SPARTANBURG, South Carolina — The University of Maryland Eastern Shore softball team fell to the University of Massachusetts and the University of South Carolina-Upstate on Friday (Feb. 14) in day one of the Spartan Classic Tournament.
UMass won 11-0 and USC-Upstate won 8-0. Even with the tough scores that went against the Hawks, head coach Karla Powell still saw things that she was proud of.
"These games were a great improvement for us as I saw us put the ball in play at the plate and the pitchers worked well at getting ahead in the count," Powell said. "We had a much better pitching performance today by being able to get the ball in play; however, we did make too many mistakes in the field and that hurt us."
Sophomore Kaylyn Sterling (Half Moon Bay, California) and junior Jordan Robinson (Gaithersburg, Maryland) each got a hit in the team's game against UMass. Junior Nasya Goodman (Willingboro, New Jersey) pitched a complete game versus USC-Upstate and tossed five strikeouts.
The Shore will be back in action tomorrow (Feb. 15) against the University of Buffalo at 11 a.m. in day two of the Spartan Classic.
For more information on Eastern Shore Athletics visit http://www.easternshorehawks.com/.