Boca Raton – Friday was opening day for the Lynn Fighting Knights, and they wasted no time in picking up their first win of the season. After losing the first game 1-0, Lynn came back in game two and pulled out the 4-3 win.

INSIDE THE MATCHUPS:
Game 1 Final: Webber International 1 Lynn 0
Records: Lynn (0-1, 0-0 SSC), Webber International (1-0)
Location: Lynn Baseball and Softball Complex| Boca Raton, Florida
All-Time Series: Webber International leads 12-11
Get Social: Twitter - @Lynn_Knights | Instagram - @Lynn_Knights | Facebook - /LynnFightingKnights

Game 2 Final: Lynn 4 Webber International 3
Records: Lynn (1-1, 0-0 SSC), Webber International (1-1)
Location:  Lynn Baseball and Softball Complex | Boca Raton, Florida
All-Time Series: Lynn's tied 12-12

HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 1):

• In the first inning, Madison Prickett earned her first strikeout of the season on the first batter, ending the inning with 2 K's.
• In the bottom of the third, Aryana Galioto singled to third for the first hit of the season for the Fighting Knights. She would also steal second during the next at-bat.
• In the top of the fourth, Prickett added two more strikeouts.
• Karlie Sweiderk picked up her first hit of the season and added a stolen base in the bottom of the fifth.
• Webber International collected the lone run of the game on a sac-fly in the top of the sixth.
• Destiny Torres collected her first hit in the bottom of the sixth. Following her hit, she stole second.
• Despite the loss, Prickett pitched a great complete game. She finished with one run allowed on two hits, three walks, and seven strikeouts.

HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 2):

• In the first inning, the first three runners all reached on base. Taylor Scala reached on an error and stole second, Torres and Bailey Fernandez were both hit by a pitch. The Fighting Knights, however, were not able to put any runs on the board.
• Faith Miller would collect her first two strikeouts of the season in the top of the second inning while adding two more in the top of the third.
• In the top of the fourth, the Warriors jumped out in front by two runs.
• Following that, a solo home run in the top of the fifth saw the Warriors go up 3-0.
• In the bottom of the fifth, the Fighting Knights' bats finally came to life.
• Morgan Simpson reached on a fielders choice and stole second to get the Fighting Knights started. 
• Galioto then hit a single to advance Simpson. Galioto stole second following the hit. 
• Scala collected the first RBI of the season for the Fighting Knights when she drove in Simpson and advanced Galioto to third.
• During the next at bat, a wild pitch would score Galioto and advance Scala to third. A groundout for Torres collected her an RBI as Scala ran home to tie the game 3-3.
• In the bottom of the sixth, Simpson reached on an error which scored Sweiderk to give the Fighting Knights the lead 4-3.
• Miller collected her first win of the season after pitching five innings. She finished with five K's, three hits, two walks, and no earned runs.
• The team finished with four runs on three hits and two walks. They only had two strikeouts.
• First-year head coach Cassi Pickett picked up her first win as the leader of the Fighting Knights.

UP NEXT:

The Fighting Knights won't have much time to recover as they head to St. Augustine to play Queens University and Flagler College on Saturday, Feb. 5th at 5:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.