BOCA RATON, Fla. - Lynn University's softball team outlasted Ave Maria in a thrilling game 1 doubleheader in which Sophia Devesa drove home the winning run in the bottom of the seventh but dropped the second contest 2-1 on Tuesday afternoon.  

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Score: Game 1 – Lynn 7, Ave Maria 6; Game 2 – Ave Maria 2, Lynn 1
Records: Lynn (9-6), Ave Maria (1-3)
Location: Lynn Softball Field | Boca Raton, Fla.
Series History: Lynn leads 7-1 all-time (last faced each other in 2014)
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STATS OF THE GAME:

• Game 1
  • Lynn led 4-0 after two innings but trailed 6-4 by the fifth.  A two-run fifth inning tied things up and Devesa won the game with a walk-off single with two-outs in the bottom of the seventh.
  • Devesa was 2-for-4 with a RBI and run scored.
  • Costero joined her teammate at 2-for-4 but drove in two runs.
  • Kayla Sheffield went 1-or-2 with two walks and three runs scored.
  • Sheffield allowed three runs on six hits with a pair of strikeouts over 3.2 innings of work.
  • Olivia Saviskas (1-1) came on in relief, surrendering three runs, all unearned, on three hits with three Ks.
  • Brooke Pierron took the loss for the Gyrenes by allowing three runs in the final 2.2 innings of work.
• Game 2
  • Allyson Jameston surrendered two runs on just four hits with six strikeouts.  Her only runs allowed came in a two-run sixth for Ave Maria.
  • Lynn scored once in the first and had a chance to tie in the bottom of the seventh but stranded runners on second and third.
  • Shayle Arenson drove in the lone run in the first.
  • Mia Veliz went 2-for-3 with a run, walk and stolen base.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

• Veliz is now 10-for-10 in stolen base attempts this season.  She is now tied for eighth for a single season in program history and only seven back of breaking the school record.
• Her 10 swipes are also third in the Sunshine State Conference.
• Veliz has reached base safely in 14 of the team's 15 games.
• Jameston tied her career-high in strikeouts, matching her mark against Emporia State two weeks ago.
• Arenson's double was the sixth of the season, tying her for second in the SSC.

UP NEXT:
Lynn travels to Melbourne, Fla., to take part in the Space Coast Tournament beginning on Saturday, Feb. 23.  The Fighting Knights battle Georgia College and Columbus State on the 23^rd and then North Georgia and Flagler on Feb. 24.  Fans can keep up with live stats at LynnFightingKnights.com

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