WINTER PARK, FLA. (April 3, 2009)-
The Rollins softball team earned a home shutout victory against
the Lynn University Fighting Knights 8-0, Friday evening. The Tars
handled the Fighting Knights in five innings as Nicole
Anderson picked up the win to move to 16-5 on the season.
The Tars were able to get the bats going as Monica
Meadows went 3-for-3 with one RBI and three runs scored. Christine
Roser continued to swing her hot bat as she went 1-for-2 with
three RBIs. Roser belted her 14th homerun of the season that put
Rollins out front for good. Jamie
Rausch and Amber
Pederson also picked up RBIs to round out the scoring for the
Tars.
Rollins started off early as they picked up two runs in the bottom
half of the first inning to take a lead they would not surrender.
Monica
Meadows led things off for the Tars, as she reached on a
single. Kristina
Holland also followed up with a single to give Rollins runners
on first and second. Jamie
Rausch collected her RBI as she doubled to score Meadows and
move Holland to third. Holland would later score on a wild pitch.
The inning would end as Rachael
Foster just missed hitting a double that was taken away by the
centerfielder.
The second inning saw the Tars post five runs on the board as Christine
Roser collected three RBIs on her homerun and with Monica
Meadows collecting an RBI single. This extended the lead to 7-0
after two innings.
Nicole
Anderson held the Fighting Knights scoreless through five
innings of work. Anderson struck out three and walked one, while
allowing no hits for the Fighting Knights. With the win Anderson
improves to 16-5 and lowers her ERA to 0.90
Rollins capped off the scoring as Monica
Meadows reached on a leadoff single and would come around to
score on an Amber
Pederson sacrifice fly. After four innings the Tars posted an
eight run lead, which forced Lynn to score one run in the fifth to
keep the game alive. The Fighting Knights were not able to do
anything with a Pallister walk as the game would end 8-0 in favor
of the Tars.
The Tars will resume the series with Lynn on Saturday, April 4 at 1
p.m. from Lake Island Park.
Fans remember to check out RollinsSports.com to stay current with
the latest news and information. Also look for live in-game
statistics and audio broadcasts for many of the games this
season.
