Bridgewater Drops Emory & Henry, 7-1
Faces Lynchburg for ODAC Crown
April 21, 2007  -  Box Score

SALEM, Va. --- Bridgewater College (36-5) made up for its early Saturday mishap with its second victory of the tournament over Emory & Henry College (23-21), defeating the Wasps 7-1 in the 2007 Old Dominion Athletic Conference Softball Championship.  The Eagles will square off with Lynchburg College (32-10) in Sunday’s league title game at 1:00 p.m. at the James I. Moyer Sports Complex in Salem, Virginia.

Emory & Henry got on the board in the top half of the first thanks to a Bridgewater fielding error.  Jamie Roy opened the game with a single back up the box, and came home a batters later on a miscue at first base by the Eagles.

Bridgewater jumped right back with three in the bottom of the frame, beginning with Kate Reitz doubling and coming around on a single by Lindsay Ware.  Kaitlyn Bowman walked, moving Ware to second and allowing Laura Barry to drive her in with a single to left-center for a 2-1 advantage.  One batter later, Bowman motored home from second on a single by Caity Butler.

Bowman hit the first of two Bridgewater homers in the bottom of the third inning, crashing one to deep left-center field to extend the Eagles’ lead to 4-1. 

Things unraveled a bit for the Wasps in the fourth inning as three errors led to just as many runs for the Eagles.  Hall, who singled to third and advanced all the way to third on a throwing error, jogged in followed a mistake at second base that put Reitz on the base paths.  The third error, this time by the shortstop, put Ware on first with Retiz moving all the way to third base.  Bowman walked to load the bases, and Barry followed with another free pass to force in the inning’s second run.

Barry accounted for the final run of the game, hitting her sixth homer of the season.