SOFTBALL FALLS TO CHARLOTTE IN FINAL GAME OF REGULAR SEASON

CHARLOTTE, NC -   The Temple softball team fell to Charlotte, 5-3, Saturday afternoon in the completion of a game halted due to weather Friday.  With the loss, the Owls fall to 22-23 overall, and 12-6 in conference play.  Temple needs a Rhode Island win over St, Bonaventure or a George Washngton sweep of Fordham Sunday in order to qualify for next week's Atlantic 10 Tournament to be held at Ambler Field starting on May 11.

When the game was halted in the third inning Temple led 1-0 as senior Lauren Evans, making her final regular season appearance, doubled and scored on an error by Charlotte pitcher Christy Murray.

The 49ers exploded in the fourth inning, scoring four runs. Rightfielder Kristy Kilough started Charlotte's off with a double to left center. A single to right field courtesy of Emily Forbes sent Kilough home with the tying run.  Shortstop Cee Brooks singled, advancing Forbes to second. Another single by Sarah Malane sent Forbes to third. Forbes scored the go-ahead run on a RBI groundout by Kaycie Jones. Karianne Huffstetler drove in the final two runs of the inning on an RBI single.

The Cherry and White responded with a run in the fifth. Sophomore Brittany Burks doubled to right field and scored on a sacrifice by pitcher Ashleigh Porter. The 49ers answered back with another run in the sixth.

The Owls got back on the board in the seventh when Burks blasted the ball over the left field fence for a homer, but that was all the Cherry and White could muster.

Temple must now wait for the results of the final day of A-10 play to see if it will play again this season.

Temple University Athletics

SOFTBALL FALLS TO CHARLOTTE IN FINAL GAME OF REGULAR SEASON

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