BABSON PARK, Fla. (March 9, 2020) – Only two days removed from dropping four straight games at the Gulf Shores Invitational, the Webber International University softball team bounced back in a big way to avenge their first loss of the season against the University of the Cumberlands (Ky.), winning by scores of 2-1 and 9-5 on Monday at Nancy Nichols Field.

Webber (17-5) got back into the win column as in the bottom of the seventh inning of game one, Dariyen Moss delivered the game-winning single up the middle to score Samantha Rolfe and win the game in walk off fashion.

Raven White (5-0) earned the complete game victory by pitching all seven innings and allowing only three hits, two walks and one run. After a sacrifice fly scored Cumberlands' lone run of the game in the top of the fourth to tie it at 1-1, White set the Patriots down 1-2-3 in each of the fifth, sixth and seventh innings.

Earlier in the game, Webber took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of first inning as Kaitlin Cockcroft led off with the double to left center, stole third base and then scored on the ensuring errant throw trying to get her at third.

Then in game two, the Warriors continued to build on their momentum from game one by scoring three runs with two outs in the bottom of the first, starting with an RBI-double to center field by Rolfe to put Webber up 2-1.

Webber then added five more runs on only two hits in the bottom of the third inning as Anna Schutzler added another two-run double to center field to make it 5-1 before Alyssa Rodriguez added an RBI-single to center to make it 8-1.

Rolfe, Krista Hoyt and Blakeleigh Boyett would all finish with two hits in the contest while Boyett was 2-for-2 and had an RBI-single to left center in the bottom of the sixth to bring in the final run of the ballgame.

Emma Maitland improved to 7-1 with the win, pitching 5.1 innings allowing four hits, five total runs and three earned runs.

Then, Webber's hero at the plate in game one, Moss, entered to pitch with one out in the top of the sixth in game two and shut down the opposition by not allowing a single hit and walking only one batter through the final 1.2 innings.

Webber's Head Softball Coach Kristy Burton said following the sweep, "We were really proud of the girls today. We had a tough weekend and seeing them come out today with passion and pride for this program was a blessing. As a team we have had to overcome a lot of adversity and today we showed that against a very good Cumberlands program. They gave us our first loss of the season a few weeks back and our girls were hungry for revenge. We are incredibly proud of Dariyen for coming up big for us in the bottom of the seventh for the first game but overall, today was a team win. We finished up the nonconference part of our season 17-5 and are very excited to get back on the field to start conference at home this Wednesday against Thomas."

Next up for Webber softball will be the start of official Sun Conference play for the Warriors as they host Thomas University at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Wednesday, March 11, at Nancy Nichols Field.