PETERSBURG, VA – The Chowan University softball team suffered a heartbreaking 7-6 defeat to the hands of Winston-Salem State University in the championship round of the 2011 CIAA Tournament.  The Hawks finish the season with a 34-19 record.

Lacey Wildeboer drove in Liz Hipple with a double in the second inning to give Chowan an early 1-0 lead.  Winston-Salem State University added one run in the third inning to knot the score at 1-1.  That score would remain until the sixth inning.

In the sixth, Lacey Wildeboer knocked in her second run of the game with a single to score Katie Duncan.  Tanaya Pettus singled in Madison Brown in the bottom of the sixth to bring the Lady Rams back into a tie.  Neither team could manage a run in the seventh inning, sending the game into extra innings.

In the top of the eighth, the Hawks exploded for four runs to open up a 6-2 advantage.  Tricia Gorman added two more RBI to her NCAA-leading tally in the inning.

Winston-Salem State would not quit being down by four runs, though.  With one out, they added two runs off a single to close the deficit to 6-4.  Chowan committed two errors later in the inning, leading to three Lady Ram runs and the eventual 7-6 loss.

The teams combined for 30 hits, 25 runners left on base, and 5 errors.

Tricia Gorman and Fahren Munro were named to the All-Tournament Team.  Gorman went 3-5 in the game with two RBI.  She finished the 2011 season with 84 RBI.  Munro went 1-5 with a run scored.  Lacey Wildeboer went 3-4 from the plate, scoring one run to go along with two RBI and one stolen base.