GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) softball team extended its win streak to five games with a 10-1 five-inning win over Saint Francis and then a 6-1 win over Merrimack on Friday at the UNCG Softball Stadium.
 
The Spartans are now 6-2 this season. The Red Flash fell to 0-6 and the Warriors are 0-3 overall.
 
Game 1: UNCG 10 – Saint Francis 1 (5 innings)
 

• Three Spartans had multi-hit games, including Jessie Shipley (2-for-3), Rylie Williams (2-for-4) and Kaylyn Belfield (2-for-2).
• Shipley paced the game with three RBI, while Williams chipped in two.
• Samantha Beck went 1-for-2 at the plate with three runs scored.
• In the circle, Reese Byrd tossed 5.0 innings, giving up three hits and only one run with four strikeouts for her third win of the season.
• The Red Flash put the first run on the board in the top of the first with a bases-loaded walk giving them a 1-0 lead.
• The Spartans bounced back with one run on Shipley's RBI single up the middle to drive in Beck from second tying the game at 1-1.
• Byrd retired eight-straight batters from the second to the fifth inning.
• UNCG took a 4-1 lead in the bottom of the fourth with Laney Deane's RBI single and then Shipley's two-run single.
• UNCG broke the game open with six runs on four hits and two errors in the bottom of the fifth. Williams' two-run double to left center capped UNCG's nine-run five-inning victory, 10-1.

 
PITCHING RECORDS
Reese Byrd: W, 3-2
Allie Braly: L, 0-3
 
Game 2: UNCG 6 – Merrimack 1

• Four Spartans went 2-for-3 at the plate, including Shipley, Grace Loftin, Beck and Belfield.
• Loftin paced the game with three RBI.
• Shipley, Loftin, Hadley Gardner and Beck each tallied a double in the game.
• UNCG scored five of its six runs between the first and second innings.
• Loftin kicked off the scoring for the Spartans with a two-run home run in the bottom of the first with one out for a 2-0 lead.
• Jorde Chartrand, in her first appearance in the circle, struck out three-straight batters in the top of the second.
• In the bottom of the second, the Blue & Gold scored three runs on four hits and three errors for a 5-0 advantage. After scoring on back-to-back errors, Shipley hit a RBI double to left center to score Belfield for the third run of the frame.
• Merrimack cut the deficit to four, 5-1, with McKayla Kortes' RBI single up the middle.
• The Spartans responded with their own run in the bottom of the sixth as Loftin connected for a RBI double, 6-1.
• After giving up a hit in the top of the seventh, Salem Ward struck out the final three batters to secure the 6-1 win and her third victory of the season in the circle.

 
PITCHING RECORDS
Salem Ward: W, 3-0
Anna Gedacht: L, 0-1
 
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UP NEXT
The Spartans continue with their four-team tournament at the UNCG Softball Stadium this weekend in the Spiro Classic. UNCG is off tomorrow before getting back to the diamond to conclude the tournament against Toledo on Sunday at 12:30 p.m.
 
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