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Box Score<\/a> Charlotte swept the ‘Phins in back-to-back games, moving JU to 7-8 on the season. Jacksonville went 1-4 overall during its time in North Carolina.<\/p>\n After a run-rule finish Saturday evening, JU and the 49ers were back at it again Sunday afternoon. Charlotte jumped ahead early to the tune of a 7-0 lead after just one inning, but Jacksonville never stopped battling back.<\/p>\n The Dolphins got on the board in the top of the second behind an Alison Carter<\/a> double, followed by a fielding error and a Jacy Harrelson<\/a> single that scored Carter to get the green and white on the board.<\/p>\n Atop the fifth inning, Sarah Beth Brake<\/a> got on first to load the bases for Carter who capitalized on the moment, knocking in a single that scored one. Tatum McCool<\/a> sacrificed a fly ball to center that then scored Madisyn Weathers<\/a> to push the game to a 7-3 score.<\/p>\n Jacksonville entered the potential final frame, the top of the seventh, down four runs.\u00a0<\/p>\n Weathers was walked to start the frame. Lindsey Chadwick<\/a> then cranked a double down to left to place a pair of runners in scoring position. It was then Carter once more who hit a single to score a runner, pushing her to a tied for team-high two RBIs.\u00a0<\/p>\n McCool drew a walk to load the bases. Harrelson flew one out to center that did score a run, giving Charlotte only a slight edge, up 7-5. Freshman Vic Brunette<\/a> drew a walk to load the bases once more, setting up fellow freshman Emma Mansfield<\/a> to hit a single to right that scored two.<\/p>\n After being down seven runs for basically the entire game, JU had suddenly tied Sunday’s game at seven. And they were not done there.<\/p>\n
\nCHARLOTTE, N.C. \u2013 In Jacksonville softball’s fifth game in three days during the UNC Charlotte Invitational, the Dolphins fell to the host school 9-8 to end tournament play.<\/p>\n