Box Score

DANVILLE, Ky. – The Hendrix College softball team's season came to an end with a 9-3 loss to Berry College at the Southern Athletic Association Tournament on Saturday. After beating Sewanee 8-0 earlier in the day, the sixth-seeded Warriors (22-19) could not hold off the top-seeded Vikings (28-10).

Berry started the game with four runs on four hits and an error in the top of the first. Right fielder Shelby Smith had the big hit of the inning with a two run single up the middle. The Vikings tacked on three more in the fifth on a RBI-double from first baseman Kristen Stoll and a two-run homer by second baseman Lacey Herring.

Hendrix cut the game to 7-1 in the bottom of the fifth sophomore shortstop Michaela Larabee walked and later scored on an error. Berry added two more runs in the seventh to go up 9-1. In the bottom of the seventh, senior pitcher Ashley Halbert drew a walk and junior left fielder Tiffany Hubbard blasted a home run over the left field fence to make the game 9-3.

Halbert went 3-for-3 with a walk and Hubbard had two hits and two RBI. Sophomore second baseman Katey Havens also had two hits.  Stoll went 3-for-3 with three runs scored and two doubles for Berry. Center fielder Sara Vigue had three hits and three runs scored and Herring added two hits and four RBI.

Allison Coronado (10-4) earned the win, giving up 10 hits, two earned runs, four walks and two strikeouts in 6.1 innings. Halbert (10-13) took the loss, allowing 11 hits, eight earned runs a walk and two strikeouts.

The Warriors left 12 runners on, including the bases loaded three times.

The 2013 Warriors, under 11th-year head coach Amy Weaver, tied for the second most wins in program history with 22.

Saturday's game was the final in the career of three seniors – Halbert, third baseman Paula Burr and center fielder Sydney Copeland.