WINTER PARK, Fla. – The Eckerd Tritons softball team secured a series win over the Rollins Tars on Sunday, winning the opener by a score of 9-1 before dropping the finale with a final score of 7-6.
In game one, the two teams played a pair of scoreless frames before the Tritons struck first with a two-run home run by
Faith Wharton in the top of the third. One inning later,
Hannah Taylor sent a three-run shot over the outfield fence to create a 5-0 lead and begin a four-run surge. Wharton's RBI single two batters later accounted for the fourth and final tally of the frame.
Eckerd added one in the fifth on a Rollins error before a two-spot in the sixth pushed the game into run-rule territory.
Maddie Bostack's two-run single stretched the advantage out to 9-0.
Brandilyn Reymer allowed an unearned run in the bottom half, but kept the eight-run margin intact to end the game early.
Wharton went 3-for-3 at the plate, while Reymer struck out five and allowed just four hits.
In game two, the Tritons scored twice in the opening inning with a two-run blast from Taylor, her second homer of the day. The Tars answered with two of their own in the bottom half, but Eckerd reclaimed the lead with a Wharton run-scoring single in the third.
The Tritons added on with a run in each of the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings to create a 6-2 advantage. Wharton and
Lex Difato each collected RBI hits, and
Ella Coiner notched a home run in the top half of the seventh. Rollins stormed back with four in the bottom to force extras before winning in the eighth.
Eckerd will be back in action next weekend at Tampa.
