WINTER PARK, Fla. (April 6, 2008) - Sherri
Rabenold started things off with a lead-off homerun as the Tars'
bats rallied past the Nova Southeastern Sharks 6-1 in a make-up
game at Lake Island Park. The win bring Rollins to 26-10 overall
and 5-4 in conference play. The Sharks drop to 35-14 and 6-3 in the
SSC.
Rabenold led the Tars on the afternoon going 2-3 with a homerun,
a double, an RBI and two stolen bases. Missy Thogmartin went 2-4
with an RBI as Christine Roser, Monica Meadows, Jamie Rausch, Kayla
McCraney, Rachael Foster and Ingrid Schumacher all tallied hits for
the Tars' offense.
After Rabenold's solo homerun, the Tars continued to roll in the
third inning as Meadows singled up the middle to send Rabenold
home, 2-0. Roser then doubled to left field to score Thogmartin,
3-0. Rausch flied out to right field as Meadows tagged up and went
home, 4-0. Schumacher had a big trip to the plate as she singled to
right field to score Roser, 5-0.
Nova got on the board in the top of the 4th inning as Ashley
Baker doubled to center field and Brooke Mitchell singled up the
middle to bring her home, 5-1.
The Tars would score one more run in the bottom of the 6th
inning. With two outs, Rabenold singled to right field and stole
second. Thogmartin singled to center field to send Rabenold home
and give Rollins a 6-1 lead over Nova. Three up and three down in
the top of the 7th handed Rollins the series win over the
Sharks.
In the circle, Nicole Anderson (15-3) pitched a complete game
giving up one run on six hits and striking out two.
Lexi Serradet picked up the loss for the Sharks throwing two
innings giving up five runs on six hits only striking out one.
The Tars will be back in action on Wednesday, April 9 when they
travel to West Palm Beach to take on the Palm Beach Atlantic
Sailfish in a 5:00 p.m. doubleheader.
