Softball Sweeps St. Johns River, Improves to 17-9
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 5 | 7 | 2 |
Game 2
Game 2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | E |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
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4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | X | 10 | 7 | 0 |
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Santa Fe College Softball (17-9) swept the doubleheader and season-series with St. Johns River State College (7-24) on Thursday, as the Saints kept the Vikings off the scoreboard for the entirety of the 12 innings played…
GAME 1 – SF 5, SJR 0
A GAME-CHANGING PLAY
A three-hit Game 1 for Jayelyn Carter and a great first career Santa Fe pitching start for Sydney Fowler were the highlights of the opener…
TEAM COMPARISON
SF had seven hits to six for the Vikings.
Each team had two defensive miscues…
SF was able to bring runs across when hitters reached safely, while Fowler made the pitches when most needed to strand SJR baserunners.
SF BATTING LEADERS
Carter – 3-3, 2 R
Story Giebeig – 2-2, 2B, RBI
Abrianna Hickox – 1-2, BB, R, RBI
SF PITCHING STATS
Sydney Fowler (W, 1-0) – 5.1 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Kensley Durrance – 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R
GAME 2 – SF 10, SJR 0 (5 Inn.)
A GAME-CHANGING PLAY
There were several in this one-sided affair. It began with a first-inning grand slam for Story Giebeig (below).
Kensley Durrance and Sophie Abrams combined for the one-hit shutout from the circle.
Ariana Wright, appearing in her first doubleheader as a Saint, helped invoke the run-rule with a two-out triple to deep right field in the fourth inning, plating three.
TEAM COMPARISON
The SJR defense had three more errors in this one, while SF played mistake-free.
The Saints racked up seven more hits in the shortened game, four of which went for extra-bases.
SF BATTING LEADERS
Seven different Saints had hits in this one, in what was a balanced lineup.
Fowler had a double, Giebeig drove in four with her grand slam, while Lily Garnett-Brown and Wright each had triples. Wrights' three-bagger gave the Virginia Tech transfer her first hit as a Saint and three runs batted in.
SF PITCHING STATS
Kensley Durrance (W, 10-4) – 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 K
Sophie Abrams – 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 K
UP NEXT
Santa Fe (17-9) heads to Tallahassee Community College in a nonconference clash on Saturday, March 4. Game 1 begins at 1:00 p.m.