Rollins and Tampa are set to square off in Game One of the South
Region 2 Tournament Friday at the UNA Softball Complex in Florence,
Ala.
Fans who can't make it to the games can listen to Victor
Anderson on the free audio stream on RollinsSports.com and watch
the free video stream available on RoarLions.com.
WHAT:
No. 15 Rollins (37-11) vs. Tampa (28-11)
WHEN:
Friday - May 8, 2015 - 4 p.m. EDT / 3 p.m. CDT
WHERE:
UNA Softball Complex at Cox Creek Park - Florence, Ala.
2500 Chisholm Road, Florence, Ala. 35630.
ROLLINS AT A GLANCE: Rollins won its final four
games of the season including two on the road over Palm Beach
Atlantic. Rollins hooked the Sailfish 6-1 in the first game before
shutting out PBA 8-0 in five innings in Game Two. Rollins has a
record of 19-3 away from home this season.
Rollins had five players named to All-SSC teams this past week.
The trio of Niki
Fogle, Brittany
Johnson and Jule
Kranz garnered first team All-SSC accolades while Hannah
Horwath and Hailee
Keisling picked up second team honors.
Junior Niki
Fogle currently ranks third in the nation with 30 wins this
season. Sophomore Hailee
Keisling finished second in the SSC in walks (24), doubles
(15), runs scored (42), on-base percentage (.512), and total bases
(87).
Junior co-captain Courtney
Durbin said, "It feels really good to get back out there. We
feel really prepared after a week a good practices."
TAMPA AT A GLANCE: Tampa won its second
straight share of the Sunshine State Conference Championship with a
three-game sweep of Lynn in the final weekend of the regular
season. Leslie Kanter of Tampa was named SSC Coach of the Year for
the second straight season.
Julia Morrow was named SSC Pitcher of the Year and to the
All-SSC first team after finishing the season with a 25-7 record,
1.31 ERA, and 338 strikeouts. Bre Seetree was named to the All-SSC
second team after batting .339 with a team-best 21 RBIs. Catcher
Kandi Kuder was also named to the second team with the at-large
selection after leading the team with a .360 batting average and 45
hits.
Megan Burke and Jenna Halper were recently named CoSIDA Academic
All-Americans.
PAST MATCHUPS: Tampa took the first two games
earlier this year 3-1 and 2-1 before Rollins responded with a 7-2
victory in the final game of the series.
NEXT UP FOR ROLLINS: Rollins will play either
North Alabama or Florida Tech Saturday.
