After tough one-run losses on Friday against No. 5 Alabama and Georgia State, the Terrapins softball team started the second day of the Georgia State tournament on a high note.
The team scored five runs in the final three innings against Mercer and won, 6-5, on a walk-off single from outfielder Destiney Henderson.
The Terps lost to Miami (OH), 7-1, in the nightcap, though.
In the first contest, Mercer jumped ahead early against pitcher Hannah Dewey and scored three runs in the first inning.
Infielder Lindsey Schmeiser put the Terps on the board with a solo home run in the second to tie former catcher Shannon Bustillos for most home runs in program history.
When Mercer threatened to pull away late with runs in the fifth and sixth, though, the Terps responded with rallies of their own.
Infielder Corey Schwartz walked to bring in a run in the fifth and infielder Skylynne Ellazar and catcher Kristina Dillard each had an RBI groundout in the sixth.
Going into the bottom of the seventh, the Terps trailed 5-4.
Schmeiser led off the inning by getting on base after a Mercer error, and two batters later infielder Jordan Aughinbaugh singled up the middle. Outfielder Kylie Datil tied the game with an RBI double to right field before Henderson won it with a walk-off single through the left side.
Henderson went 3-for-5 in the game, while relief pitcher Sami Main earned her first collegiate win.
Against Miami, pitcher Brenna Nation fell behind 3-0 after allowing a two-run home run in the fifth inning. She came into the game in the second for Main.
Things unraveled for the Terps in the sixth. Dewey entered the game with two runners on base. After hitting a batter to load the bases, she retired consecutive Red Hawks. But she allowed a two-run single and two-run double with two outs to extend the deficit to 7-0.
The Terps scored a run and loaded the bases in the seventh but could not complete the comeback.
The weekend tournament in Atlanta, Georgia, concludes tomorrow when the Terps (3-6) get another crack at No. 5 Alabama at 10 a.m.
