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Sammie Shelander home run celebration
Alex Allard, APSU Athletics
0
Bellarmine BELL 4-23, 0-10 ASUN
8
Winner Austin Peay APSU 29-6, ASUN
Bellarmine BELL
4-23, 0-10 ASUN
0
Final
8
Austin Peay APSU
29-6, ASUN
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Bellarmine BELL 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
Austin Peay APSU 4 0 0 2 2 8 10 0

W: Miener, Samantha (10-2) L: Lehmkuhler (2-10)

Game Recap: Softball | | Alex Allard, Assistant Director of Athletics Communications

Govs Cruise Past Knights in Series Opener

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Led by Samantha Miener's second shutout of the season and a  stellar plate performance by Sammie Sheladner, Austin Peay State University's softball team opened its Atlantic Sun Conference series against Bellarmine with an 8-0 victory, Friday, at Middle Tennessee's Blue Raider Softball Field.

The scoring came early and often for Austin Peay (29-6, 7-3 ASUN) who is now just one win away from the fifth 30-win season in program history. The Governors scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning after Miener and company retired Bellarmine (4-23, 0-10 ASUN) in order to begin the contest.

Kylie Campbell and Macee Roberts both tallied one-out singles in the bottom of the opening frame, with a Sammie Shelander double down the left field line driving in Campbell for the day's first run and advancing Robert to third. Leski then swapped places with Shelander to drive in a pair of scores. Brie Howard then hit a double to center field to bring in APSU's fourth and final run of the frame.

After a scoreless second and third inning, the Governors extended their lead with Skylar Sheridan tucking a ball over the left field wall for her second home run of the season – and in a week's span – to drive in Kayleigh Roper, who reached on a two-out single, and herself on the play. 

In the bottom of the fifth, Macee Roberts led the inning off with a double, before Shelander homered for the third time this season to bring up the run-rule victory. 

Up Next

The Governors conclude the series against the Knights with a 1 p.m. doubleheader tomorrow afternoon at the Blue Raider Softball Field.  

Box Score Bullets

  • Austin Peay improved to 29-6 on the season, which now stands alone as the fifth-most in program history. Head coach Kassie Stanfill also now has three of the top five winningest seasons in program history during her seven-year career at the helm of Governors softball.
  • The Governors shutout marked its seventh of the season and third against Bellarmine in four games. 
  • Samantha Miener now has a team-best 10 wins this season, tied for the 23rd-most by a pitcher in a single season in program history.
  • Samantha Miener's 26-career wins also are 12th all-time, as she surpasses former teammate Harley Mullins (2020-22). 
  • Sammie Shelander led the Governors and tied her career-high with three hits, her second three-hit performance of the season and fifth of her career.
  • Sammie Shelander's three RBI are tied for her second-most of the season.

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