Pfeiffer Softball Opens 2023 With Home Sweep Of Guilford

Misenheimer, N.C. (Feb. 20, 2023) – Pfeiffer University opened the 2023 softball season with a  sweep of ODAC foe Guilford on Sunday afternoon at Jack Ingram Field

The Basics
Game 1 – Pfeiffer def. Guilford, 4-0
Game 2 – Pfeiffer def. Guilford, 5-2

Records
Guilford - 2-4
Pfeiffer - 2-0

Location – The Village of Misenheimer, N.C. – Jack Ingram Field

How it Happened – Game 1
Pfeiffer pitcher Kenzi Lyall (Sparta, N.C.) pitched a complete-game shutout and struck out seven Quaker batters to send Pfeiffer to a 4-0 win.

Offensively, Pfeiffer was led by senior Kendyll Warren (Lenoir, N.C.), as she delivered an RBI double in the fourth inning.  She followed that by a three-run blast in the sixth to provide the eventual 4-0 final.

Game 2
Pfeiffer's Emma Chopko (Mooresville, N.C.) ripped an RBI single in the first inning to score teammate Caiti Mickles (Boonville, N.C.), putting the Falcons up 1-0.

Mickles would get an RBI single of her own in the third inning to extend the Pfeiffer lead to 2-0.  She would then triple in the fifth inning to send Pfeiffer to the 3-0 lead.

Guilford struck for a run in the sixth inning on an RBI double by Makenley Mitchell to cut the lead to 3-1.

Pfeiffer used the long ball in the sixth inning, with Lyall belting a solo shot to left-center field.  Warren would make it back-to-back home runs when she lifted her second of the day, also to left-center, putting Pfeiffer up 5-1.

Guilford plated a run in the seventh to make it 5-2, but Lyall forced a ground out and then snagged a line drive to end the game, sending Pfeiffer to the season-opening sweep.

Up Next
Pfeiffer will return to play on Saturday, Feb. 25 when they host Ferrum College in a doubleheader starting at 1:00 p.m. at Jack Ingram Field.