FLORENCE, SC – Junior right fielder Chelle Phillips
drilled a game-winning three-run triple in game one and senior
Michaela Wolf's grand slam homer back the two-hit pitching of
junior Cea Knox in game two as Francis Marion University swept a
Peach Belt Conference softball doubleheader from visiting Georgia
College & State University on Sunday afternoon (March 21),
winning 5-3 and 9-1 in five innings.
Francis Marion (24-9, 9-5) has won 13 of its last 15 contests,
while GCSU falls to 10-22 overall and 2-6 in conference play.
Wolf (14-4) pitched the first game and earned her 84th career
win, tying her for third on the PBC's all-time victories
list.
The Patriots took a 2-0 lead on run-scoring hits by Ashley
Jaramillo and Jessica Hogan. The Bobcats scored once in the
fourth frame on an RBI-double by Belourse Jean-Francis and then
took the lead, at 3-2, on a two-run single by Jean-Francis in the
top of the sixth inning.
Phillips then drilled her three-run triple into the right center
field gap with one out in the bottom of the sixth.
Phillips, Jaramillo, and Destinea Schneider all had two hits for
FMU in the opener.
Jean-Francis and losing pitcher Haley Burnett (7-11) had two
hits apiece for the Bobcats in game one.
In the second contest, Knox (10-4) limited GCSU to two
hits. She becomes the first Patriot pitcher other than Wolf
to win double-digit games since the 2006 season. Knox was
also 2-for-3 at the plate with a run scored.
Jaramillo was 2-for-3 in the second game with three RBIs, while
Wolf's grand slam home run highlighted a six-run FMU fourth
inning.
GCSU's lone run came on a solo home run by second baseman
Kayla Smith in the top of the fourth. GCSU right-hander
Kristi Rodriguez (3-6) took the game-two loss.
Francis Marion will play a PBC twinbill at Armstrong Atlantic
State University on Saturday at 2 p.m.
Francis Marion Univ. 5, Ga. Coll. & St. Univ 3
(Mar 21, 2010 at Florence, SC) (Game 1)
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Ga. Coll. & St. Univ. 000 102 0 -
3 7 1 (10-22, 2-5
PBC)
Francis Marion Univ. 101 003 X - 5 8
0 (23-9, 8-5 PBC)
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Pitchers: Ga. Coll. & St. Univ - Haley Burnett.
Francis Marion Univ. - Michaela Wolf.
Win-Michaela Wolf(14-4) Loss-Haley
Burnett(7-11) T-1:47 A-63
Francis Marion Univ. 9, Ga. Coll. & St. Univ 1
(Mar 21, 2010 at Florence, SC) (Game 2)
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Ga. Coll. & St. Univ. 000 10 -
1 2 1 (10-22, 2-6
PBC)
Francis Marion Univ. 120 6X - 9 7
1 (24-9, 9-5 PBC)
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Pitchers: Ga. Coll. & St. Univ - Kristi Rodriguez;
Haley Burnett(1); Caitlin Duvall(4).
Francis Marion Univ. - Cea Knox.
Win-Cea Knox(10-4) Loss-Kristi Rodriguez(3-6)
T-1:32 A-0
HR GCSU-S - Kayla Smith (3).
HR FMU - Michaela Wolf (3).
