MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- The Barry University softball team dropped a doubleheader to the Sharks of Nova Southeastern University to finish a sweep of a Sunshine State Conference (SSC) three-game series at Buccaneer Field in Miami Shores, Florida, on Saturday.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final - Game One: Nova Southeastern 12, Barry 0
Final - Game Two: Nova Southeastern 4, Barry 1
Records: Barry (23-28, 9-18 SSC), Nova Southeastern (35-13, 19-8 SSC)
All-Time Series: Buccaneers lead the all-time series, 53-26, after being swept by the Sharks in 2023.
SUMMARY:
Game One | Sharks 12, Buccaneers 0
- T3: The Sharks scored four runs after two outs. Emily Thomas led off with a single to left and moved to second on a Hayley Lynch sacrifice bunt fielded by catcher Harper Bunn to second baseman Rylee Lord covering first. After Haelee Angelico got a harmless fly out to Angel Villanueva in center field, Alyssa Drogemuller doubled down the right field line. Ryleigh Langwell singled to left field and stole second to put two Sharks in scoring position. Madison Fine delivered a two-run single up the middle and got to second after Tia Williams' single to shortstop. Kerstyn Shaw drove in the fourth run of the 3rd with her single to center. | Nova Southeastern 4, Barry 0
- T4: With one out, Hayley Lynch singled to second and Alexis Smith followed with a walk. Drogemuller walked to load the bases. Langwell's sac fly brought Lynch home. Fine singled to left to plate Smith. | Nova Southeastern 6, Barry 0
- T6: Smith struck out swinging but reached on a wild pitch, and then stole second. Drogemuller reached on a fielder's choice as Mac Stone-Folmar caught Smith off second with help from Brooklyn Rushton at third and Rylee Lord at second. Langwell walked and Cassandra Lee came in to pitch for Angelico. Fine grounded out to Lord at second with both baserunners taking the next bag. Back-to-back walks made the score 7-0 in favor of the Sharks. | Nova Southeastern 7, Barry 0
- T7: Nova Southeastern loaded the bases with no outs on two walks and a hit by pitch. Drogemuller singled to left field for an RBI, and another run scored on an error. Langwell singled up the middle to score Smith from third. Fine grounded out to Rushton who held the runner at third before getting Fine at first. Williams' double to left center scored Drogemuller and Langwell. | Nova Southeastern 12, Barry 0
SUMMARY:
Game Two | Sharks 4, Buccaneers 1
- T4: Madison Fine led off with a single to left field. Tia Williams executed a sacrifice bunt and Fine took third with no one covering the bag. A throwing error allowed Fine to score the game's first run. | Nova Southeastern 1, Barry 0
- B5: Hayley Pasma led off the inning with a single to left field. Brooke Moeller sacrificed Pasma to second. Alexis Bailey reached on a fielder's choice and hustled to second base when Pasma slid into third safely on a muffed throw by the Sharks. Angel Villanueva reached on a fielder's choice sacrifice bunt that brought Pasma across the plate with a hand tag. | Barry 1, Nova Southeastern 1
- T6: Williams worked a two-out base on balls and stole second before coming home with the go-ahead run on Kerstyn Shaw's RBI single up the middle. | Nova Southeastern 2, Barry 1
- T7: Sharks loaded the bases with one out on three successive singles from Lynch, Smith, and Drogemuller. Langwell drove in two insurance runs with a double to deep right center field. Maci Barnhart got the final two Sharks out on strikes. | Nova Southeastern 4, Barry 1
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING:
NOTEWORTHY:
- In game one, Bucs left seven runners on base in the first three innings.
- Julia Allen (W, 10-4) issued seven bases on balls while getting eight strikeouts, allowing just one hit in the complete-game shutout.
- Harper Bunn had the lone Buccaneer hit with a double.
- Haelee Angelico (L, 6-8) started and took the loss while fanning four Sharks.
- In game two, Barry ended its scoreless inning streak at 37 when Hayley Pasma tied the game in the 5th.
- Mac Stone-Folmar had a bunt single in the 6th.
- Brooke Moeller blooped a single to right field in the 7th after Pasma was hit by a pitch.
- In both games, Barry put the leadoff batter on base in four of seven innings.
- Drogemuller (W, 18-6) missed out on her second-consecutive shutout but struck out four while walking none.
- Maci Barnhart (L, 10-14) struck out five Sharks in her seven innings of work, and still ranks second in the Sunshine State Conference (SSC) with 155 Ks in 161.2 overall innings.
ON THE HORIZON:
Barry travels to Daytona Beach, Florida, for its final series of the season against the Eagles of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
