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Austin Peay softball earned a 6-3 victory against Bellarmine, March 30, to secure its first Atlantic Sun Conference series win of the season against Bellarmine.
Alex Allard, APSU Athletics
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Bellarmine BELL 12-19, 4-5 SUN
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Winner Austin Peay APSU 17-17, 3-6 SUN
Bellarmine BELL
12-19, 4-5 SUN
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Final
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Austin Peay APSU
17-17, 3-6 SUN
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Bellarmine BELL 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 9 2
Austin Peay APSU 3 0 0 0 3 0 X 6 9 1

W: Miener, Samantha (5-7) L: Carson Goatley (1-5)

Game Recap: Softball | | Chris Austin, APSU Athletics Communications

Govs down Knights 6-3 to take rubber game of ASUN series

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Austin Peay State University's softball team scored three fifth inning runs versus Bellarmine, Saturday afternoon at Cathi Maynard Park, to break open a tie game and pull away with a 6-3 victory to take the Atlantic Sun Conference series two games to one.

Tied 3-3 in the bottom of the fifth, Austin Peay (17-17; 3-6 ASUN) got its leadoff batter on when Macee Roberts drew a walk.

Jaya Herring was brought in to pinch run and was moved into scoring position at second base on a sacrifice bunt by Kendyl Weinzapfel.

After moving to third on a deep fly ball off the bat of Mea Clark, Herring scored on an error by Bellarmine (12-19; 4-5 ASUN) when Skylar Sheridan dropped down a bunt, but the throw to first was dropped, giving the Govs a 4-3 lead.

But the Govs weren't through, as Kiley Hinton hammered the first pitch she saw deep over the left field fence for her first collegiate home run, also driving in Sheridan, and giving the Govs a 6-3 lead.

Those three runs would be more than enough for Samantha Miener (5-7) as she closed out the game with three shutout innings of relief, giving up just two hits.

Austin Peay would jump our early on the Knights, scoring three times in the top of the first inning, with Morgan Zuege, Kylie Campbell and Brie Howard opening the inning with back-to-back-to-back singles, with Howard's driving in Zuege.

Roberts would score Campbell with a sacrifice fly, for the Govs second run of the inning, while the final run of the inning came a batter later, with Weinzapfel driving in Howard with a single and a 3-0 lead.

The Knights would battle back and cut the lead to 3-2 with two runs in the second inning and then tie the game 3-3 in the third with what turned out to be their final run of the game.

Between the Lines

  • Brie Howard's first-inning single extended her string of games reaching base to 19 straight, the fifth-longest by a APSU softball player since the 2000 season.
  • Austin Peay is now 13-9 all-time versus Bellarmine.
  • The two RBIs by Kiley Hinton were a career single-game high.
  • Skylar Sheridan, in her first career start in right field, made a diving catch of a sinking line drive in the top of the fourth inning to save a possible go-ahead run for Bellarmine.
  • Govs turned the game's only double play.

Up Next

Austin Peay steps out of conference play when it returns to action next Wednesday, as they travel east to play the Chattanooga Mocs.

Govs Online

For up-to-date news and information on Austin Peay softball, go to LetsGoPeay.com or follow along on X (formally Twitter) and Instagram (@GovsSB), or on Facebook. Live stats will be available during all home games at PeayStats.com. In addition, all Austin Peay home games will be broadcast on ESPN+ this season, visit the softball schedule at LetsGoPeay.com for a complete broadcast schedule.

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