PENSACOLA, Fla. (February 10, 2007) ' The
Rollins softball team split a doubleheader with 12th ranked
Alabama-Huntsville on Saturday, winning game one 4-1 and falling in
game two 4-2. The games were played as part of the Gulf
South/Sunshine State Crossover, hosted by West Florida in
Pensacola.
Nicole Anderson was the game one winner, allowing four hits and
one unearned run while fanning nine in seven innings. Sherri
Rabenold provided the firepower, going 3-3 with two runs and two
RBI, including a homerun. Ingrid Schumacher went 1-2 with a run
score and an RBI on a solo homer for Rollins (2-2).
Anderson suffered the loss in game two, allowing two runs, one
earned, on two hits in one and third innings of relief. Schumacher
started for the Tars, throwing four and two thirds innings,
allowing two and five hits. At the plate, Schumacher was 2-3 with a
run scored on her second homerun of the day. Jamie Rausch and
Meghan Shaw also had hits for the Tars.
The long ball got Rollins started in the opener as Rabenold's
two run dinger in the third gave the Tars a quick 2-0 lead.
Alabama-Huntsville (8-2) got one back in the fourth, but the
Rollins sealed it up with runs in the fifth, on a Stacy Sanders RBI
double, and sixth, on Schumacher's solo leadoff homer.
The Tars and Chargers played scoreless through the first four
innings of game two until Marilyn Cooper connected on a two RBI
double to right center to give UAH a 2-0 lead. The advantage
ballooned to 4-0 in the sixth as Anna Parker knocked a two RBI
double to right center.
Schumacher brought the Tars back into it with a blast over the
fence in the seventh that scored Jamie Rausch, but that would be it
for the Tars as they went down by a count of 4-1.
Rollins will compete in the third and final day of the GSC/SSC
Crossover on Sunday, February 11 against host West Florida. Game
one of the doubleheader is slated to begin at 3 p.m.
GAME ONE BOXSCORE
GAME TWO BOXSCORE
