WINTER PARK, Fla. (March 11, 2009) –
Rollins collected two more wins Wednesday afternoon, as they beat
Kentucky St. 13-0 and 13-2, in Winter Park. The Tars move to 23-2
on the season, while the Thorobreds fall to 4-10. Rollins had
Kentucky State's number as they combined to outscore the Thorobreds
49-4 in the four game series.
The series belonged to Christine
Roser as she combined to go 5-for-5 with 12 RBI's in the two
games today. Four out of the five hits for Roser were homeruns as
she now leads the team with nine of the season. Missy
Thogmartin and Vanessa
Volkema each collected three RBI's, while they combined to go
2-for-5. Amber
Pederson also had a big day as she went 2-for-3 with two RBI's
and two runs scored. Freshmen Kaycie
Bevis went 1-for-3 with one RBI and one run scored.
Rollins had no problem with the offense all tournament long as the
Tars scored 61 runs, while only giving up six. Defensively the Tars
were up to the challenge as they only committed one error and
allowed three earned runs.
In game one Christine
Roser collected six RBI's on three hits, two of them were
homeruns. Amber
Pederson chipped in with two RBI's of her own, as she went
1-for-1 on the day. Designated player Vanessa
Volkema had a big day going 1-for-3 with three RBI's. To round
out the scoring for Rollins, freshmen Molly
Rooney and senior Jamie
Rausch each collected one RBI to give the Tars 13 runs, tying
their season high for runs scored.
The Tars jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning as Rollins
collected five hits to score five runs. The second inning saw
Rollins post two more runs as Christine
Roser hit her first two run home run of the day. Rollins capped
off the scoring in the fourth inning as Christine
Roser hit her second homerun of the game, as she collected
three RBI's on the play. The game ended as Nicole
Anderson sat down the Thorobreds in the top half of the fifth
inning
Nicole
Anderson collected her 11th win of the season, as she went
five innings. Anderson allowed two hits, zero runs, and punched out
seven Thorobreds. With the dominating performance Anderson lowers
her ERA to 0.72 for the season and now has 127 strikeouts in 77 and
two thirds innings of work.
The second game saw Monica
Meadows step in the circle for the Tars and deliver in a big
way. Meadows led the Tars to a 13-2 win behind her five innings of
work allowing four hits, two runs, and six strikeouts. Meadows
improves to 3-0 on the season, while earning a 0.92 ERA.
Christine
Roser provided a huge offensive lift for the Tars, as she went
2-for-2 with six RBI's. Freshmen Kaycie
Bevis went 1-for-1 with an RBI and a run scored. Missy
Thogmartin assumed the catching duties in game two and along
with her stellar play behind the plate went 1-for-2 with three
RBI's. Rachel
Almengual and Monica
Meadows also added in an RBI each to give the Tars their 13
runs. The story of the day was Christine
Roser as her first two at bats of the game yielded two three
run homeruns for her.
The Tars will step back into conference play as they face Florida
Southern at 7 p.m. Friday evening. Fans be sure to come check out
the game from Lake Island Park as the Tars look to improve their
conference record against the Moccasins.
Fans remember to check out RollinsSports.com for all the latest
news and information on Rollins Softball. Also look for live audio
broadcasts and live in-game statistics for many games.
