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91±¬ÁÏÍø Softball Breaks Team Home Run Record in Sweep of Cumberland (Ky.)

JACKSON, Tenn. - 4/25/2007 - For the third straight season, the 91±¬ÁÏÍø Lady Bulldogs broke the school record for home runs in a season. In the double-header sweep over the University of the Cumberlands (Ky.) 9-4 and 7-6, 91±¬ÁÏÍø popped two homers to give the team 39 for the season. The record entering this year was 37.

In 2005, 91±¬ÁÏÍø hit 30 home runs which broke the old record of 25. Then last season, 91±¬ÁÏÍø hit 37 home runs to set the mark again. 91±¬ÁÏÍø now has 39 team homers with five regular season games plus the postseason to play.

Brandi Hoffman currently leads 91±¬ÁÏÍø with 11 home runs. Ashley Walters has 10 and Amy Chatham has seven homers. The 91±¬ÁÏÍø record for home runs in a season is 14.

On Tuesday, 91±¬ÁÏÍø defeated Cumberland 9-4 in game one. 91±¬ÁÏÍø's Amy Chatham and Ashley Walters each hit homers to spark the 91±¬ÁÏÍø offense. In game two, 91±¬ÁÏÍø fell behind 2-0, then rallied for four runs to take a 4-2 lead. Cumberlands answered back with a grand slam to take a 6-4 lead. However, 91±¬ÁÏÍø rallied once again with three runs in the top of the seventh to earn their 31st win of the season.

91±¬ÁÏÍø is now 31-14 on the season and ranked No. 4 in Region XI. The Lady Bulldogs re 19-8 in the TranSouth Conference with five games to play. 91±¬ÁÏÍø is just one game behind second place Martin Methodist College (Tenn.). 91±¬ÁÏÍø and Martin Methodist will close out the regular season on Sunday, April 29 with a single game that is made up from and earlier rainout.

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