LAKE WALES, Fla. – The Royals improved to 17-3 on the season and 2-0 in TSC play with a big doubleheader sweep over the University of South Carolina Beaufort.
 
GAME 1 – WU 3, USCB 0
 
Tiffany Dodson threw an absolute gem from inside the circle. Facing 23 total batters, Dodson shut the door for the Sand Sharks right off the bat striking out the first 7 batters to head to the plate. Tiffany Dodson picked up her 8^th win of the season throwing 7 innings, surrendering no hits and striking out 16 while walking two batters. Of the 16 strikeouts, 15 were swinging strikeouts.
 
The game was scoreless heading into the bottom of the 4^th inning. Breyonna Shell rifled a double off the right center fence that brought Avery Cotterill in to score. Kaitlyn Ridolph singled in Breyonna Shell to give the Royals a 2-0 lead. Warner would add to the lead in the bottom of the 6^th inning when Breyonna Shell again put the ball in play on a ground out to short but it scored Ashton Owen.
 
Crafty baserunning for the Royals improved their thievery as they swiped 4 bags in the contest. Kayleigh Walters, Ashton Owen, Breyonna Shell, and Madison Servo all registered stolen bases in a perfect 4-4 effort.
 
Congratulations to Tiffany Dodson on a masterful pitching performance that solidifies herself in Warner University Softball history.
 
GAME 2 – WU 8, USCB 7 (9 Innings)
 
The Royals used 8 hits and 8 runs to take an extra inning thriller.
 
Warner scored 2 in the bottom of the first with a Sara Bruno RBI single scoring Kayleigh Walters. Ashton Owen followed Bruno with a sacrifice fly that scored Kasey Heslin. USCB used the top of the third inning to plate 3 runs and took a 3-2 lead over the Royals. Ashton Owen answered the Sand Sharks in the bottom of the third stealing 3^rd base and forcing a throw to an unmanned base allowing her to score and even things up at 3-3.
 
USCB shot a 2 RBI single in the top of the 4^th to extend the lead to 5-3. The Royals answered again right away in the bottom of the 4^th with an Ashton Owen single that scored Kayleigh Walters and Kasey Heslin. Avery Cotterill reached on an infield error that scored Sara Bruno and gave the Royals a 6-5 lead. The Sand Sharks tied things up in the top of the 5^th inning with a sac fly.
 
Heading into extra innings, both teams registered a run in the 8^th inning to force a 9^th inning. Tiffany Dodson struck out back to back hitters in the top of the 9^th before registering an inning ending popup. With Kasey Heslin placed as the tiebreaking runner on second, Ashton Owen laid down a sac bunt successfully moving Heslin to 3^rd. Avery Cotterill then laid down a beautiful bunt on the infield that allowed Kasey Heslin to beat out the throw and the Royals completed the extra inning walkoff against the Sand Sharks.
 
Sylvia Welsh spread out 8 hits and 6 runs with only 1 of them earned over 5.1 innings pitched. Tiffany Dodson came in and pitch relief for Welsh throwing 3.2 innings surrendering just 2 hits and 1 unearned run while striking out 6.
 
Tiffany Dodson faced 35 Sand Sharks at the plate within the two games and delivered 22 total strikeouts with only 2 hits while improving to 9-1 on the season taking both wins.
 
The Royals won their 9^th straight game today improving to 17-3 overall and 2-0 in TSC play.