051411 NCAA SOFTBALL BOX SCORE ::: ECU softball seizes title, NCAA bid ::: East Carolina 4, Tulsa 1 [oly]

ECU softball seizes title, NCAA bid

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Junior infielder Priscilla Velasquez slugged a three-run homer and senior pitching ace Toni Paisley threw three-hit ball to lead East Carolina to a stunning 4-1 upset win over Tulsa in the championship game of the Conference USA Softball Tournament on Saturday in Greenville.

The 5th-seeded Lady Pirates (39-20), serving as tourney hosts in the ECU Softball Stadium, their well-appointed new home, beat the odds to claim their second championship in a row and lock in the league's automatic NCAA Tournament berth. They knocked off No. 4 seed Memphis 5-1 on Thursday and blanked top seed Houston 1-0 on Friday to reach the title tilt against the 2nd-seeded Golden Hurricane (43-13).

Velasquez accounted for all of ECU's runs, drawing a bases-loaded walk in the first inning to complement her base-clearing round-tripper two innings later.

For the third time in three days, Paisley picked up the win, improving to 30-11 on the season.

Senior infielder Kelly Chapman put Tulsa on the scoreboard with a home run in the bottom of the fourth.

Velasquez, with 7 runs batted in over three games, was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. Joining her on the ECU-dominated All-Tournament team were Paisley, freshman infielder Alex Fieldhouse, freshman outfielder Jill Jelnick and freshman utility player Jordan Lewis.

The Lady Pirates will learn their postseason destination Sunday night when the NCAA Tournament selection show airs on ESPNU at 10 p.m. Tulsa, Houston, UAB and Memphis will be hoping for at-large invitations.

The regionals will be conducted Thursday through Sunday, May 19-22.

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CONFERENCE USA SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

EAST CAROLINA 4, TULSA 1

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Date: Saturday, May 14, 2011.
Place: ECU Softball, Greenville, Zebulon, NC.
Attendance: 844.

Records: ECU Pirates 39-20; UT Golden Hurricane 43-13.

EAST CAROLINA AB R H BI
Jill Jelnick rf........ 3 0 1 0
Kristi Oshiro 2b....... 3 0 2 0
Alex Fieldhouse 3b..... 2 2 0 0
Jordan Lewis dp........ 4 0 1 0
Jasmine Robbins cf..... 3 1 2 0
Priscilla Velasquez 1b. 2 1 1 4
Suzanne Riggs lf....... 3 0 1 0
Cicely Lopez ph........ 1 0 1 0
Kai Clark c............ 3 0 0 0
Sissy Jimenez ph....... 0 0 0 0
Chelsea Kal-Glackin ss. 2 0 0 0
Mahrisch Medina ph..... 1 0 0 0
Toni Paisley p......... 0 0 0 0
TOTALS.................27 4 9 4

TULSA AB R H BI
Caitlin Everett cf..... 3 0 1 0
Jill Barrett 3b........ 3 0 1 0
Samantha Cobb ss....... 2 0 0 0
Lacey Middlebrooks dp.. 2 0 0 0
Skylar Swanson 2b...... 3 0 0 0
Kelly Chapman 1b....... 3 1 1 1
Shelby Blanton lf...... 3 0 0 0
Cassidy Bowen c........ 3 0 0 0
Lauren Menke rf........ 1 0 0 0
Aimee Creger p......... 2 0 0 0
Jordan Kinard p........ 0 0 0 0
Jessica Stoelke rf..... 0 0 0 0
TOTALS.................25 1 3 1

SCORE BY INNINGS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 - R H E
EAST CAROLINA..... 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 2
TULSA............. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 3 0

E - Riggs(3); Kal-Glackin(11).
LOB - ECU 11; UT 5.
HR - Velasquez(1); Chapman(7).
HBP - Cobb.
SH - Jelnick(3); Fieldhouse(11); Velasquez(4).

EC PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO
Paisley......... 7.0 3 1 1 1 8

UT PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO
Kinard.......... 3.0 5 4 4 3 3
Creger.......... 4.0 4 0 0 3 4

Win - Paisley (30-11).
Loss - Kinard (9-7).
Save - None.
HBP - by Paisley (Cobb).
Umpires - HP: Danny Bowman; 1B: Ron Alexander; 3B: Melody Wiggins.
Start: 11:04 am; Time: 2:15.
Attendance: 844.
Weather: Overcast and 72 degrees.

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