came through again in the fifth, contributing a two-run double to make it 5-3.
The Hornets wouldn’t trail after that.
Campbell finished 2-for-3 with four RBI.
Samantha Sheeley, meanwhile, picked up the complete-game win, allowing four runs and three hits while striking out 11.
Campbell was good — but not as lucky — with her bat earlier in the day.
In ESU’s first game, Campbell stepped to the plate with the bases loaded, one out, and her team trailing 6-5 extra innings.
The sophomore hit a liner to the shortstop, only to have it caught and thrown quickly to third base for a game-ending double play.
Campbell still finished the game 2-for-4 with a homer and two RBI.
Against West Texas A&M, ESU fell in a 4-0 first-inning hole and never could climb out.
Jennifer Dace, Aubree Brattin and Nicole Bergley had two hits each, while starter Brittany Norris took the loss.
ESU (3-5) was to face Cameron at 10 a.m. today before a rematch with Angelo State at noon in the final day of the ASU Classic.
Angelo State Blue & Gold Classic
Sunday at San Angelo, Texas
Game One
Incarnate Word 6, ESU 5 (8 innings)
Incarnate Word 310 001 01 — 6 8 2
No. 11 ESU 220 100 00 — 5 7 1
W — Perez. L — Sheeley.
E — IW: Smitham, Moritz; ESU: Brattin. DP — IW 1, ESU 1. LOB — IW 11, ESU 12. 2B — IW: Hinojosa; ESU: Dace. HR — IW: Perez; ESU: Campbell. HBP — IW: Whitt, ESU: Ma. Dennis. SH — IW: Britt, Gonzales, Achay, ESU: Mahan, Huddleston. SB — IW: Britt 2, Whitt 2; ESU: Wiard, Campbell, Hughes.
Game Two
West Texas A&M 5, ESU 4
No. 11 ESU 020 020 0 — 4 8 2
West Texas A&M 410 000 X — 5 10 3
W — O’Dea. L — Norris.
E — ESU: Huddleston, Dace; WTAMU: Adams, Hartigan, Ruzicki. DP — ESU 1. LOB — ESU 8, WTAMU 7. 2B — WTAMU: Farr. HR — WATMU: K. Witte. SH — WATMU: Ruzicki. SB — ESU: Bergley 2.
Game Three
ESU 6, Angelo State 4
No. 11 ESU 300 020 1 — 6 11 1
No. 5 Angelo St. 003 010 0 — 4 3 0
W — Sheeley. L — Thompson.
E — ESU: Mahan. LOB — ESU 5, ASU 6. 2B — ESU: Mahan, Huddleston, Campbell; ASU: Meeks, Dean. HR — ESU: Campbell. SH — ESU: Ketter, Potter. SB — ESU: Campbell.