CLEVELAND, Tenn. – Nat Toups walked in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning to snap the ten-game losing streak for the Lee University softball team. With the bases loaded, Toups walked in Alyson Jarvi to give the Lady Flames a 4-3 win over the #4 Auburn University Montgomery. Lee salvaged one win in the three game series as AUM won the first game of the double header 13-4. Lee’s record improved to 6-16 overall and 1-5 in Gulf South Conference action. The Lady Flames will be back in action on Wednesday, March 4 as they will host Carson Newman University.
AUM jumped on the board in the top of the first as they had two hits and took advantage of an error and scored a run. The Lady Flames answered in the bottom of the first. Eva Armstrong walked and then Hailey Simco hit a two-run home run to lead 2-1. AUM retook the lead in the second. Three hits plated two runs and the Warhawks led 3-2. Aum broke the game open in the fourth. Five hits and an error brought five runs home. The inning was capped off by a three-run home run from Rebecca Komers. The Warhawks had one more run in the fifth taking advantage of two hits and another error to make it a 9-2 game.
The Lady Flames got two runs back in the bottom of the sixth. Simco singled to lead off the inning, then Sadie Winsett singled. A flyout from Hayden Gardner advanced both runners. Then Tenslee Wilson doubled to score the final two run for Lee. AUM scored the final four runs of the game in the top of the seventh. Four more hits and an error brought the runs in…