CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College softball team (0-2) dropped a pair of games on the first day of the Blue Hose Invitational on Friday, falling 2-0 to Tennessee Tech (2-0) and 7-3 to Northern Kentucky (1-1).
 
NOTABLES

• Jillian Hewes and Jersey Silver paced the Blue Hose with two hits for the day.
• Lath Freeman and Jaiden Tweed also recorded hits.
• In game one against Tennessee Tech, Jenna Greene tossed a complete game with eight strikeouts and only one walk. She allowed two unearned runs.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED IN GAME ONE AGAINST TENNESSEE TECH
A Presbyterian error allowed a runner to reach base in the sixth inning. Then Tennessee Tech connected on a two-run home run over the leftfield wall with two outs in the inning for the game's only two runs.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED IN GAME TWO AGAINST NORTHERN KENTUCKY
Northern Kentucky scored the game's first run on a solo home run over the leftfield wall in the first inning.
The Blue Hose answered with three runs on three hits in the bottom of the first. Silver led off the inning with a single to leftfield. She stole second. Then Kaitlyn Tucker reached base on a walk. Silver and Tucker each advanced a base on a double steal. Freeman connected on a single to leftfield scoring Silver. With the bases loaded, Tweed singled to centerfield scoring Tucker with the second run of the inning. Morgan Hess's sacrifice fly to leftfield scored Freeman with the inning's third run.
Northern Kentucky cut Presbyterian's lead in half with a run in the fifth inning.
In the sixth inning, Northern Kentucky scored five runs on six hits to conclude the game's scoring.
 
NEXT GAME
Presbyterian plays Northern Kentucky and South Carolina State on the final day of the Blue Hose Invitational this Sunday, February 13 at the PC Softball Complex.