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Greene v RMU
3
Winner Presbyterian PC 7-3
1
Akron AKR 4-8
Winner
Presbyterian PC
7-3
3
Final
1
Akron AKR
4-8
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Presbyterian PC 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 0
Akron AKR 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3

W: Greene, Jenna (6-0) L: SMITH, Adrian (2-5)

Game Recap: Softball | | Rob Low

Greene, Long Balls Carry PC Past Akron

MACON, Ga. – The Presbyterian College softball team hit a trio of home runs to back a complete game effort from freshman Jenna Greene and knocked off Akron 3-1 on Friday night in its opening game at the Black & Orange Challenge.
 
FINAL SCORE: Presbyterian 3, Akron 1
LOCATION: Sikes Field (Macon, Ga.)
RECORDS: Presbyterian (7-3) | Akron (4-8)
WP: Jenna Greene (6-0) | LP: Adrian Smith (2-5)
 
NOTABLES
- Greene tossed her sixth consecutive complete game for PC, limiting the Zips to three hits while fanning 12. Her 12 strikeouts tied for the second-most in a single-game in the school's DI era. The freshman recorded a single-game record 18 in her most recent start prior to Friday, on Feb. 16 against Butler.
- Presbyterian is now 6-0 this season with Greene as the team's starting pitcher.
- The 12 strikeouts also tied for the second-most the Blue Hose have had as a staff in a single-game in the DI era.
- All three of Presbyterian's hits were home runs, with Kiley Kross, Layna Johnson and Lath Freeman all going deep. The three homers were one shy of the team's single-game DI record of four, which has been done three times, most recently against Albany on Feb. 27, 2016.
- Kross extended her on-base streak to 11 in a row, dating back to the end of the 2019 season. She is the only Blue Hose to have reached safely in all 10 games this season.
- Freeman's long ball was the first of her collegiate career.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Kross launched her third home run of the year, a solo shot, in the top of the first to give PC the early edge.
- The Zips answered with a long ball of their own in the bottom of the frame to even the score at 1-1.
- Following Akron's home run, Greene struck out the next seven batters she faced. She ran into trouble in the fourth, but ended the threat with a strikeout to leave two runners on base.
- The game remained even until the fifth, when Johnson led off with her second home run of the season. Freeman followed with her solo shot in the sixth inning.
- The Zips put two on in the bottom of the sixth, but again Greene turned them away.
 
UP NEXT
The Blue Hose continue play at the Black & Orange Challenge as they square off with Bryant on Saturday at 10 am.
 
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