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May 16, 2005


Ferrum Competes at NCAA Softball Regional
Panthers Take First Game from Mary Baldwin, Then Fall to Salisbury & Moravian

SALISBURY, MD -- The Ferrum College softball team competed at the 2005 NCAA Division Salisbury Regional May 13-14, winning one game and dropping a pair.

The Panthers opened the tournament May 13 as the #4 seed, and dispatched #5 Mary Baldwin College 6-1.  Senior Stacy Porter (Radford, Va./Radford) went 2-4 with a double and two RBI.  Freshman Mary Greenway (Roanoke, Va./Cave Spring) went 2-4 with two runs and two stolen bases.  Porter scattered four hits over seven innings to get the complete-game win, striking out three and walking three.

Later that day, Ferrum faced #1 Salisbury University and lost a tough 1-0 game.  Sophomore Kim Cox (Gladys, Va./William Campbell) pitched a complete seven-inning game.  She allowed just five hits, struck out two, and walked two.  Ferrum was held to just two hits in the game.

On May 14, Ferrum faced #2 Moravian College, and was eliminated with a 6-3 loss.  Greenway, senior Wendy Hunt (Madison Heights, Va./Amherst County) and junior Jenny Perdue (Glade Hill, Va./Franklin County) each had a pair of hits for the Panthers.  Perdue had a two-run home run in the third inning, while Hunt had a double in the fifth inning.

Ferrum's Game at Salisbury Regional
Ferrum 6, Mary Baldwin 1  ...  Salisbury 1, Ferrum 0  ...  Moravian 6, Ferrum 3

Greenway and Perdue were both named to the All-Tournament Team.  Greenway closed out the season 50-51 in stolen bases.  Ferrum closed out its season at 26-15.  Host Salisbury won the regional and will play for the national championship May 20-24 in Raleigh, North Carolina.  For more information, please contact the Ferrum College Sports Information Office at (540) 365-4306.
 

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