LAKELAND,
Fla. (April 5, 2006) ' In a tough Sunshine State Conference
doubleheader between Rollins College and Florida Southern, the
Moccasins pulled out two victories over the Tars, winning 4-0 in
game one and 2-1 in the ten inning game two. With the two losses,
the Tars drop to 31-13 on the season and 9-9 in the conference
while Florida Southern improves to 36-3 overall and 13-2 in the
conference.
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Game
one saw the Mocs only out-hit the Tars by one, 4-3, but Rollins had
five costly errors, which was the difference in the 4-0 loss.
Florida Southern grabbed an early 1-0 lead in the first and then
was held in check by the Tars for the next three innings. A two-run
fifth inning and a one run sixth gave the Moccasins the 4-0
advantage. Sophomore Ingrid Schumacher (Naples, Fla.) was in the
circle for the Tars, where she surrendered four hits and four runs
while walking only two and striking out five. Stacey Bronson took
the win for Florida Southern, throwing the seven inning complete
game shutout while allowing only three hits and one walk and
striking out five.
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Sophomores
Jen Olsen (Winter Haven, Fla.) and Rachel Almengual (Odessa, Fla.)
and senior Kelly Cruz (Winter Springs, Fla.) had the hits in the
game for the Tars.
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The
nightcap was a close game, as both teams scored an early run to tie
the game at one, which lasted until Florida Southern scored the
winning run in the bottom of the tenth. The Tars out-hit the Mocs
7-5 in the game, but were unable to capitalize on their base
runners.
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Florida
Southern took the early lead in the first after Jackie Leppla
singled Jesse Shepherd home from second base. Rollins answered in
the fourth when Almengual opened the inning by doubling to left
center field and then was brought home by Jamie Rausch's (Ocoee,
Fla.) single up the middle.
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The
two teams went into extra innings and Rollins was the first to
strike in the top of the tenth as they had runners on second and
third after Almengual doubled to center field. The Tars were unable
to take advantage of the base runners and the game went to the
bottom of the tenth still notched at one. With two out and a runner
on third, Angela Williams stepped to the plate and hit a bouncer to
the middle of the infield, scoring the runner from third and giving
the Mocs the 2-1 victory.
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Almengual
led the Tars in the game, going 2-5 from the plate and scoring one
run. Cruz, Rausch, Schumacher, junior Amanda DeFilippo (Winter
Springs, Fla.) and freshman Ashley East (Pace, Fla.) had the other
hits in the game for Rollins. Freshman Nicole Anderson (Brandon,
Fla.) went the distance for the Tars, throwing all 9.2 innings. She
allowed only five hits and one earned run and walked two while
striking out 14. Bronson and Megan Brown split the effort for the
Mocs with Bronson picking up her second win of the evening.
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Rollins
will now head north to Georgia to take part in the Fort Valley
State University tournament, with three games scheduled for Friday,
April 7 and two for Saturday, April 8. Rollins will then take on
Albany State in a Sunday double header.
