GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Saturday's softball clash with No. 10 Seminole State and Santa Fe ended in a split, as the Saints were held to a single run in the day's opener before regrouping to take Game 1 by a 6-3 score.

GAME 1 - #10 SEMINOLE 3, SF 1

A GAME-CHANGING PLAY

The Raiders scored two runs in the top of the fourth to take a 3-0 lead, with the final run coming via a walk.

Santa Fe scored on an RBI single from Madi Hewett in the bottom of the fourth, and the Saints brought the go-ahead run to the plate in the seventh inning.

A strikeout, however, was the second out of the bottom of the seventh, and Seminole got the third out in unusual fashion with a Santa Fe unreported re-entry.

TEAM COMPARISON

Santa Fe had six singles in the game, while Seminole had just four hits with one home run.

Each team had three defensive errors.

The Raiders had four walks while SF had zero, and Seminole State also stole two bases. Jayelyn Carter had the only stolen base for the Saints.

SF BATTING LEADERS

Madi Hewett – 2-3, RBI

Jayelyn Carter - 2-4

Ariana Wright – 1-3, R

Riley Schnyder/Story Giebeig /Sydney Fowler – One hit apiece…

SF PITCHING STATS

Sydney Fowler (L, 1-2) – 3.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

Sophie Abrams – 3.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 1 K

GAME 2 – SF 6, #10 SEMINOLE 3

A GAME-CHANGING PLAY

Santa Fe broke a 2-2 tie with a four-run frame in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Two-out hitting was key to the big inning, as Keeli Zingaro had a two-RBI double and Abrianna Hickox an RBI single to make it 6-2.

Seminole made things difficult for the Saints with two-out hitting of their own in the top of the seventh, bringing a run across to make it 6-3.

The bases were loaded with two outs when Abrams entered in relief of Durrance, and Abrams was able to induce a 4-3 groundout to pickup the save.

TEAM COMPARISON

Seminole had nine hits to Santa Fe's eight, but all of the Raiders' knocks were singles.

Seminole also couldn't overcome five defensive errors, while SF committed two.

SF BATTING LEADERS

Keeli Zingaro – 3-4, 2 2B, 3 RBI

Story Giebeig – 1-3, R

Abrianna Hickox – 1-4, RBI

Jayelyn Carter – 1-4, R, RBI (Hitting streak extended to 10 games…)

Riley Schnyder – 1-4, R

SF PITCHING STATS

Kensley Durrance (W, 13-6) – 6.2 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 2 K

Sophie Abrams (SV, 1) – 0.1 IP

UP NEXT

Santa Fe (26-17, 3-6 MFC) will begin its second series with No. 8 College of Central Florida (38-9, 8-1 MFC) on Tuesday, Apr. 4. Game 1 of the three-game series will begin at 3:00 p.m. on the SF Softball Field.