BOCA RATON, Fla. (April 12, 2008) ' The Rollins
softball team ran a hit parade through Boca Raton on Saturday,
defeating Lynn by scores of 3-1 and 15-1 in a Sunshine State
Conference doubleheader. Rollins took the series three games to one
and improved to 30-11 overall and 7-5 in conference play.
Senior Sherri Rabenold went 1-2 in game one before going off in
game two, blasting two homeruns and batting 3-4 with six RBI and
two run scored. Jamie Rausch also homered twice in the night cap to
highlight a 2-5, five RBI day. Christine Roser hit 3-5 with three
runs scored and an RBI on a homer in game two.
Rachael Foster scored the game one victory, allowing four hits
and one run with three walks and seven strikeouts. Nicole Anderson
was the game two winner, throwing all five innings and scattering
three hits with one run, three walks and seven strikeouts.
Meghan Osborne hit 3-6 with a run scored to pace Lynn (17-31,
2-13 SSC). Amber Havnar was the game one loser in the circle and
Cristie Kaufman suffered the game two loss.
Rabenold led off game one with a double, was sacrificed to
second and scored on a Meadows groundout to make it 1-0 early. Lynn
answered in the fourth, manufacturing a run after a Megan Osborne
lead off single to make it 1-1. The Tars took control in the sixth,
plating two and going up 3-1. Thogmartin drew a lead off walk and
scored from first when Meadows sent a laser down the left field
line that rolled to the wall. Roser gave the Tars their third run
of the game later in the inning with a single that brought Meadows
across the plate.
Rollins kept up the offensive onslaught to start game two, as
Rabenold led off with a solo dinger to right and Roser blasted a
solo shot to center, putting the Tars up 2-0. Lynn scored one in
their half of the inning, but Rollins got it back in the top of the
second as Ingrid Schumacher walked and was knocked in by Rabenold
later in the stanza.
The Tars blew the contest open in the third, hanging 10 runs to
take a commanding 13-1 lead. Roser led off with a double and, after
a Lauren Starcher fly out, Rollins drew three straight walks to
score the first run of the inning and chase off Kaufman. Kayla
McCraney struck out in a pinch hit at bat before Rabenold cleared
the bases with a blast to dead center, making the score 8-1.
Rollins continued to roll as Thogmartin and Meadows singled and
Roser walked to again load the bases. Starcher then lofted a ball
to right that was misplayed by Lynn and allowed two more to score,
making it 10-1. Rausch put an exclamation point on the big inning
with a three run homer to center and put the score at 13-1.
Rausch gave the Tars two more in the top of the fifth, hitting a
homerun to left with Starcher on base and sending the Tars back to
Winter Park with a SSC series win.
Rollins will continue Sunshine State Conference action on
Friday, April 18 when they will open up a three game set at Tampa.
First pitch is slated for 7 p.m.
Game 1 Boxscore
Game 2 Boxscore
