AIKEN, SC - A late rally in game one allowed Francis Marion
University to gain a 5-2 victory and the Patriots went on to split
a Peach Belt Conference softball doubleheader with 13th-ranked USC
Aiken on Sunday afternoon (Feb. 28). The Pacers won the
second contest 8-0 in five innings.
Francis Marion moves to 11-5 overall and 3-3 in the Peach Belt,
while USCA is 10-4, 4-2. The Patriots will play host to
Wingate University on Wednesday at 1 p.m.
In the opener, FMU trailed 2-1 entering the sixth inning. The
Patriots rallied with two outs to score four times. Chelle
Phillips and Tristan Faile delivered run-scoring singles, while
Ashley Jaramillo rapped out an RBI-double and a fourth run scored
on a Pacer error.
Jaramillo also had a run-scoring single in the first frame and
finished the game 2-for-4. Faile was 3-for-4, while third
baseman Kat Beauvais was 2-for-3 and outfielder Destinea Schneider
was 2-for-4.
Junior right-hander Cea Knox improved to 3-0 as she allowed only
two runs on nine hits. Kathleen Nichols (0-2) suffered the
loss in the circle for the Pacers.
In the second game, the Pacers sent nine batters to the plate in
the bottom of the first inning and scored six runs on three hits,
two walks, a hit batter, and one error.
Knox (3-1) pitched a complete game for FMU.
Brandy Bossle (1-for-1 with two RBIs) and Toni Flessate (1-for-1
with 3 RBIs) led the Pacers. Sophomore pitcher Lauren
Rickabaugh (6-1) limited Francis Marion to three singles (Phillips,
Jessica Birchmeier, Jessica Hogan) in game two.
Francis Marion 5, #13 USC Aiken 2 (Feb 28,
2010 at Aiken, SC) (Game 1)
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Francis Marion...... 100 004 0 - 5 12
1 (11-4, 3-2 PBC)
USC Aiken........... 020 000 0 - 2
9 3 (9-4, 3-2
PBC)
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Pitchers: Francis Marion - Cea Knox. USC Aiken -
Flessate; Nichols(5).
Win-Cea Knox(3-0) Loss-Nichols(0-2)
T-2:15 A-106
HR USCA - Sidaway.
Flessate faced 1 batter in the 4th.
#13 USC Aiken 8, Francis Marion 0 (Feb 28,
2010 at Aiken, SC) (Game 2)
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Francis Marion...... 000 00 - 0 3
4 (11-5, 3-3 PBC)
USC Aiken........... 600 2X - 8
4 0 (10-4, 4-2
PBC)
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Pitchers: Francis Marion - Cea Knox. USC Aiken -
Rickabaugh.
Win-Rickabaugh(6-1) Loss-Cea Knox(3-1)
T-1:15 A-0
