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Softball Championship Selfie
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Greensboro GCSB 33-9
10
Winner Pfeiffer PFUSB 31-11
Greensboro GCSB
33-9
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Final
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Pfeiffer PFUSB
31-11
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Greensboro GCSB 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 7 0
Pfeiffer PFUSB 2 4 2 0 1 1 X 10 17 1

W: Lee, Sadie (1-0) L: Kassie Simmons (14-5)

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Winner Pfeiffer PFUSB 31-11
0
Greensboro GCSB 38-10
Winner
Pfeiffer PFUSB
31-11
6
Final
0
Greensboro GCSB
38-10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Pfeiffer PFUSB 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 6 9 0
Greensboro GCSB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1

W: Morton, Kali (19-3) L: Lauren Engel (19-4)

Game Recap: Softball | | K.C. Culler - Pfeiffer Athletics Communications

Pfeiffer Softball Sweeps Greensboro to Capture USA South Championship

Pfeiffer Softball Sweeps Greensboro to Capture USA South Championship

Misenheimer, N.C. (May 12, 2023) – The Pfeiffer University softball team swept visiting Greensboro College to capture the 2023 USA South Softball Championship on a warm Friday afternoon at Jack Ingram Field.

The Basics
Game 1 – Pfeiffer def. Greensboro, 10-3
Game 2 - Pfeiffer def. Greensboro, 6-0

Records
Greensboro – 33-10
Pfeiffer – 31-11

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

How it Happened – Game 1
Pfeiffer used their power in game one, getting on the board in the first inning via an Emma Chopko (Mooresville, N.C.) two-run homer that put the Falcons up 2-0.  In the second, she would hit a three-run bomb to center field that put the Falcons up 5-0.

Later in the inning Alyssa Broaddus (Mechanicsville, Va.) delivered an RBI double down the left field line that allowed Gracie Griffin to trot home, boosting the Falcons lead to 6-0.

Kenzi Lyall (Sparta, N.C.) then belted her 10th homer of the year in the third inning, a two-run blast, that gave Pfeiffer the 8-0 lead.

Greensboro tallied three runs in the fifth inning to cut the lead to 8-3, but graduate student Caiti Mickles (Boonville, N.C.) hit an RBI single to right center field that allowed Chopko to score to put Pfeiffer up 9-3.

Senior Kyndell Warren (Lenoir, N.C.) ripped a single to right field that provided the eventual 10-3 final.

Falcon pitching was stellar in game one, with Lyall earning the win in relief to improve to 13-8 on the season. Starting pitcher Kali Morton (Mooresville, N.C.) allowed just two hits and struck out three Pride batters while Lyall stuck out a pair of batters, allowing three runs on five hits.

Game 2
Playing as the visiting team in game two, Pfeiffer jumped on Greensboro 3-0 in the third inning.  Sophomore Gracie Griffin hit a two-run double down the left field line to put the Falcins up 2-0.  Caiti Mickles followed with a sacrifice bunt that scored Chopko from third.

Two more Falcon runs crossed in the fourth when Charly Cooper and Kyndell Warren collected RBI with Cooper's coming on a fielder's choice and Warren delivering a single through the left side of the Pride infield to push the lead to 5-0.

Pfeiffer would go up 6-0 in the sixth inning when Lyall and Cooper executed a double steal, with Cooper scoring.

Falcon pitcher Kali Morton was masterful in game two, tossing a complete game allowing just three hits while striking out seven Pride batters.  The win improves Morton to 19-3 on the season.

Up Next
With Pfeiffer claiming their first USA South Championship, they have earned the automatic bid into the NCAA Division III Softball Tournament.  NCAA Regional pairings will be announced on Monday, May 15 and 1:00 p.m. via a livestream at NCAA.com

All-Tournament Team
1B – Alexis Sox – Greensboro
2B – M'Kenzie Davis – Greensboro
SS – Kyndell Warren – Pfeiffer
3B – Kailey Walker – Greensboro
C – Emma Chopko – Pfeiffer (MVP)
UTIL/DP – Kassie Simmons – Greensboro
OF – Kenzi Lyall – Pfeiffer
OF – Alyssa Broaddus – Pfeiffer
OF – Megan McAnany – William Peace
P – Kali Morton – Pfeiffer
P – Lauren Engel – Greensboro
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