Herd softball improved to 35 wins and five losses on the season in the 5-3 win against the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers on Saturday, April 15, 2023. The victory gave Marshall the best start in program history for its first 40 games.
The game was tied at two at the top of the seventh inning as Grace Chelemen hit a deep sacrifice fly ball to score Alex Coleman and Sydney Bickel.
Erica Holt scored the fifth run of the contest in the seventh on an error following the two-run hit from Chelemen.
Savannah Rice started off in the circle for the Herd in five innings of play, and freshman pitcher Bri Godfrey relieved Rice in the sixth.