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FLORENCE, SC - After getting eight hits and scoring six runs in
the first game of Saturday's doubleheader, the bats of fifth-ranked
Francis Marion University fell nearly silent in game two as Mount
Olive College claimed a 5-1 win and a split of the non-conference
twinbill.
FMU (10-1) won the opener 6-0 as junior left-hander Michaela
Wolf (6-0) tossed a three-hitter, while fanning seven and walking
no one. At the plate, Wolf also contributed a run-scoring
ground out in the fifth frame.
The Patriots scored the only run they would need in the bottom
of the first on a run-scoring single by freshman second baseman
Ashley Jaramillo. Jaramillo finished the game 2-for-3.
FMU added four more runs in the fourth off losing pitcher Anna
Turvin (0-1). Junior left fielder Jessica Birchmeier
delivered a two-out, 2-run single in the uprising.
In the second game, Mount Olive freshman righty Kristin Ware
improved to 3-0 as she held FMU to four singles. The
Patriots' lone run came in the bottom of the seventh on a two-out,
RBI-single by senior center fielder Lakyn Bendle.
The Trojans (4-2) took a 1-0 lead in the third when left fielder
Kat Cahoon stroked a two-out, run-scoring single off FMU freshman
right-hander Lauren Bubeck (2-1).
Cahoon added a second RBI-single in a four-run fifth frame, that
also included an RBI single from shortstop Kelly Minshew and a
two-run single by third baseman Robbin Kennedy. Both Cahoon
and Minshew finished the game 2-for-4.
Francis Marion will play host to Fayetteville State University
for a non-conference doubleheader on Sunday at noon, while Mount
Olive travels to Wingate University on Tuesday for a 2 p.m.
twinbill.