#MustangsSweep! CBC Opens AMC Play With Sweep of William Woods

Erik Holth, CBC Sports Information Director

            Columbia, Mo. – Playing an American Midwest Conference opponent for the first time this season, Central Baptist College softball took on the Owls of William Woods University this afternoon at Battle High School. CBC (12-12, 2-0 AMC) got timely hitting and dominant pitching, holding WWU (16-12, 6-2 AMC) to just seven hits and three runs in a sweep, winning by scores of 5-2 and 1-0.

            Hannah Work and Averie Ayers were the only pitchers used in each contest. Work scattered four hits and two runs with four strikeouts to earn her second win of the season while Ayers held WWU to just three hits and struck out six in her second consecutive shutout and her sixth victory of the season.

GAME ONE – CBC 5, WWU 2

            William Woods got on the board quickly in the first inning on a two-run home run to lead 2-0. CBC would not push a run across until the fourth, when Lauren Anderson tripled with two outs to chase home Savannah Sanford and make it 2-1. The Mustangs would finally take the lead in the sixth, scoring four runs in the inning. Katie Smith led off the inning with a single and would score on the next play when Maggi Huddleston bunted, reached on an error by the pitcher, and would then score on the same play when the right field made a wild throw retrieving the first error, giving CBC a 3-2. Following a single by Heather Hoffman, Savannah Sanford blasted her third home run of the season to make it 5-2 and allow Work to dominate Woods in the last two innings, as she retired the final six batters she faced to preserve the win.

GAME TWO – CBC 1, WWU 0

            A pitcher's dual broke out in game two between Ayers and WWU starter Kalee Wall. Neither team broke through until the third inning, when Hoffman drove in a run on a fielder's choice for the only score of the game. Ayers only allowed one base runner to get past second base, with two outs in the fifth, but buckled down over the final two innings to secure her second straight shutout win.

UP NEXT

            The Mustangs are off until Tuesday when they will head to Batesville for an AMC doubleheader against Lyon. First pitch from House Field in Batesville is slated for 2 p.m.