CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Home runs bookended Thursday's Conference USA opener between Middle Tennessee and Charlotte as MT (14-13, 0-1) got on the board first, but the 49ers (15-7, 1-0) ended the game with a longball in the eighth.
MIDDLE TENNESSEE 5, CHARLOTTE 9 (8 Inn.)
» Thursday's game was Charlotte's first since March 14, as the 49ers have had to cancel or postpone games in the last two weeks due to the program's COVID-19 protocols.
» Slap-hitter Summer Burgess led off the game with a home run, the first of her career.