Tournament Central

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Birmingham-Southern softball team pulled out the 2-0 win over Hendrix College Friday afternoon to advance to the semifinals of the 2018 Southern Athletic Association tournament.  BSC (28-13) will now face No. 5 Berry College at noon ET on Saturday for a chance to play for the title.

Haley Crumpton (Alabaster, Ala./Thompson HS) pitched a complete game shutout.  She struck out 10 and walked zero of the 26 batters she faced to improve to 23-5 on the year.  Jojo Johnston (Chelsea, Ala./University of Mobile) led the team offensively, hitting two triples, scoring a run, and knocking in the game winner.

The game was tied at zero until the bottom of the fifth inning.  With two outs on the board, Abby Spencer (Auburn, Ala./Auburn HS) walked on four straight pitches.  She scored the first run of the game when Johnston chipped a triple over the right fielders head.  A bloop hit to shallow left by Crumpton would score Johnston and give BSC the 2-0 lead.  Hendrix got out of the inning on the next batter but the damage was done.  The Panthers retired the next six batters to earn the win.

BSC is 3-4 all-time against Berry in the tournament.  They lost their last postseason meeting with the Vikings 9-3 in the quarterfinals of 2017.

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