WINTER PARK, Fla. - The Eckerd softball team scored early to down No. 20 Rollins in the opener, 3-1, on Saturday afternoon before dropping game two, 2-0, on the road.
Eckerd struck early in the opener with an RBI single by Lauren Margolis for a 1-0 lead in the third frame. The Tritons added on another two runs in the fifth for a 3-0 favor on a pair of RBI singles by Jadyn Wright and Hannah Taylor. Rollins rallied for a run in the seventh, but Olivia Johnson coaxed a pair of pop-ups to end the game.
Neither team was able to generate much offense in the finale. The Tars added the game's only runs on a two-run homer in the fourth. Eckerd threatened in the seventh with two runners on but RC ended the game with a groundout.
HOW IT ENDED
Game One
FINAL: Eckerd 3, No. 20 Rollins 1
WP: Benefield (1-2) LP: MacMullen (7-4) S: Johnson (1)
Game Two
FINAL: No. 20 Rollins 2, Eckerd 0
WP: Worrell (18-5) LP: Founds (4-8) HR: Worrell (7)
RECORDS: Eckerd 12-24 (6-14 SSC); Rollins 32-11 (15-9 SSC)
NOTES AND NUMBERS
- Coiner went 2-for-3 in the opener while scoring two runs. She also added a hit in the finale.
- Wright, Margolis, and Taylor added EC's RBIs in game one.
- The win in the opener is Eckerd's first over a ranked opponent this season.
- Brielle Benefield earned her first win of the season in game one, tossing four scoreless innings and scattering two hits.
- Olivia Johnson earned her first save of the season in the opener, throwing three innings.
UP NEXT
Eckerd returns to action next weekend with a three-game series at Tampa with a single game Friday at 2:30 PM.
