2008 Woodie Awards
Softball Struts Through Season
Angela Gonzalez
Issue date: 4/14/06 Section: Sports
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The Rollins Softball team has been having a successful season so far as they boast a 36-13 record overall. This past weekend they traveled to Byron, Georgia to compete in the Fort Valley State Softball Tournament. On Friday, the Tars dominated all three games. They first went up against Fort Valley and collected 11 hits while only allowing the opposition to collect three. The Tars offense was solid as well. Kelly Cruz, Jaime Rausch and Stacy Saunders all managed two hits and two runs, while Devon Kontos hit her first career homerun. The final score on that game was 9-1.
In the second game against Paine College; the Tars came up big again ending the match in five innings with a score of 18-0. The big hitters in this game were Ashley East with three hits and four runs scored and Kallie Jo Jones who took two hits and two runs scored and one homerun. On the mound for the Tars was Ingrid Schumacher, who pitched six strikeouts and only allowed two hits.
The Tars capped off their day in the third and final game versus Claflin. In a closer match-up, the Tars came close to giving up a victory, allowing them to collect two runs off of three hits in the first inning and three more runs off of two hits in the fourth. The Tars only held four runs until the last two at-bats when they scored a total of seven runs ultimately taking the game with a score of 11-5.
On Saturday, all games in the Tournament were rained out by strong thunderstorms but play continued on Sunday.
Sunday saw the Tars shut out Albany State in both games of a double header. In the first game, freshman pitcher Nicole Anderson tallied nine strikeouts and only allowed three runs, as Rollins collected 15 runs. The big hitters included senior Kelly Cruz and freshman Ashley East, who each had three hits with three at-bats.
In the second game against Albany, senior pitcher Ingrid Schumacher allowed five hits and managed eight strikeouts. Schumacher and Amanda DeFilippo each batted 2-3 and brought home one run a piece. Defensively, the Tars went error free in both games and never allowed the Rams to score a single run.
The softball team looks forward to 12 more games, six being conference games.
In the second game against Paine College; the Tars came up big again ending the match in five innings with a score of 18-0. The big hitters in this game were Ashley East with three hits and four runs scored and Kallie Jo Jones who took two hits and two runs scored and one homerun. On the mound for the Tars was Ingrid Schumacher, who pitched six strikeouts and only allowed two hits.
The Tars capped off their day in the third and final game versus Claflin. In a closer match-up, the Tars came close to giving up a victory, allowing them to collect two runs off of three hits in the first inning and three more runs off of two hits in the fourth. The Tars only held four runs until the last two at-bats when they scored a total of seven runs ultimately taking the game with a score of 11-5.
On Saturday, all games in the Tournament were rained out by strong thunderstorms but play continued on Sunday.
Sunday saw the Tars shut out Albany State in both games of a double header. In the first game, freshman pitcher Nicole Anderson tallied nine strikeouts and only allowed three runs, as Rollins collected 15 runs. The big hitters included senior Kelly Cruz and freshman Ashley East, who each had three hits with three at-bats.
In the second game against Albany, senior pitcher Ingrid Schumacher allowed five hits and managed eight strikeouts. Schumacher and Amanda DeFilippo each batted 2-3 and brought home one run a piece. Defensively, the Tars went error free in both games and never allowed the Rams to score a single run.
The softball team looks forward to 12 more games, six being conference games.