Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Contact: Chris Kilcoyne, Sports Information Director
(804) 752-7387, christopherkilcoyne@rmc.edu
R-MC Softball Knocks off No. 6 Lynchburg 7-6; Game Two
Halted Due to Darkness
(Box
Score)
ASHLAND, VA - The Randolph-Macon College softball team knocked
off No. 6 Lynchburg College 7-6 in 11 innings in game one of what
was supposed to be an ODAC doubleheader. Game two proved to be
exciting as well as the Hornets and Yellow Jackets found themselves
tied at 6-6 in the eighth inning when the game was suspended due to
darkness. A decision as to the game being continued at a later date
is yet to be determined.
R-MC now stands at 21-10 overall, tying a school record for wins
that was set last season. The Yellow Jackets are now 4-7 in ODAC
play. LC is 30-5 overall and 13-2 in the league.
In game one, Paige Smith singled with two outs in the 11th
inning to score Morgan Greene and give R-MC its first win in school
history over the defending ODAC champion Hornets.
The Jackets trailed 6-5 heading into the decisive home half of
the 11th when Katie McCauley singled to move placed runner
Shannon Long to third.
After LC starter Katie Bruce struck out Courtney Brooks,
Lynchburg catcher Kirstin Swank picked off Long for the second out
of the inning. Greene then singled to move McCauley to third.
Carrie Barchick then won a long battle with Bruce, singling to tie
the game up and setting the stage for Smith.
Katie Raulerson went all 11 innings in the circle for R-MC,
picking up her seventh win of the season after, allowing just six
hits and one earned run in the game.
In game two, R-MC found itself down 6-2 after LC put together a
four run sixth inning to break a 2-2 tie. The Yellow Jackets fought
back in their half of the six, scoring three times after Ashley
Crouch doubled with two outs and Shannon Long followed with a
homerun to cut the Hornet advantage to 6-4. Katie Newton then
delivered a homerun to make the score 6-5.
In the Yellow Jackets seventh, Greene reached on an error and
moved to third on a bunt single by Barchick. Smith then tied the
game with a sacrifice fly that also moved Barchick to third. After
walks to Meaghan Mauck and Ashley Crouch loaded the bases, LC
starter Barbara Miles got out of further trouble when she got
Shannon Long to strike out to end the inning.
Randolph-Macon will be back in action on Wednesday when it hosts
Virginia Wesleyan College at 3:00 p.m. in Ashland.
-Yellow
Jackets-
