WINTER PARK, Fla. – Lynn softball overcame a five-run deficit to win the first game of their doubleheader with Rollins, 8-5, but fell in the second game, 1-5. The Fighting Knights are now 11-8 overall and their 5-4 record in the Sunshine State Conference is tied for fifth place.
HOW IT HAPPENED (Game 1):
- The Fighting Knights rallied in the opener from an early 5-0 hole
- Rollins' Grace Germer smacked a solo home run as the game's second batter for a quick 1-0 lead
- Five batters later, Jaden Walker hit a grand slam to centerfield as the Tars had control early on
- In the top half of the second, Lynn narrowed the deficit after plating three runs
- Senior Faith Miller singled to third and scored when the next batter, graduate student Adriana Otero hit a double to center
- Senior Destiny Torres singled home junior Cameron Buzzell and Otero scored on an error to narrow the Fighting Knight deficit to 5-3
- Lynn completed the comeback with single runs in the fifth and six innings and three runs in the seventh
- Senior Aryana Galioto scored on a wild pitch in the fifth and Torres plated senior Josey Sumpter with a sacrifice fly that knotted things at 5-5 in the sixth
- Miller reached on a sacrifice bunt in the seventh that scored senior Taylor Scala and Galioto for a 7-5 lead
- Sumpter singled down the left field line that scored Miller to cap the opener
- Rollins committed six errors
- Sophomore Madison Prickett improved to 4-1 after scattering four hits and allowing five runs
- Following the five-run first inning, Prickett allowed just one hit with five strikeouts
FIGHTING KNIGHT STATS (Game 1):
- Miller finished 1-for-2 with two runs and a walk
- Otero was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI
- Sumpter was 1-for-3 with a run, an RBI and a walk
- Torres was 1-for-2 with an RBI
- Galioto scored twice
HOW IT HAPPENED (Game 2):
- The Tars got the scoring started with a solo home run by Ashley Troutman in the bottom of the third inning
- Rollins added three more runs with help from an Emma Gipple two-run single to give the home team a 4-0 lead
- A Sofia Jimenez groundout scored Olivia Lovins in the sixth inning for Lynn's only run of the game
FIGHTING KNIGHT STATS (Game 2):
- A Morgan Simpson single and Aymee Godmaire double were the only two hits of the game for the Fighting Knights
- Lovins has scored four runs over her last four games played
- The Fighting Knights did not commit an error on defense in either game
UP NEXT:
- Lynn opens THE Spring Games in Clermont, Fla. on Monday, March 6 with Concordia (St. Paul) at 2:00 pm and Staten Island at 4:30 pm
