WINTER PARK, Fla. (April 1, 2016) - Going,
going, gone. Senior Jule
Kranz homers three times in a doubleheader sweep of Nova
Southeastern. The Tars defeated the Sharks in game one, 7-4, before
shutting out NSU in game two by a score of 7-0.
Rollins improves to 26-6-1 (9-2 SSC) while Nova Southeastern
drops to 11-27 (1-16 SSC) on the season.
The Tars jumped out early in game one after Tiffany
Osmanski homered to right center scoring Hailee
Keisling, who had a lead off walk. Chelsea
Reed then scored off a Courtney
Durbin sacrifice fly to right field. Next batter, Brianne
Lint collected her first of two RBIs on the day as the
sophomore singled to third base scoring Brittany
Johnson to extend the Tars lead to 4-0.
Rollins added two more runs in the second as small ball helped
Kranz score off a Reed single. Reed scored later in the inning off
a Lint sacrifice fly to center field. Niki
Fogle helped her cause on the mound with a leadoff homerun in
the bottom of the fifth to make it 7-0.
The Tars held off a late four-run rally in the top of the
seventh to secure the 7-4 victory. Fogle collected the win going
five innings allowing one hit, no runs, no walks and striking out
four.
Game two saw the Tars get out to another early lead thanks to
Kranz's first homerun of the game giving Rollins the 1-0 lead.
Sid
Masso started the scoring in the second with a double to right
field scoring Hannah
Horwath and Durbin. Kranz then sent her second homerun of the
day over the left field line fence to add on two more runs and
extend the Rollins lead to 5-1.
The senior shortstop was not done yet, as she once again homer
on her third at-bat. This is only the second time in Rollins
softball history that a player has homered three times in one game.
The last player to do that was Jessica Gipson back on April 13,
2013 versus Florida Tech. Kranz, who is the national sacrifice-hits
leader, went 4-4 with 5 RBIs.
Reed made sure the Tars shut out the Sharks as the junior scaled
the fence in deep center field to rob Haley Gonzalez of a homerun
in the next inning. Fogle sealed another win on the mound as the
senior improves to 16-5 on the year.
The Tars will be back in action on Saturday as they look to
sweep the three game weekend series with Nova Southeastern. First
pitch is set for 10:00 a.m. at MLK Park. For the latest news,
updates, and information on the Rollins softball team, fans can
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