The 3rd inning curse was finally broken and broken in a big way. In the bottom of the 7th against Duke in the previous game, Billie Andrews had blasted a leadoff HR to break up an 11-inning scoreless streak and a Duke no-hitter. She kept her bat white hot with a triple to start the bottom of the first. Brooke Andrews was kind enough to bunt her home to tie the game 1-1.
Then in the top of 3rd, Billie ripped a double of the fence to put runners on 2nd and 3rd with no one out. Ava Bredwell was plunked to load the bags, then Brooke crushed a deep double to clean ‘em off.