Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Eckerd College softball team split for the third time this season in their double-header against NAIA Webber International University (3-4) at the Turley Athletic Complex. Both games were thrillers, as Webber defeated the Tritons 2-1 in the first game, and Eckerd (3-3) coming back in the bottom of the fifth inning to bring the game into extra innings and defeating the Warriors 4-3 in the ninth.
Eckerd scored first in game one of the double-header, with Amanda Kolonick and Emma Docking getting back-to-back base hits. With speed on the bases and runners on third and second, Alex Sasso hit a ground ball to second, which brought home Kolonick to make the score 1-0. The Warriors scored their first run in the fourth inning on an Eckerd error, tying up the game. Warrior Krystan Mahowald hit a home run over the left-center field fence in the top of the seventh inning to make the score 2-1. The Tritons attempted a come back after Kristen Torres' double and a base hit by Kristen Schurr to have runners on third and second, but WIU pitcher Kristen LeFan was able to sit down the side to make the final score 2-1.
Mackenzie Dawson took the hard loss for the Tritons, pitching seven innings, giving up 10 hits, two runs, walking one, and striking out one batter. Kolonick led the offense for the first game, going 2-for-3 with one run and two stolen bases.
The Warriors jumped out with the lead in the second game, scoring a total of three runs by fourth inning, one on an error and two on a Sam Mendello homerun. Eckerd quickly answered back, with Schurr scoring on bases loaded in the bottom of the fourth, along with Sasso and Kelly Coston scoring on Emily Wiemken's base hit to right field in the fifth inning. With the score being tied 3-3 at the bottom of the seventh inning, the game went into a Texas Tiebreaker.
WIU was unsuccessful on getting their runners across the plate during the tiebreaker. In the bottom of the ninth and Amelia Czelatka on second base, Docking blasted a double into deep right-center field, which brought home Czelatka and gave the Tritons the victory, 4-3.
Alex Koronkiewicz was the winning pitcher, pitching nine innings, which giving up six hits, three runs, no walks, and striking out seven batters. Wiemken went 2-for-2, with one run batted in.
The Tritons will be back in action, as they will host the Eckerd Triton Spring Invitational at the Eddie C. Moore Complex in Clearwater, Florida, on Friday, February 19th. The tournament lasts through Sunday and features nine teams. Their first game will be against Drury University at 3 pm.
