WINTER PARK, Fla. (March 10, 2009) - Rollins
swept Kentucky St. in doubleheader action as the Tars claimed the
decisions by scores of 13-0 and 10-2, Tuesday afternoon. With the
wins the Tars move to 21-2 on the season, while Kentucky St. falls
to 4-8.
The top half of the inning saw senior pitcher Nicole Anderson
collect her 1,000th strikeout of her illustrious four year career
at Rollins. Anderson only pitched two innings, allowing one hit and
collected four strikeouts to now sit at 1,003 strikeouts for her
career. Rachael Foster came in and pitched three innings of
scoreless ball, as she allowed on one hit to earn her ninth win of
the season.
The Tars quickly got on the scoreboard as they posted four runs in
the bottom half of the inning. Leading the charge in the inning
were Kristina Holland with a single, Jamie Rausch with a double and
Amber Pederson with a homerun. Rausch and Pederson both picked up 2
RBI's to put the Tars out front after the first inning.
The second inning saw the Tars tack on three more runs as Rachel
Almengual drew a walk to get aboard. Kristina Holland after
singling her first time up took the offering deep to left field for
a double, which scored Almengual for a 5-0 lead. The inning also
saw a double from Christine Roser, which scored Holland and allowed
Roser to move to third on the throw. The next pitch got away from
catcher Kayla Lewis allowing Roser to score on the pass ball.
After the Tars held Kentucky St. to one hit through three innings,
Rollins finished the scoring, as they posted six runs on the board
to lead 13-0. The inning saw Amber Pederson collect two hits in the
inning, one being a leadoff double and the other an RBI single.
Kaycie Bevis also doubled to drive in Pederson to collect her sixth
RBI of the season. After moving to third on an illegal pitch Bevis
scored on a single to third by Morgan Frost. Rachel Almengual
reached on a fielder's choice as Frost was out at second. Monica
Meadows doubled to score Almengual for her 24th RBI of the season.
Kristina Holland reached on a bunt single moving Meadows to third,
who would score on the throw and Holland moved to second on the
throw. Jamie Rausch and Amber Pederson both hit RBI singles to
drive in the final two runs of the inning as Kaycie Bevis ended the
inning with a strikeout.
The game was called in the top half of the fifth as Kentucky St.
was not able to push across any runs to stay alive.
Game two saw Kentucky St. take advantage of their opportunities as
they pushed across two runs in the top half of the first inning.
The inning was started off by Colby Smith as she reached on a
single to second base. The speedy Colby moved over to second on a
sac bunt from Ladonna Turley. Lamara Parker reached first base on
the first walk of the game from Monica Meadows. Shenazz Burrell
stepped up and knocked an RBI single to right field, which moved
Parker to third and was enough to score Colby. Sukoji Knight also
collected an RBI single that brought around Parker for a 2-0
lead.
The bottom half of the inning saw the Tars strike back with two
runs of their own. Meadows and Holland both reached on singles to
put runners on first and second. Missy Thogmartin was due up next
as she collected a triple that scored Meadows and Holland. Two runs
were all the Tars could push across as they left one runner
stranded in the inning.
In the second inning the Tars posted two more runs in the inning to
go up 4-0. Senior pitcher Rachael Foster started the scoring, as
she homered to left field off of Ariel Zugg. Morgan Frost kept the
inning going as she singled through the right side. After
Almengual's sacrifice bunt the Tars had a runner in scoring
position. This set the table for Monica Meadows as she drove in
Frost with a single through the right side. The inning ended as
Kristina Holland lined out to second and the throw was in time to
get Meadows for the double play.
The game went scoreless for two and half innings before the Tars
struck again on the scoreboard. The bottom half of the fifth saw
Kristina Holland reach on a walk. Christine Roser singled moving
Holland to second, but Holland took third on the throw, which
allowed Roser to move to second on the throw. With two runners in
scoring position Missy Thogmartin delivered a double to right field
as she collected two RBI's on the play. Jamie Rausch was the next
batter up and took the Ariel Zugg offering over the fence in center
field, scoring two more runs for the Tars. Kentucky St. made a
pitching change as Brittnie Ragle faced Amber Pederson. Pederson
locked onto a pitch she liked and drove it over the left field
fence for back-to-back homeruns for Rollins. After Foster and Frost
were retired, Rachel Almengual drew a walk and this would bring up
Monica Meadows. The game ended as Monica Meadows hit a double to
right field scoring Almengual from first. The final score was 10-2
after five innings of play. The Rollins offense had a big day as
they collected 13 hits and 10 runs, while only allowing four hits
and two runs to Kentucky St.
With the win Monica Meadows now moves to 2-0 on the season and
improves her batting average to .385 with 24 RBI's on the
season.
The Tars return to the diamond on Wednesday to face Kentucky St. in
doubleheader action starting at 11 a.m. from Lake Island Park.
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news and information on Tars softball. Be sure to look for live
audio broadcasts, as well as live in-game statistics for most games
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