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Hilltoppers trample the Trojans in the Bluegrass State

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Megan Phillips Staff Writer With the moderate success that followed the Troy softball team throughout the past couple weekends fading in the background, the start of Sun Belt Conference play in Bowling Green, Ky., on March 22 and 23 ended in nothing but heartbreak. The games began on Saturday, March 22, as the Trojans stepped to the plate for the first time officially pitting themselves against their conference competition in the 2014 season. Although game one ended in a 3-0 loss for Troy against Western Kentucky, it was by no…

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Softball takes four out of five games at UCF Knights Spring Fling

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Megan Phillips  Staff Writer  The Troy softball team got its share of sun the weekend before Spring Break as they traveled to Orlando, Fla., to participate in the UCF Knights Spring Fling Tournament March 7-9 and took four out of the five games. Day one, Friday, March 7, saw two wins for the Trojans as they took the win against Bowling Green 3-0, and then brought home a 6-4 victory after 10 innings against Penn. Against Bowling Green, Troy only allowed three hits and between pitchers sophomore Ashley Rainey and…

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Softball goes 4-1 at Eagle Classic

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Megan Phillips Staff Writer  Coming off a less-than-satisfying weekend in Gainesville, Fla., the Lady Trojans made their way out of the sunshine state and into the land of the peaches to take part in the Eagle Classic Tournament in Statesboro, Ga. and won 4-1 in the matches. Troy began the tournament on Friday, Feb. 28, with a matchup against Middle Tennessee, a former Sun Belt team, where they announced their presence loud and clear with a 5-4 victory. In the bottom of the fourth, the Lady Trojans were staring up…

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Troy softball loses three at the Lipton Invitational

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Megan Phillips Staff Writer The Trojan softball team traveled once again to the sunshine state and lost 3 out of 5 in the Lipton Invitational hosted by the University of Florida in Gainesville last weekend ending the series with a tie game. In game one of the tournament, the Lady Trojans faced the Lady Eagles of Georgia Southern University on Friday, Feb. 21. The game saw an early lead for Troy with a single from senior utility player Kacie McAllister in the bottom of the first, keeping the bats hot…

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Softball takes two out of five during Osprey Invitational

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Megan Phillips  Staff Writer  While the rest of us were eating our chocolate and opening up cards on Valentine’s Day, the dedicated ladies of Troy’s softball team were opening their away season in Jacksonville, Fla. bright and early at 9 a.m. as they took on the University of Southern Illinois as their first competitors in the North Florida Invitational. This opening game really gave the Lady Trojans an opportunity to strut their stuff as they emerged victorious 5-0 thanks to a phenomenal pitching game by sophomore Sara Mock. She was…

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