DANVILLE, Ky. – The Centre women's softball team (7-26, 1-12 SAA) opened up their series on Saturday afternoon after a schedule reshuffle due to weather, looking to start strong for the Senior Day weekend. The Colonels' bats were flying at the plate as they achieved their second run-rule win of the season, taking down the Lynx on a final score of 9-1 in six innings.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
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Lucy Baseheart would continue her strong starts by setting the tone early against the Lynx, striking out two batters for a quick first inning of work (one looking, one swinging).
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Andrea Searcy drove in the first runs of the game in the first inning of action on Saturday, sending a double to drive in senior
Riley McCue and
Sawyer Lecius. Searcy would also advance to third on an error for an unofficial triple.
- The Gold and White would send two more across home plate in the next inning, the second including
Brylin Isaacs and
Kaylen Storms making it around the bases.
- The Colonels' fifth run came through in the third inning,
Kaylee Gregory scoring from third base by way of
Sam Rogers slapping a pitch back to the pitcher.
- After the Lynx would strike with a run in the fourth, Centre would garner three insurance runs in response at the bottom of the inning. Gregory would send a triple to the corner, later being sent home on a double by
Abby Duncan, which followed by Isaacs on a double to the right side.
- The fifth inning brought the Colonels their fourth double-play ball of the season,
Rylie Bentley playing a ground ball towards Isaacs who then quickly tossed it to Gregory to clear the bases.
- The senior, Isaacs, would once again drive in a run in the sixth inning, the error the hit ball garnered would not only reach her to first base, but advance Rogers through home plate.
"The first inning showed us we could get on top early, so to come out the next few innings and build on that was huge." explained head coach
Tori Brown, "The momentum set the tone for the game and now hopefully the series. There is still a decent amount of conference play left, so winning game one today was a great first step."
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Gregory's two triples marks a career-high for the sophomore, the first two of her career as a Colonel.
- Baseheart's five strikeouts on Saturday is her ninth time this season the Lexington, Ky., native has had five or more K's in one contest.
- The Gold and White's nine runs tallies the fifth contest this season where the team has had nine or more baserunners cross home plate.
UP NEXT
The Colonels will celebrate Senior Day on Sunday, April 10 between their double-header against Rhodes, both games staying at Centre College. The first of two contests is scheduled to commence at 11 a.m., the second game currently mark at approximately a 1 p.m. start.
