University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
FIU Rallies In the Sixth To Advance Into Winner's Bracket
5/13/2004 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Thursday, May 13, 2004
LAFAYETTE, La. - No. 2 seed Florida International made
it 4-for-5 against Middle Tennessee, as the Golden
Panthers came back with a 2-1 win over the Lady
Raiders in Sun Belt Softball Championships action
Thursday at Lady Cajun Park.
The Golden Panthers (30-32) got the win despite
tallying just two hits. FIU took advantage of four MT
errors in advancing to Friday's 4 p.m. winner's
bracket contest against the UL Lafayette-North Texas
winner.
Cindy Turek went 1-for-1 with an RBI double and a walk
to lead the offense. The Golden Panthers also got a
stellar pitching performance from left-hander Amanda
Nealer (12-11). The junior tossed a complete-game
three-hitter while striking out five.
The effort helped FIU take its fourth win in five
contests with the Lady
Raiders (32-22).
MT's Brittany Herald (4-3) took the hard-luck loss
despite giving up just
one earned run and one hit in 5 1/3 innings. MT, which
defeated New Mexico State 3-0 earlier Thursday, will
now face Western Kentucky in Friday's 11 a.m.
elimination game.
Full tournament information is available at
www.sunbeltsports.org
and
www.ragincajuns.com
MIDDLE TENNESSEE HEAD COACH CINDY CONNELEY
“We played well enough to win, but it was a tough loss
with four errors. Now we have to fight our way back.”
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL HEAD COACH KIM GWYDIR
“I was very proud of the way Amanda pitched. It wasn't
her best game, but she pitched tough when we needed
her to.”
“We got timely hits from Cindy Turek and Tabitha
Embry. We'll just take them one game at a time and see
where we go from here.”
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