Game One | Game Two
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. – At day two of the Gardner-Webb Tournament the Panthers split, beating Mount St. Mary's 3-2 and losing to Gardner-Webb 0-6.
The Panthers are now 6-5 on the season heading into the last day of the tournament. Eastern will face Northern Kentucky for the second-time Sunday (Feb. 23) at 10 a.m.
Game 1
In the first game Eastern Illinois struck first with a Megan Burton two-run homer as Jade Montgomery was already on base. Mount St. Mary's matched Burtons home run with a single RBI in the third and fifth inning making it 2-2.
The Panthers were able to get the bats going again as Amber Cieplinski hits Burton across the plate for the Panther win in the seventh inning.
The Panthers were led by Megan Burton and Jade Montgomery at the plate with two hits each. Taylor Florea pitched five innings with one strikeout and Montgomery pitched two innings with four strikeouts.
Game 2
In the second game, the Panthers were not able to get the bats going as Mia Davis and Megan Burton were the only Panthers to get hits. Gardner-Webb got off to a fast start as Andrea Lyon had an RBI double and Brooke Perry had a two-run homer in the first inning.
In the sixth inning, GWU got two more runs to win the second meeting between the two teams 6-0.
The Panthers were led by Davis and Burton at the plate with one hit each. Montgomery pitched five innings with four strike outs and Hannah Cravens pitched one inning striking out all three batters.
