Florida A&M eliminates Miss. Valley in
softball playoffs
May 20, 2006
TUSCALOOSA – Florida A&M (40-24)
used a pair of three-run innings to defeat
Mississippi Valley State 7-5 Saturday and stay
alive in the NCAA Region 5 Softball Championships.
FAMU scored three runs in the bottom half
of the sixth inning to break a 4-4 tie, then
hung on for the win. Mississippi Valley State
(23-30) answered with one run in the top of
the seventh to draw to within two runs, but
wasn’t able to put another runner on
base.
“I thought that each team did a good
job tonight of handling the situations they
were handed,” MVSU head coach Lee Smith
said. “Throughout the game it went back
and forth and I thought that both teams battled
their way through. The game was pretty much
what I was expecting.”
FAMU will now play Georgia Tech later this
evening in an elimination game. Georgia Tech
defeated FAMU Friday night 9-3.
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