NEED TO KNOW:
Game 1 Score: Piedmont 7, #19 Emory 6 F/10
Game 2 Score: #19 Emory 12, Piedmont 2 F/6
Records: Piedmont, 23-15 (10-4 CCS); Emory, 25-7

DEMOREST, Ga. - Piedmont softball concluded the home schedule on Wednesday earning a split with #19 Emory taking the first contest 7-6 in extra innings. The Lions were unable to keep pace in game two in a 12-2 loss in six innings. 

Game 1: Piedmont 7, #19 Emory 6 F/10

In a marathon game, the Piedmont Lions were able to outlast Emory in a slug-fest down the stretch. Piedmont was first on the board in the game after an error allowed Hannah Cintron to score in the second inning. 

Emory answered back in the fourth to tie the game and that was all the offenses could muster until extras. The game cruised by with a combined eight hits in the first seven innings. 

In extras, the two teams totaled 11 hits and 11 runs.

Going straight to the international tie breaker, Emory plated a pair of runs in the eighth inning off two hits and a walk to lead 3-1. Piedmont was quick to keep pace with a sac fly by Jasmine Lowery and a double by Megan Steinmeyer tying the contest yet again. 

It was another two run inning for the Eagles in the ninth as a pair of errors proved costly for Piedmont. Despite the defensive missteps, Maddi Spieks hit an RBI single with the bases loaded bringing up Mandi Peretti who earned a bases-loaded walk to bring across the tying run. 

Again, in the 10th, Emory was able to get on the board but with just one run, breaking the trend in extras of a two-spot for either side. Piedmont worked the bases loaded before a single out and a flyout to shallow right proved to be the game winner as an error on the throw in allowed the winning run to score. 

Game 2: #19 Emory 12, Piedmont 2 F/6

Emory was quick to jump back on Piedmont offensively as Taylor Spivey allowed nine total runs with eight earned. The Eagles scored a pair in the first and second and put up a five spot in the third inning. 

Piedmont was not held silent but was stifled offensively with just one run in each of the first two innings. 

Logan Hawkins entered in relief, but the Eagles proved to be too much in game two taking the 12-2 win in six innings. 

Up next, the Lions will conclude the regular season on the road at Maryville on Friday. 

TURNING POINT:
- Piedmont earned a walkoff win in game one outlasting #19 Emory in 10 innings. 

STANDOUT PERFORMANCES:
- Madi Cronic led Piedmont in game one going 2-for-4 with an RBI. 
- Megan Steinmeyer pitched the complete 10 inning performance allowing just two earned runs and struck out four. 

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