Win Sets Up Rematch with Bridgewater

SALISBURY, Md. --- The Lynchburg College softball team bounced back to take a 1-0 victory over Christopher Newport University in the Salisbury Regional of the NCAA Tournament.

In what proved to be a pitchers duel, one big hit changed the entire scope of the game. Each team could only muster one hit, but Rachel Gallagher's (Warrenton, VA/Fauquier) solo homerun in the top of the fifth inning gave the Hornets the victory. Gallagher has now hit five homeruns in the last six games.

Barbie Miles (Kinsale, VA/Washington & Lee) won her 17th game of the season as she allowed just four hits. Audra Della Rosa (Rumford, RI/St. Mary's Academy Bay View), Katie Bruce (Lanexa, VA/Lafayette), and Amber James (Manahawkin, NJ/S. Regional) each added one hit. Kristen Rowe took the mound for Christopher Newport (36-8) and earned only her third loss of the season and her second loss to Lynchburg this spring. Rowe allowed just four hits and walked just one batter. The CNU batters failed to provide any support for Rowe as they left seven runners on base.

Lynchburg (38-7-1) has a rematch with Bridgewater College tomorrow at 10 a.m. The winner goes on to face Emory University, who has yet to lose in the tournament, and the loser concludes their season.

This release is courtesy of the Lynchburg College sports information department.