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| Lady Rattlers are one game away from their 10th MEAC Softball Championship Courtesy: Florida A&M Sports Information |
FAMU (23-27), which managed to score just two runs in two 1-0 victories in Thursday’s opening rounds, struck early against Bethune-Cookman (24-30), plating three runs in the first inning, on one hit, aided by two Wildcat defensive errors.
Alyssa Weaver, who reached on a leadoff single, advanced on an error and a passed ball, before scoring on a wild pitch for a 1-0 lead. Amber Fullwood, whose fielder’s choice grounder resulted in the first Cookman fielding error at second, along with Kieffi Myrick, who reached on a two out walk, both later scored on a throwing error by B-CU shortstop Sophia Ortega, for a 3-0 lead.
That was enough for freshman pitcher Kenya Pereira (8-8), who turned in her third complete game performance in the circle in two days, allowing one unearned run on three hits, with three strikeouts and three walks.
For the tournament, the Kissimmee, Florida native has pitched 21 innings, allowing just one unearned run on 10 hits, with 11 strikeouts against just four walks in compiling a 3-0 record.
In the top of the fifth, Myrick, who finished with a team-high two hits, lashed a two-run single, scoring Fullwood and pinch hitter Amanda Weaver, to extend the FAMU lead to 5-0.
The Wildcats scored their only run of the game in the bottom of the fifth with two outs, when a FAMU fielding error by second baseman Alyssa Weaver allowed Wanda Darby to score for a 5-1 count.
WHAT’S NEXT: FAMU advances to Saturday’s 1:00 p.m. title game
against the winner of the Bethune-Cookman –Delaware State game that was to be played at 6 p.m.
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