Middle Tennesee State University Athletics
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Raider Softball Keeps Rolling in Fall Season
9/26/2017 9:47:00 PM | Softball
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The Middle Tennessee softball team came away with two big wins in the last three days of their fall season. The Raiders bested Cleveland State 9-0 on Sunday and followed by defeating Cumberland 14-3 on Tuesday night.
Against Cumberland, Middle recorded 19 hits to just three strikeouts in the 10-inning contest. The Raiders had four extra base hits including two triples.
On defense the Raiders pulled a double play in the fifth inning of action as Amber Baldwin tossed it to Jocelynn DeLaCruz at third who went across the diamond to Lexi Cushing at first.
In the circle, Gretchen Greer, Baldwin and Cori Jennings combined for the win. The trio recorded eight strikeouts. Greer also gave up no hits in her four innings of work.
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"We are at the midway point of our fall season; I think we're playing great defense and we're playing better than we've ever played before. I think that our pitchers are doing a good job and we're pitching ahead in the count. We're playing great defense and our hitters are doing good things at the plate. I'm very pleased. Our kids come to the park every day with a good work ethic and they believe they are going to do good things and they are." – Head Coach Jeff Breeden on his thoughts on the team's performance in the fall season thus far
"I like that we are scoring a lot of runs in these past two games. There is a few things we need to clean up, like we aren't very good baserunners right now and our pitch selection has not been the greatest in the world right now. But, it's the fall so we'll continue to do what we're doing. Overall, I am just really pleased with our pitching and very pleased with our defense right now." – Head Coach Jeff Breeden on his thoughts on the team's last two games
WHAT'S NEXT?
MT will return to the field on Saturday, Sept. 30 for another 10-inning contest. The Raiders will host Trevecca at noon. Then on Sunday, Oct. 1 they will host Columbia State at 2 p.m.
