CARROLLTON, Ga. (March 5, 2010)-
The Rollins softball team opened up the West Georgia
Invitational with a pair of victories against Columbus St. and West
Georgia by scores of 2-1 and 14-0, Friday afternoon. With the wins,
Rollins improves to 8-0 and remain the only unbeaten team in the
Sunshine State Conference.
Game one for the Tars saw a pitcher's duel between Kirsten Frame for the
Tars and Kristi Bullard for the Cougars of Columbus St. The
freshmen Frame went the distance for Rollins, striking out seven
and allowing six hits and one run.
For the Cougars Bullard struck out seven and allowed five hits, but
allowed two earned runs and that was the difference in the
game.
Krista
Rodden and Christine Roser propelled
the Tars as both drove in a run apiece and combined to go 4-for-5
in the game. Roser started the scoring for the Tars as she knocked
in a solo homerun in the first inning.
After the Cougars tied it at one in the top half of the third
inning, Rollins went back to work. After a Holland single, Roser
reached on a walk to give the Tars runners on first and second.
Rodden stepped up and hit an RBI single that would prove to be the
difference in the game.
From then on each pitcher shutdown the bats and Rollins escaped
with a 2-1 victory.
Game two for the Tars saw a completely different game as the bats
came alive in a big way. Rollins used five homeruns to runaway to a
14-0 victory over the West Georgia Wolves, Friday afternoon.
Brittney
Pumpelly, Jessica
Moreland, Kristina Holland, Roser and
Rodden all collected home runs for the Tars. With the offensive
explosion the Tars scored in every inning except the third.
Holland, Moreland, Roser, Rodden and Meredith
Foster all tallied multi-RBIs in the game with Kelly Jones and
Pumpelly chipping in one RBI apiece.
In the circle, Frame shutdown the Wolves as she struck out six and
allowed only one hit. With the victory, Frame improves to 6-0 on
the season and lowers her ERA to an impressive 0.57.
The Tars return to the diamond tomorrow morning when they will play
Augusta St. at 9 a.m. and North Alabama at 1 p.m.
Fans check out RollinsSports.com for all the latest news and
information along with free audio broadcasts and live in-game
statistics of the West Georgia Invitational.
