WINTER PARK, Fla. (March 24, 2007) ' The
Florida Tech Panthers ended the Tars 15 game home winning streak as
Rollins won the first game of the doubleheader 5-0, but fell in the
second 2-0 (nine innings) on Saturday evening at Lake Island
Park.
Junior Ingrid Schumacher starred in the first game both as a
pitcher and a hitter. She went 3-3 on the day notching two RBI and
knocking out her fifth homerun of the season. In the circle,
Schumacher (9-1)'pitched a shutout, one-hitter with two walks and
one strikeout. Jamie Rausch went 1-3 tallying her fourth homer,
while Lauren Starcher also went 1-3 with one RBI catapulting her
third homerun of the season.
Judith Husband picked up the game one loss for the Panthers
(31-17, 7-2). She allowed three runs on five hits for Florida Tech.
Husband's record remains at 14-5 on the season.
The game remained scoreless until the bottom of the fourth
inning, when Rausch whacked a homerun over the leftfield fence. In
the bottom of the fifth with one runner on first, Sherri Rabenold
fired her fourth triple as she sent Devon Kontos home for the RBI
to give the Tars a 2-0 lead over the Panthers. Rollins sealed the
game one win in the bottom of the sixth inning as Schumacher and
Starcher hit back-to-back homeruns in which Florida Tech was unable
to recover, leaving the final score 5-0.
The Tars and Panthers played an extremely defensive game two as
both pitchers only allowed nine total hits in the game. Going into
extra innings tied 0-0, Florida Tech found their bats in the top of
the ninth inning when designated player Ashley Lugo hit a two-run
homer off of sophomore hurler Nicole Anderson. Rollins was
powerless in the bottom half of the inning as the Panthers claimed
the game two victory 2-0.
Anderson (16-6) suffered the loss, pitching nine innings giving
up two runs with five hits and nine strikeouts. Amber West earned
the win on the evening, as Ida Danielson recorded her first save of
the season for the Panthers.
On the weekend, Rollins (26-7, 4-2) took two of three games from
the conference leading Panthers.
The Tars will be back in action tomorrow, March 25 when they
take on the Southern New Hampshire University Penmen (2-0) at 2:00
p.m. Log on to www.RollinsSports.com for live
stats, as well as up-to-date news and photos of your favorite
Rollins athletics.
GAME ONE BOX SCORE
GAME TWO BOX SCORE
