By MacKenzie Tuttle, Digital Content Supervisor

MOUNT BERRY, Ga. – Combining for only four hits as a team, the Berry College softball team fell to Transylvania University 6-0 in their first shutout loss of the year in the second round of the NCAA regionals on Saturday.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Transylvania jumped out to an early lead, scoring three runs in the top of the third inning off of a pair of doubles and a Berry throwing error.
• Transylvania then added an additional two runs in the top of the sixth inning, off of a Jessica Powell home run, moving the score to 5-0.
• Transylvania plated the final run of the game in the top of the seventh inning off of a single to the pitcher, ensuring the 6-0 victory.
• On the day, Berry added only four hits, while committing two errors.

BERRY STATISTICAL STANDOUTS:

• MaKayley Cain: 1-for-1, 2B
• Brittany Ferrell: 1-for-2, 2 BB, SB
• Marie Collop: 1-for-2, BB
• Katlin Seger: 1-for-3

TRANSYLVANIA STATISTICAL STANDOUTS:

• Brittany Mumford: 2-for-4, R, 2B
• Shelby Bailey: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBIs, 2 2B
• Powell: 1-for-3, R, 2 RBIs, HR
• Renae Morton: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 5 BB, 4 SO

NOTABLES:

• The loss was the first game of the year for Berry in which they did not score a single run.
• The Vikings fall to 39-3 overall on the year, while Transylvania improves to 33-11.
• Three Vikings took the mound for Berry in the loss: Collop, Whitney Gribble and Makenzie Flynt.

UP NEXT:

Berry will take on the winner of Thomas More and Emory & Henry in an elimination game this afternoon at 4:00pm. 

Head Coach Cori Thiermann, Katlin Seger and Brittany Ferrell's postgame interview.