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Helberg, Emanuel Lead Cougars Past Drexel in Opener
3/30/2019 3:18:00 PM | Softball
Philadelphia, Pa. – Jenna Helberg hit her first career home run and combined with Lexee Emanuel to drive in eight runs to power the College of Charleston to an 11-2 win over Drexel in the opening game of a Colonial Athletic Association series at Drexel.
The Dragons (16-11-1, 4-1 CAA) then rallied from an early 3-0 deficit for a 5-3 victory in the nightcap. The rubber game will be played on Sunday at noon.
Both teams scored twice in their first at bat in the opener before the Cougars (17-17, 2-3 CAA) exploded for six in the second. With the bases loaded and one out, Yari Felix hit a grounder to third and the throw home was high, allowing two runs to score.
Emanuel was intentionally walked to reload the bases, and Helberg spoiled the strategy when she drove a shot over the fence in left for a grand slam to push the lead to 8-2. The home run extended a two-game stretch for Helberg in which she also doubled and tripled and knocked in eight runs.
A double by Emanuel and RBI single by Gracyn Thrasher made it 9-2 in the fourth, and Emanuel finished a 3-for-3 game with a two-run base hit in the fifth that invoked the eight-run rule. Izzy Berouty was the beneficiary of the offensive explosion, limiting the hard-hitting Dragons to only three hits while fanning three.
The Cougars scored single runs in each of the first three innings of the second game including a solo homer by Kelly Sinclair in the second. Drayton Siegling blanked Drexel until the fourth when she issued a bases loaded walk followed by a two-run single by Linda Rush that tied the game.
Sarah Clinton put the Dragons in front for the first time in the doubleheader with a two-out, two-run homer in the sixth. Haley Hulitt, who homered in the first game, entered in relief in the seventh and retired Madi Brown on a grounder to second after the Cougars loaded the bases with two outs.
The Dragons (16-11-1, 4-1 CAA) then rallied from an early 3-0 deficit for a 5-3 victory in the nightcap. The rubber game will be played on Sunday at noon.
Both teams scored twice in their first at bat in the opener before the Cougars (17-17, 2-3 CAA) exploded for six in the second. With the bases loaded and one out, Yari Felix hit a grounder to third and the throw home was high, allowing two runs to score.
Emanuel was intentionally walked to reload the bases, and Helberg spoiled the strategy when she drove a shot over the fence in left for a grand slam to push the lead to 8-2. The home run extended a two-game stretch for Helberg in which she also doubled and tripled and knocked in eight runs.
A double by Emanuel and RBI single by Gracyn Thrasher made it 9-2 in the fourth, and Emanuel finished a 3-for-3 game with a two-run base hit in the fifth that invoked the eight-run rule. Izzy Berouty was the beneficiary of the offensive explosion, limiting the hard-hitting Dragons to only three hits while fanning three.
The Cougars scored single runs in each of the first three innings of the second game including a solo homer by Kelly Sinclair in the second. Drayton Siegling blanked Drexel until the fourth when she issued a bases loaded walk followed by a two-run single by Linda Rush that tied the game.
Sarah Clinton put the Dragons in front for the first time in the doubleheader with a two-out, two-run homer in the sixth. Haley Hulitt, who homered in the first game, entered in relief in the seventh and retired Madi Brown on a grounder to second after the Cougars loaded the bases with two outs.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Berouty, Izzy (5-8)
L: Daly, Brooklyn (9-2)
Batting:
2B: Emanuel, Lexee 1 ; Sinclair, Kelly 1
HR: Helberg, Jenna 1
RBI: Emanuel, Lexee 3 ; Helberg, Jenna 5 ; Thrasher, Gracyn 1
SH: Brown, Madi 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dominguez, Noel 2 ; Felix, Yari 2 ; Brown, Madi 1 ; Emanuel, Lexee 2 ; Helberg, Jenna 1 ; Thrasher, Gracyn 1 ; Inman, Dexlie 1 ; Sinclair, Kelly 1
Batting:
HR: Hulitt, Haley 1
RBI: Hulitt, Haley 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Rush, Linda 1 ; Hulitt, Haley 1
Game Leaders
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AB
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RBI
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