WINTER PARK, Fla. (February 25, 2011)- The
Rollins softball team collected another series sweep with a pair of
victories against Albany St., Friday evening, 8-0 and 11-0. Head
coach Michelle
Frew adds to her impressive career now with a total of 502
victories at the helm of the Tars.
Game one saw the Tars jump on the scoreboard in the first
inning, tallying two runs to gain the early lead. Rollins would be
silenced by Mindy Mager until the Tars broke open the game with
four runs in the fourth, which included a Nikki
Gouldthread homerun. Mager kept the Tars scoreless in the
fifth, but Rollins capped the scoring off in the sixth with another
two runs, ending the game in the sixth.
Offensively Amber
Pederson and Gouldthread tallied two RBIs apiece along with Christine
Roser and Hiliary Brown, each collecting one RBI apiece.
Roser collected her first win of the season, striking out six
and only allowed one hit to the Rams offense.
Game two saw the hot hitting continue for the Tars, with Rollins
ending the game in five innings, 11-0.
Five Tars collected RBIs with Roser tallying four courtesy of a
second inning grand slam. Monica
Meadows and Jessica
Moreland also tallied homeruns for the Tars to collect their
RBIs. Brittney
Pumpelly and Hope
Bitzer also knocked in one RBI apiece to round out the
scoring.
Amye
McIntyre pitched a strong game against the Rams, only allowing
one hit, one walk and collected six strikeouts in four and two
thirds innings of work.
With the pairs of victories Rollins improves to 9-1 on the
season with their only loss coming to the defending national
champion, Hawaii Pacific on their home field.
The doubleheader with Kentucky St. has been moved to 9 a.m.
instead of 10 a.m.
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