Wake Forest softball tops Millbrook

Wake Forest and Millbrook feature green softball teams that have started the spring strongly considering the amount of inexperience forced to replace a pair of strong senior classes.

Naturally, young teams make mistakes at some point, and it was Millbrook errors that Wake Forest capitalized on to break a tie for second place with the Wildcats in the Cap-8 Conference standings.

The Cougars turned an error and a misplayed ball into six-run third inning for a 7-5 victory Monday afternoon at Millbrook’s field.

“In our conference we have to show up every game like it’s the conference championship,” Wake Forest coach Brittany Owens said. “We have a lot of new faces, but we had a lot of sophomores that got some playing time last years.”

The Cougars’ six-run third inning included a two-run double by sophomore Amber Saunders and a two-run home run by junior Summer Harvey.

Wake Forest (6-4, 4-1) remained one game behind No. 12-ranked Heritage (10-1, 5-0), while Millbrook (4-6, 3-2) fell two games back.

This story was originally published March 28, 2017 at 12:05 AM with the headline "Wake Forest softball tops Millbrook."