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BRYAN JOHNSTON Staff Writer
"Hopefully we can put these (games)
behind us, and (the team) will realize
that one weekend doesn't make or
break an entire season."
Those were the words of a dejected
coach Joyce Compton after her Lady
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in 113.1 innings, Johnson (W 14-4)
struck out 10 batters in four innings.
She did not allow a single hit or run
while on the mound.
The Lady Gamecocks jumped on
the Chanticleers early. In the first
inning, Pietro singled to start a twoout
rally. All-American catcher Tina
Plew then drove her in with a double
off the center field fence. Plew then
scored on a fielding error by CCU to
make it 2-0.
After Johnson struck out the side
in the top of the second, USC scored
five unearned runs. Johnson walked
and scored after Coastal catcher Leslie
Steele's snap-throw to first sailed into
right field.
Chanda Lee then reached first with
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and 7-2.
With a double-header against
Coastal Carolina Tuesday, USC would
have the opportunity Compton was
looking for to get back on the winning
track.
Behind solid pitching from Trinity
Johnson and Sky Brown and the
consistent hitting from center fielder
Kim Pietro, the Lady Gamecocks
defeated the Chanticleers 10-0 in five
innings and 7-2.
"I thought we did a nice job of
making some adjustments," said a
much happier Compton after Tuesday's
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Pietro, who went 3-5 in the two
games, said, "These games were pretty
important for us to be able to come
back.
"We came out a lot stronger and a
lot more ready to go. Our team really
pulled together and we seemed a lot
more consistent out here."
In the first game, All-American
Trinity Johnson once again dominated.
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a perfectly placed bunt She advanced
to third on April Fair's single and
scored on a wild pitch. Farr, Pietro
and Plew each then crossed the plate
to make it 7-0.
In the fourth, Brown reached on a
fielder's choice, moved to second on
Dammer's single and was driven in
on Beth Collett's single to right field.
Nikki Beers then drove in both
Dammer and Collett with a double to
right field to make it 10-0. Beers came
in and pitched a scoreless fifth inning
to end the game.
In the second game, USC continued
to hit the ball well as the Lady
Gamecocks won 7-2. Beers started
where she left off in the first game by
pitching two hitless innings.
In the bottom of the first, Lee led
off with a bunt single and was able to
score when the Chanticleer catcher
Steele rifled the ball past first base.
In the third inning, Coastal Carolina
scored their first run of the day after
Amanda Wischowski walked and
worked her way to third after two
singles. She was driven in by Cari
Rowe's two-out single to right field.
In the bottom of the third, Beers
tripled to right-center and scored on
a wild pitch. The Lady Gamecocks
then put two runs across in the fourth.
In the fifth inning, Farr led off with
a single to left and was driven in by
Pietro's triple to center field. Plow's
single drove in Pietro and Plew scored
on a CCU error.
The two wins Tuesday helped to
partially ease the pain from Sunday's
games. USC (28-7) and USL were
ranked No. 1 and two respectively in
the South Region.
USL's pitching staff shut down the
Lady Gamecocks and USC's pitching
struffrfed as USL took two eames from
South Carolina.
In game one, USL pitcher Cheryl
Longeway pitched a one-hitter. The
Lady Cajuns scored the only two runs
of the game in the fifth inning on a
two-run homerun by Lynne Britton.
In the second game, USL scored
four runs in the second inning, two in
the third and one fourth as they
defeated the Lady Gamecocks 7-2.
So what was the difference between
Sunday's and Tuesday's games?
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"I think we came ready to play
today," Compton said.
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