DAHLONEGA, Ga.  |  Young Harris College fell to Lander University 6-5 in the Quarterfinals of the Peach Belt Conference softball tournament Friday (May 4) evening at Haines & Carolyn Hill Stadium. 

The Bearcats improved to 32-17 on the season while the Mountain Lions fell to 32-18. The NCAA tournament field will be announced Monday (May 7) at 10 a.m. 

Young Harris struck first in the bottom of the first inning with a double down the left field line by Haylie Shope that scored Emily Harris. 

Lander evened the score at 1 with a single up the middle by Kelli McCormack in the top of the third inning. 

Jill Torres gave the Mountain Lions a 2-1 lead in the bottom half of the third with a single to left field that scored Grace Botti. 

Brianna Surrento hit a two-run homer to left center to give the Bearcats a 3-2 lead in the fourth inning. Lander added two more runs in the fifth with a two-run single by Halie Sorrow. 

Young Harris scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning started with a RBI single up the middle by Georgia Webb to score Sara Alderman. After a Botti single to load the bases, Murphy Davis and Torres each drew a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch to even the score. 

Lander scored the winning run in the top of the seventh after a single to left field by Surrento. 

Ashley Vinson (6-1) picked up the win for the Bearcats as she allowed one hit with one strikeout in 0.2 innings of relief. McKenzi Ferguson picked up her third save as she re-entered to close out the game. 

Louise Disi (4-5) earned the loss for the Mountain Lions as she allowed one run on one hit with two walks and one strikeout in two innings pitched. 

Davis went 3-for-3 at the plate with one RBI. Botti collected two hits and a run scored. Torres had one hit and two RBI. Shope had one hit and a RBI while Webb tallied one hit, a RBI, and one run scored.