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Jarvis, Woody Score Four as R-MC Sweeps SVU

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ASHLAND, Va. – Junior Sharese Jarvis (Cobbs Creek, Va./Mathews) and sophomore Katie Woody (Ashland, Va./Patrick Henry) both scored four runs as the Randolph-Macon softball team swept a doubleheader from Southern Virginia at the R-MC Softball Field.

The Yellow Jackets (20-10) took the opener 12-0 before claiming an 8-0 decision in the nightcap. Both contests went five innings.

Jarvis had a leadoff single in the second in Game 1 and Woody reached on a fielder's choice. Both scored in the three-run frame. An inning later, Jarvis had a leadoff walk and came home on a base hit by sophomore Jenna Best (Chesapeake, Va./Great Bridge). Woody singled and scored on an error. Senior Carolyn Gilbertson (McLean, Va./McLean) highlighted the fiver-run third with a two-run homer, her first of the season, to make it a 7-0 contest.

Sophomore Madison Gilman (Glen Allen, Va./Patrick Henry) had a leadoff homer to spark a four-run fourth. Woody tripled and scored in the frame.

Woody and Best both had two hits and three runs, while Gilbertson went 2 for 3 with two runs and two RBI. Best also knocked in a pair against the Knights (5-22).

Freshman Kelsey McLaughlin (Richmond, Va./Douglas Freeman) earned the win to raise her record to 11-5. She allowed one hit in four innings with one walk and four strikeouts. Junior Carly Alford (Richmond, Va./Trinity) fanned two in the ninth to preserve the shutout.

Best tossed a three-hit shutout in Game 2, surrendering three hits in five innings with no walks and two strikeouts to improve to 9-5.

After a scoreless first, Gilman had a leadoff single and came in on a base hit by Woody to make it 1-0.

Jarvis and sophomore Sam Moore both had two-run homers in a five-run third as the Yellow Jackets took a 6-0 advantage.

In the bottom of the fifth, Jarvis had a leadoff single and scored on a wild pitch to make it 7-0. Woody reached on an error and scored the final run of the contest on a single by Gilbertson.

Moore and Jarvis both had two hits and two RBI in the nightcap.

Randolph-Macon concludes the regular season at home on Friday, April 18 with a 3 p.m. ODAC doubleheader against Shenandoah at the R-MC Softball Field.

 
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Players Mentioned

Carly Alford

#16 Carly Alford

P
5' 9"
Junior
Jenna Best

#4 Jenna Best

P/1B
5' 7"
Sophomore
Carolyn Gilbertson

#23 Carolyn Gilbertson

OF/C
5' 7"
Senior
Madison Gilman

#7 Madison Gilman

C
5' 8"
Sophomore
Sharese Jarvis

#11 Sharese Jarvis

SS
5' 7"
Junior
Kelsey McLaughlin

#1 Kelsey McLaughlin

P
5' 11"
Freshman
Sam Moore

#20 Sam Moore

P/IF
5' 7"
Sophomore
Katie Woody

#10 Katie Woody

1B
5' 7"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Carly Alford

#16 Carly Alford

5' 9"
Junior
P
Jenna Best

#4 Jenna Best

5' 7"
Sophomore
P/1B
Carolyn Gilbertson

#23 Carolyn Gilbertson

5' 7"
Senior
OF/C
Madison Gilman

#7 Madison Gilman

5' 8"
Sophomore
C
Sharese Jarvis

#11 Sharese Jarvis

5' 7"
Junior
SS
Kelsey McLaughlin

#1 Kelsey McLaughlin

5' 11"
Freshman
P
Sam Moore

#20 Sam Moore

5' 7"
Sophomore
P/IF
Katie Woody

#10 Katie Woody

5' 7"
Sophomore
1B