Haley Stevenson LSu
Misty Leigh McElroy
Haley Stevenson added two more hits to increase her batting average to .667
3
Nicholls NICH 5-2
4
Winner Murray State MUR 4-2
Nicholls NICH
5-2
3
Final
4
Murray State MUR
4-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Nicholls NICH 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
Murray State MUR 3 0 0 1 0 0 X 4 7 4

W: ROBINSON (3-0) L: Haydel, Hannah (2-1) S: GASKEY (1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Colonels Come up Short against Murray State, 4-3

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – An RBI groundout in the fourth inning by Murray State proved to be the game-winning run as the Nicholls State University softball team saw its four-game winning streak come to an end with a 4-3 loss on Friday in the Samford Softball Classic.
 
Nicholls (5-2) will look to rebound from its loss with two games on Saturday. The Colonels take on host Samford at 2:30 p.m. before playing Gardner-Webb at 5 p.m.
 
While the Colonels were held to just three hits against Murray State (4-2), sophomore Haley Stevenson continued her hitting terror as she finished 2-for-2 at the plate with a double and a RBI. Through seven games this season, Stevenson is 12-of-18 at the plate for a .667 batting average. Danielle Phillips was credited with the other hit, getting a RBI single in the top of the second inning which tied the game at 3-3.
 
Nicholls took a 2-0 lead in the first after drawing five walks. With two outs, Jessica Taylor and Stevenson each earned free passes with the bases loaded to record an RBI each. The lead was short-lived however as the Racers jumped on Hannah Haydel (2-1) in the bottom of the frame. Jessica Twaddle put MSU on the board with a RBI single to center and the next batter, Maggie Glass, homered to left for a 3-2 lead.
 
More errant pitching by Mason Robinson (3-0) helped set up Phillips' game-tying hit in the second. Haley Parkerson drew a leadoff walk, stole second and after a pair of strikeouts, moved to third on a passed ball. After Phillips tied the game, Kayla Prater was walked, but Robinson retired Alexis Huss to get out of the inning.
 
With the game knotted at 3-all in the bottom of the fourth, back-to-back leadoff singles by Murray State made way for an RBI groundout by Cayla Levins. It would be the last hits that Haydel surrendered on the night as she went the distance, giving up four earned runs on seven hits in six innings.
 
The Colonels managed to put runners in scoring position in the last two innings, but could not push the tying run across the plate. In the sixth, Stevenson led off with a double, but the Racers turned their second double play of the game to end the inning. In the top of the seventh, Nicholls put two on after back-to-back errors; however, CheyAnne Gaskey got Huss to pop out in the infield to earn the save.