No. 4 Freed-Hardeman Upsets No. 1 Trevecca

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – After winning a first round match up Wednesday morning, the No. 4 Freed-Hardeman Lady Lions (24-14) returned to the field five hours later to upset No. 1 Trevecca (36-6) by a final score of 8-3.

Both team scored early with the first inning coming to a close in a 1-1 tie. The Lady Trojans grabbed the lead scoring two runs in the bottom of the third on a Lindsey Howard home run. Freed-Hardeman answered with two runs in the top of the fifth and secured the win with Brittany Johnson’s grand slam in the top of the seventh to take the 8-3 victory.

Freed-Hardeman’s Adrienne Gann (14-5) earned the complete game victory giving up three runs (all earned) on eight hits and striking out two in seven innings of work. Trevecca’s Hollie Shane (28-4) took the complete game loss giving up eight runs (seven earned) on 11 hits and striking out two.

Including the seventh inning grand slam, Lady Lion Brittany Johnson went 4-for-4 on the day with four RBI and one run scored. Trevecca’s Lindsey Howard batted 3-for-3 with two runs and two RBI on a home run.

Freed-Hardeman scored eight runs on 11 hits while Trevecca scored three runs on eight hits. Both team committed two errors in the ball game.

No. 4 Freed-Hardeman will advance to face No. 3 Martin Methodist in the TranSouth Conference Semi-Finals on Thursday at 11:00 a.m. The loser of that game will face No. 1 Trevecca in the Semi-Finals of the loser’s bracket Thursday at 4:00 p.m.