FLORENCE, SC – Senior left-hander Michaela Wolf pitched a
five-hitter on the mound, while registering five hits and driving
in four runs as Francis Marion University won a pair of games on
Saturday (March 13) at the Patriot invitational Tournament at
Freedom Florence.
The Patriots improve to 19-7 with a 3-1 win over 22nd-ranked
Lenoir-Rhyne University and an 8-3 victory over Alderson-Broaddus
College.
FMU will conclude its tournament play on Sunday with a 1 p.m.
game against Queens University of Charlotte.
Wolf (11-3) won the opener, while striking out five. She
was 4-for-4 at the plate and drove in the Patriots' first two
runs. Juniors Chelle Phillips and Jessica Hogan were both
2-for-4, as was sophomore second baseman Ashley Jaramillo.
Junior Cea Knox (8-3) and freshman Murphy McConnell combined on
a two-hitter in the game two victory over Alderson-Broaddus.
Phillips and sophomore center fielder Destinea Schneider both
recorded two hits, while both Wolf and senior third baseman Kat
Beauvais both drove in two runs.
The Patriots took advantage of five errors by the
Battlers. FMU scored once in the first frame and followed
with six runs in the second inning.
