Pfeiffer Softball Sweeps Brevard in Home-Opening Doubleheader

Misenheimer, N.C. (Feb. 20, 2020) – The Pfeiffer Falcons softball team opened the home portion of their 2021 schedule with a nonconference doubleheader sweep of Brevard on Saturday afternoon at Jack Ingram Field.

The Basics

Game 1 – Pfeiffer 8, Brevard 1
Game 2 – Pfeiffer 11, Brevard 3 (5 Innings)

Records
Pfeiffer – 2-2
Brevard – 0-2
Location – Misenheimer, N.C. – Jack Ingram Field

How it Happened

Game 1 – Pfeiffer went ahead 3-0 in the bottom of the first inning and never looked back, taking the 8-1 win.  After loading the bases, the first Falcon run crossed aver a fielding error by the Brevard right fielder.  A fielder's choice allowed Pfeiffer to go up 2-0 and a double steal allowed Pfeiffer to claim the 3-0 lead.

Makenzie Pennell (Taylorsville, N.C.) would drive in a run in the second inning to put Pfeiffer up 4-0.  A Brevard wild pitch helped Pfeiffer take the 5-0 lead at the end of the inning.

Pennell would advance on a fielding error in the fourth, allowing Paige Love (Rock Hill, S.C.) to score, putting Pfeiffer up 6-0.

An RBI double from Brevard pitcher Micayla McCoy in the 6^th inning provided the lone run for the Tornados, making it 6-1.

Pfeiffer then added two more in the home half of the sixth on an Alexis Walter (Taylorsville, N.C.) RBI single and a sacrifice fly from Pennell, scoring Hannah Tyner (Carthage, N.C.) from third, providing the eventual 8-1 final.

Kendra Mayes (Taylorsville, N.C.) got the win for the Falcons in the circle, as she pitched 4.0 innings scattering five hits while allowing one run and striking out two Brevard batters.

Game 2 – Brevard started the scoring in the first inning when Emily White launched a two-run home run to left field to go up 2-0.

Pfeiffer responded with a Pennell double in the first to cut the lead to 2-1.  Pfeiffer then put up seven runs in the second to blow the game open, going up 8-2.  Ashlyn Kennedy (New London, N.C.) knocked a two-run double down the left field line, followed by a two-run double from Pennell.  Tyner then singled in a run and Reece Davis (Hickory, N.C.) delivered a two-RBI double of her own to make it 8-2.

The Falcon lead would swell to 11-2 in the fourth as Addison York (Olin, N.C.) doubled in a run, followed by a Davis ground out and a double from Malea Prestwood (Lenoir, N.C.).

Brevard would get an RBI single from White in the fifth inning to close to 11-3, but Davis shut the door on the Tornados, striking out Brittany Franks to end the game.

Up Next
The Falcons will host non-conference foe Ferrum College in a doubleheader on Sunday, Feb. 21 with first pitch of the twinbill scheduled for 1:00 p.m.

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