The Guilford College softball team faced Mary Baldwin in a non-conference doubleheader. The Quakers fell in game one, 5-3, before walking it off in game two, 9-8.

Game 1: Mary Baldwin 5, Guilford 3

Mary Baldwin scored the first run of the game with a RBI double. The visitors held that and added to it in the second. Errors plagued Guilford in the first two innings with four combined errors as three runs scored, all unearned.

In the fourth, the Fighting Squirrels added two more runs on two hits and an error to lead 5-0. The next runs in the game came in the bottom of the fifth.

The Quakers' first run came across the plate when Kassidy Lancos reached on a fielder's choice to bring home Ally Morales. The next at-bat, Caitlyn Ray doubled to left center as Kylee Duarte came across home.

Nikki Tuttle followed with a sacrifice fly to left as Lancos tagged up and scored. The inning ended but Guilford cut the deficit to two, 5-3.

Unfortunately, the scoring halted there as Mary Baldwin took game one.

Lancos was 3-4 from the plate with a run and a RBI. Shiloh Gray pitched all seven innings, giving up five runs (all unearned) on seven hits and four strikeouts.

Game 2: Guilford 9, Mary Baldwin 8

Similar to game one, the Fighting Squirrels got on the board first with a bases clearing triple to take a 2-0 lead.

Guilford answered as Abbie Hill tripled to right field to bring home Alli Clemens. Hill scored as the first baseman committed an error that allowed Casey Bunting.

Tied at two, MBU looked to recapture the lead. With the bases loaded and two outs, the visitors cleared the bases with a double down the left field line to jump ahead 5-2. The Fighting Squirrels also added runs in third and fifth to extend their lead to six (8-2).

In the bottom of the sixth, the Quakers used a mix of hits and aggressive base running to work their way back into the game. Ray drove in two runs with a double to right field. Hill plated another run with a single up the middle.


With the bases loaded, Alexis Lester drew a walk to cut the deficit to two (8-6). Katey Griswold scored on a wild pitch before Ally Morales was walked. Tuttle was then hit by a pitch to even the score at eight.

In the top of the seventh, Lester came into pitch and only gave up a single before getting the final out and giving her team a chance to walk it off.

With one out, Ray reached on a throwing error and moved to second. Alli Clemens singled up the middle to advance Ray to third. Hill followed with a single of her own to score Ray and win the game, 9-8.

Hill collected five hits, driving in three runs and scoring twice including the game-winning hit.

Guilford will travel to Southern Virginia on Saturday, March 12 for a doubleheader. Game one is set to begin at 1:00 p.m.