Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Contact: Chris Kilcoyne, Sports Information Director
(804) 752-7387, christopherkilcoyne@rmc.edu

Virginia Wesleyan Sweeps R-MC Softball 5-0 & 6-4
(Game One Box Score) / (Game Two Box Score)

ASHLAND, VA - Virginia Wesleyan right-hander Brittany Brown picked up a three hit shutout in game one and recorded a save in game two to help the Marlins score an ODAC doubleheader sweep of Randolph-Macon College on Wednesday afternoon in Ashland. VWC won by the scores of 5-0 and 6-4.

In game one, Brown scattered three hits, struck out eight , did not issue a walk, while going the distance to pick up her 15th win of the season.

In game two, Paige Smith staked R-MC (21-12 / 4-9 ODAC) to a 1-0 lead in the first inning with a solo homerun off VWC starter Ally Eates.

VWC (24-8 / 14-2 ODAC) took a 2-1 advantage in the third inning putting together four hits, while taking advantage of an R-MC error to score a pair of runs.

R-MC tied the score in the fourth inning when Shannon Long singled home Meaghan Mauck to knot the score at 2-2.

The Marlins responded with four runs in their next at bat to go up 6-2 to before Smith struck again with a two-run home run to cut the VWC lead to 6-4.

That would be as close as the Jackets would get as Brown surrendered just two hits in her three innings of work to preserve the win for Eates.

R-MC will be back in action on Friday when it travels to Sweet Briar College for a 2:00 p.m. ODAC doubleheader.

-Yellow Jackets-