GREAT FALLS, Mont. - - The University of Providence softball program took both games of the doubleheader versus Carroll College winning 9-8 and 5-4 on senior day.
In game one the Fighting Saints jumped ahead scoring four runs over the first two innings, but in the bottom of the third an infield single from junior
Ryen Palmer scored graduate transfer
Madi Moore to put the Argos on the board.
The Argos would continue their momentum with an RBI double to right center that scored Palmer to bring the game within two.
Carroll would score four more runs to take an 8-4 lead, but in the bottom of the seventh Moore kept the Argos alive with a single to center that scored sophomore
Sierra Main.
UP would stay hot with a two RBI double from Mangold, and after a Carroll miscue that scored another two runs, the Argos were now down by one with a runner on second.
Pinch hitter sophomore
Tiffany Fuentes would tie the game with an RBI single, and the Argos would walk the game off with a double from junior
Olivia Roe to complete the comeback and take game one 9-8.
In game two the Argos jumped in front when senior
Azia Umphrey hit a little league home run that put UP ahead 3-0.
Later in the inning, senior
Gracie Fleming hit a triple to left, and following an error from the Saints, came around to score to increase the Argo lead to five.
The Fighting Saints would slowly chip into the Argo lead the rest of the way, but Moore picked up her 12
th and 13
th strikeouts in the seventh to slam the door and secure the 5-4 victory for UP.
SCORING SUMMARY: Providence 9 – Carroll College - 8
- T1 | A successful double steal from the Fighting Saints put the first run across (0-1)
- T2 | Carroll doubled to right field to score the runner from second (0-2)
- T2 | A two RBI double to left field increased the Carroll lead to four (0-4)
- B3 | Ryen Palmer's infield single scored Madi Moore from third (1-4)
- B3 | Macy Mangold doubled to right center to score Ryen Palmer (2-4)
- T4 | A single to center from Carroll scored the runner from second (2-5)
- T4 | A wild pitch from UP pushed another Fighting Saints runner across (2-6)
- T7 | An infield single by Carroll scored the runner form third (2-7)
- T7 | A single to center from the Fighting Saints cored the runner from second (2-8)
- B7 | Madi Moore singled to center to score Sierra Main (3-8)
- B7 | Macy Mangold doubled to left center to score Madi Moore and Gracie Fleming (5-8)
- B7 | Argos take advantage of a Carroll miscue to score another two runs (7-8)
- B7 | A single to center from Tiffany Fuentes scored Deven Creech (8-8)
- B7 | Olivia Roe doubled to right center to score Kolbi Wood (9-8)
SCORING SUMMARY: Providence 5 – Carroll College - 4
- B4 | Azia Umphrey hit a little league three run home run to take the lead for UP (3-0)
- B4 | Gracie Fleming tripled to right, and then came around to score after an error (5-0)
- T5 | A bases loaded walk puts the first Carroll runner across home (5-1)
- T5 | A SAC fly to center scored the runner from third (5-2)
- T7 | Carroll draws a bases loaded walk to make it a two-run game (5-3)
- T7 | A fielder's choice from Carroll brings the game within one (5-4)