DANVILLE, Ky. – After facing off against Asbury and Wooster in two separate games on Saturday, the Centre softball team (1-3) faced off against the two teams again to cap off the weekend on Sunday. The Gold & White would fall to the Fighting Scots in the first game, but won the late-game thriller in their second contest against Asbury, 5-4.
GAME ONE: Wooster 9, Centre 1
- Wooster was able to get a runner in scoring position in the first inning with two outs but starting pitcher
Layne Ogle would catch the fifth batter in the lineup looking on a strikeout to keep the runners from scoring.
- The Fighting Scots would strike back in the top of the fourth inning, scoring four runs on the Colonels by the end of it.
- Freshman
Izzy Rushing was able to put one on the board for Centre in the bottom of the sixth inning, the Louisville, Ky., native sending a hit to center field for her first collegiate home run.
GAME TWO: Centre 5, Asbury 4
- The Gold & White were able to generate some offense in the game's first inning,
Tori Candler slicing a single up the middle of the field for an RBI single to bring
Abby Duncan home and take the lead.
- After starting pitcher
Lucy Baseheart and co. were able to three-up-three-down the Eagles in the top of the third, the bottom of the inning showcased RBI's from
Emily Lammers and
Andrea Searcy on back-to-back at-bats to extend the lead to three.
- Asbury would run hot, in the fourth inning, putting together four runs to reclaim the lead.
- After a new opposing pitcher hit the mound for the Eagles,
Kaylen Storms was able to draw a quick walk and round the bases to home after Rushing sent a double to center field, tying the game.
- The teams would go back-and-forth, Asbury putting runners in scoring position with only one out in the bottom of the seventh. The Colonels would hold their opponent through the rest of the inning thanks to a quick reaction on a line-drive hit to Rushing and a well-fielder ground ball
Rylie Bentley.
- The final half-inning would be all Centre, Candler leading it off with a double inside the right-centerfield gap. Lammers would put the ball back in right for a single to put Candler on third base, with Searcy in the next at-bat pushing the ball to right center (again) to bring home Candler for the walk-off win.
UP NEXT
The Colonels will next travel out to Montgomery, Ala. Over the next weekend, competing in another invitational, this time hosted by Huntingdon. They'll play two games on both Saturday, Feb. 18 and Sunday, Feb. 19, one against both of the other two teams each day, the first one being against Fontbonne on Saturday at 10 a.m. ET.
