MELBOURNE, Fla. (April. 6, 2014) - Rollins
closed out the season sweep of Florida Tech with a 5-1 victory
Sunday afternoon at Nancy Bottge Field. Niki
Fogle (W, 19-5) notched her third win of the three game series
by tossing a one-run complete game. The sophomore didn't allow a
walk and struck out five Panthers.
The Tars jump up to 30-10 (13-5 SSC) on the season, while
Florida Tech tumbles to 22-20 (7-11 SSC). Rollins remains in third
place in the conference table, trailing #3 Tampa and Nova
Southeastern.
Florida Tech pushed the first run of the game across on a
squeeze play to take the 1-0 lead.
Rollins responded in the next frame to overtake the Panthers.
Freshman Chelsea
Reed singled to center field to start the fifth inning and
moved over to third after a sacrifice bunt by Jessica
Gipson and a groundout by Baily Miller. Reed was able to score
when Hailee
Keisling reached on a throwing error by the Florida Tech
shortstop. Courtney
Durbin followed by continuing her hot hitting with a single,
advancing Keisling to second. SSC RBI leader Kristie
Hoeffer added another to her tally with a single of her own,
scoring Keisling and increasing the Tars lead to 2-1. After a
pitching change and a walk to catcher Veronica
Alred, Hilary
Brown knocked in the third run of the inning with the fourth
Rollins single of the inning. Brittany
Johnson, the ninth batter of the inning, was hit by a Rachel
Pence pitch to force Hoeffer home and move the score to 4-1.
Hilary
Brown added an insurance run and increased the final score to
5-1 in the seventh inning by doubling home Durbin.
Four of the five Rollins runs in the game were scored with two
outs.
Hoeffer, Brown, and Reed each went 2-4 in the contest.
Taylor Smith took the loss for the Panthers, dropping her season
record to 7-11.
Rollins will return to action next Friday in Lakeland when they
will face Florida Southern. The first pitch is scheduled for 6
p.m.
