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The South Mecklenburg (Charlotte, NC) varsity softball team lost Monday's home non-conference game against Independence (Charlotte, NC) by a score of 8-4.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Independence	0	1	1	0	1	3	2	8	10	1
South Mecklenburg	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	5	1

Final score provided by E. Turybury.

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Game Stats

South Mecklenburg (23-24)

Independence

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B	HR
	Team Totals	.357	40	28	8	10	6	4	1	1
2	Alexis Agurs (So)	.500	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
3	Morgan Clark (Jr)	.250	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0
7	Seven Hope (Jr)	1.000	4	2	1	2	1	1	0	0
9	Gianna McCloud (So)	.500	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	0
11	M. Alexander (Jr)	.500	5	4	1	2	3	0	1	1
13	Sofia Tristan (So)	.250	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0
17	Kimber Mulkey (Sr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Sydnee Platt (Fr)	.500	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	0
20	Natalie Johnson (Jr)	.250	5	4	0	1	2	1	0	0

South Mecklenburg

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	3B	HR
	Team Totals	.192	27	26	3	5	3	1	1
1	Tia Montgomery (Jr)	.333	3	3	1	1		1
3	Kasey Holland (Sr)		3	3
5	Madison Norris (Fr)	.333	3	3	1	1	1
6	Josie Goodchild (Jr)		3	2
7	M. Millikan (Jr)		3	3
8	Ellie Gerin (Jr)		1	1
9	Jordan Huss (Fr)		2	2
11	Reese Kern (Jr)		3	3
12	McKenna Jones (Sr)	1.000	3	3	1	3	2		1
13	Brooke Robinson (Jr)		3	3

Independence

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	8	4	4	11	.550	.678	1.229
2	Alexis Agurs (So)	2	1	0	1	.750	.500	1.250
3	Morgan Clark (Jr)	0	0	1	3	.400	.250	.650
7	Seven Hope (Jr)	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.500	2.500
9	Gianna McCloud (So)	0	1	2	2	.750	1.000	1.750
11	M. Alexander (Jr)	1	0	0	1	.600	1.750	2.350
13	Sofia Tristan (So)	1	2	0	1	.400	.250	.650
17	Kimber Mulkey (Sr)	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000
18	Sydnee Platt (Fr)	2	0	0	0	.750	1.000	1.750
20	Natalie Johnson (Jr)	1	0	0	5	.400	.500	.900

South Mecklenburg

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	FC	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	13	2	.222	.384	.607
1	Tia Montgomery (Jr)		2		.333	1.000	1.333
3	Kasey Holland (Sr)			1	.000	.000	.000
5	Madison Norris (Fr)				.333	.333	.666
6	Josie Goodchild (Jr)	1	2		.333	.000	.333
7	M. Millikan (Jr)		1	1	.000	.000	.000
8	Ellie Gerin (Jr)		1		.000	.000	.000
9	Jordan Huss (Fr)		2		.000	.000	.000
11	Reese Kern (Jr)		2		.000	.000	.000
12	McKenna Jones (Sr)				1.000	2.000	3.000
13	Brooke Robinson (Jr)		3		.000	.000	.000

Independence

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
3	Morgan Clark (Jr)	1
18	Sydnee Platt (Fr)	1

South Mecklenburg

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1	1
4	Ashlynn Hall (So)	1	1

Independence

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.931	29	21	6	2
2	Alexis Agurs (So)	.750	4	2	1	1
7	Seven Hope (Jr)	1.000	2	0	2	0
11	M. Alexander (Jr)	1.000	2	0	2	0
13	Sofia Tristan (So)	1.000	1	0	1	0
17	Kimber Mulkey (Sr)	1.000	5	5	0	0
18	Sydnee Platt (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
20	Natalie Johnson (Jr)	.929	14	13	0	1

South Mecklenburg

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	PB	SBA	SB	CS	CS%
	Team Totals	.958	24	17	6	1	1	2	0	2	1.000
1	Tia Montgomery (Jr)	1.000	3	3
3	Kasey Holland (Sr)	.500	2	1		1
5	Madison Norris (Fr)	1.000	4	2	2
7	M. Millikan (Jr)	1.000	1		1
8	Ellie Gerin (Jr)	1.000	1	1
11	Reese Kern (Jr)	1.000	2	1	1
12	McKenna Jones (Sr)	1.000	6	4	2		1	2	0	2	1.000
13	Brooke Robinson (Jr)	1.000	5	5

Independence

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	3.00	1	0	1.000	1				0
11	M. Alexander (Jr)	3.00	1	0	1.000	1				0

South Mecklenburg

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	7.00	2
2	Sofia Vayo (So)	1.50	1
10	Sarah Scott (Fr)	18.00	1

Independence

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	5	4	3	1	13			1	27	26
11	M. Alexander (Jr)	7	5	4	3	1	13			1	27	26

South Mecklenburg

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	9	8	7	8	4	40	28
2	Sofia Vayo (So)	4.2	3	2	1	6	2	21	15
10	Sarah Scott (Fr)	2.1	6	6	6	2	2	19	13

Independence

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.192	.222	0	0			117
11	M. Alexander (Jr)	.192	.222	0	0			117

South Mecklenburg

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	.321	.525	1	4	140
2	Sofia Vayo (So)	.200	.429			73
10	Sarah Scott (Fr)	.462	.632	1	4	67

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Game Story

North Carolina High School Softball - Independence bounces South Mecklenburg

March 4, 2024: Charlotte, NC 28210

The Independence Patriots the host South Mecklenburg Sabres softball squad by a final score of 8-4 in Monday's non-league battle.

The Patriots (2-0) will now prepare for their battle against Charlotte Catholic (Charlotte, NC). The Cougars go into the Southwestern 4A battle with a 0-3 record. In their last battle, Charlotte Catholic was routed by Providence (Charlotte, NC), 22-9, in a league battle.

The Sabres now possess a 0-1 record. They play next when they host Olympic for a So Meck 4A battle on Tuesday, March 5. South Mecklenburg will meet a Trojans squad coming off a 29-8 non-league win over Monroe (Monroe, NC). The Trojans record now stands at 1-1.

Players of the Game

Independence (23-24)

Independence has not selected any Players of the Game.

South Mecklenburg (23-24)

Congratulations to #12 McKenna Jones for being selected the South Mecklenburg Softball Player of the Game.

Independence @ SMHS Softball Game Info

Mon., Mar. 4, 2024 @ 4p

The South Mecklenburg (Charlotte, NC) varsity softball team lost Monday's home non-conference game against Independence (Charlotte, NC) by a score of 8-4.

Rankings & Records

Independence (23-24)

NC	Class
144	17

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
15-6-1	11-1	9-4-1	6-2	.705	.917	173	113

South Mecklenburg (23-24)

NC	Class
235	28

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
11-10	8-2	6-3	5-6	0-1	.524	.800	194	131

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Independence	2.5	1.7	1.1	.7	1.4	.8	.8	2.0	7.9	7.8	1.0
South Mecklenburg	2.6	2.4	1.2	1.6	1.3	1.4	.7	2.0	9.2	9.1	1.9

Team Stat Comparison

Independence		South Mecklenburg
.328	Batting Average	.375
.454	On Base Percentage	.483
.531	Slugging Percentage	.561
.945	Fielding Percentage	.916
.714	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Independence		South Mecklenburg	National Avg.
#20 Natalie Johnson.458	Batting Average	#2 Sofia Vayo.667	.287
#1 Joelle Alexander.625	On Base Percentage	#2 Sofia Vayo.833	.403
#20 Natalie Johnson.881	Slugging Percentage	#12 McKenna Jones1.145	.391
#1 Joelle Alexander1.000	Fielding Percentage	#8 Ellie Gerin1.000	.832
#17 Kimber Mulkey1.000	Win Loss Percentage	-	.562

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Independence	8-3-1		South Mecklenburg	3-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/26/24	Mallard Creek	Independence	(W) 11-0	3/13/24	South Mecklenburg	Mallard Creek	(W) 14-4
2/28/24	Ardrey Kell	Independence	(T) 4-4	3/19/24	South Mecklenburg	Ardrey Kell	(W) 17-7
				4/18/24	Ardrey Kell	South Mecklenburg	(L) 11-10
				4/30/24	South Mecklenburg	Ardrey Kell	(L) 13-2
3/8/24	Charlotte Catholic	Independence	(W) 7-6	4/24/24	Charlotte Catholic	South Mecklenburg	(W) 6-1
4/12/24	Independence	Charlotte Catholic	(W) 12-10
3/11/24	Weddington	Independence	(L) 22-0	3/14/24	South Mecklenburg	Weddington	(L) 12-2
3/20/24	Providence	Independence	(W) 11-1	3/21/24	South Mecklenburg	Providence	(L) 12-2
4/16/24	Independence	Providence	(W) 10-4
4/30/24	Providence	Independence	(W) 10-8
5/7/24	Providence	Independence	(L) 6-1
3/26/24	Butler	Independence	(L) 11-1	4/20/24	South Mecklenburg	Butler	(L) 17-6
4/26/24	Independence	Butler	(W) 2-1
5/2/24	Butler	Independence	(W) 3-1

Record Breakdown

Independence (23-24)		South Mecklenburg (23-24)
15-6-1	Overall	11-10
13-1	League	8-3
2-4-1	Non-League	3-6
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
8-3-1	Common Opponent	3-5
9-4-1	Home	6-3
6-2	Away	5-6
0-0	Neutral	0-1
0-1	Playoff	0-1
15-6-1	In-State	11-10
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0