BC splits first-day games at CC softball tourney

DUNCAN, S.C. — Senior pitcher Miranda Holmes notched her 20th win of the season as Barton College opened the NCAA Division II Conference Carolinas softball tournament Thursday, April 25, with a 5-0 defeat of King University before the Bulldogs dropped a 9-3 decision to top-seeded Francis Marion later in the day.

Barton, the No. 9 seed, will take a 25-23 record into Friday’s elimination game against No. 11 Belmont Abbey at Tyger River Park.
Holmes, a first-team All-Conference Carolinas selection with junior teammate Gracelynn Massey, fired her 10th shutout of the season as she gave up just two hits and struck out 15 King batters.

Junior second baseman Mary Lindsey Harris drove in two runs and outfielder Makenzie Cyzick tripled in a run for Barton against the No. 8 Tornado.

Massey smacked her team-best 13 home run of the year in the second game but Makayla Cuthbertson and Kate Smith both homered for the Patriots in their fifth victory over Barton in 2024.

Alyssa Poston got the win for FMU while freshman Kerrigan Wonder took the loss for the Bulldogs.

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