GULF SHORES, Ala. (February 1, 2020) – After having the first two games of the season washed out Friday, Rollins finally got its 2020 season underway with wins over Spring Hill and Delta State.
The Tars beat the Badgers 9-0 (5 innings) in the morning and then came back to take down Delta State 1-0 in an evening thriller.
Recap: Rollins 9, Spring Hill 0
Ashley Worrell had a great day on in the circle, throwing five shutout innings in a winning effort. She only put one hit (in the fifth inning) and totaled two strikeouts to just one walk on the day.
Ashley Troutman went 1-3 at the plate and scored twice. Chelsea Peace also chipped in with the first home run of the season for The Tars. Her rocket to left field accounted for three RBIs as part of a 1-2, two runs scored day. Cynthia Whitty went 1-2 and finished with one RBI.
The Tars plated five in the second inning. Whitty ripped an RBI double and scored on a fielder's choice two batters later. Peace capped it off with a two-out homer to put the Tars up 5-0.
Taylor Waters made it a 6-0 score after a Badgers error and Lindsay Gehring was plunked with the bases loaded to score Troutman. Rollins got two more as Peace and Brycyn Smith both scored on another Spring Hill error to make it a 9-0 count.
RECAP: Rollins 1, Delta St. 0
Rollins finished day two of the Gulf Shores Invitational on top, beating Delta State 1-0.
Ali Shenefield was spectacular for the Tars against the Lady Statesmen, allowing just two hits and fanning 15. She was just two off the school record for strikeouts in a seven-inning game, held by Kirsten Frame and Nicole Anderson.
In a game that runs were hard to come by, Peace led off the fourth with a single and scored after a Talia Kentoffio sacrifice fly to left field, which proved to be the game's lone run. Kentoffio was a perfect 1-1 at the plate while Troutman and Worrell both went 1-4. Gehring and Waters also had base knocks for the Tars.
Delta State's Hailey Simpson went 2-3 and was the only Delta State player to have a hit against the Tars.
The Tars are back at it on Sunday to close the Gulf Shores Invitational, facing Drury and West Ala.
