Game 1 Box Score Game 2 Box Score
Rhodes opened the 2009 SCAC season with a pair of victories over the Colonels of Centre College this afternoon, by scores of 9-0 and 5-1. Sophomore Cindy Bitters improved her record to 5-2 in the circle in game 1, tossing a 2-hit shutout, while sophomore Sara Bowen improved to 5-1 on the season, notching 11 strikeouts along the way. Allison Conn and Kelli Zomer each had 4 hits on the day to pace the Lynx offense.
Rhodes got on the board first in game one, when Zomer led off the game with a triple and scored on a single by Caroline Cooper. After a single from Conn, Cooper would score on an error to give the Lynx a 2-0 lead after one.
The Lynx added 2 more in the 3rd, when Conn led off with a walk, followed by a single by Rebekah Moore. Conn would score on a single from Elise Suna, and Bitters helped her own cause with an RBI single to score pinch runner Ashlyn Chandler.
Zomer led off the Lynx 4th with a walk, and after advancing to second on a wild pitch, scored on a single from Conn. Moore then delivered a 2-run home run, giving the Lynx a 7-0 lead after 4 innings.
With one out in the bottom of the 6th, Suna doubled to right, scoring Conn and Chandler to make the score 9-0 and end the game. Bitters struck out 6 and walked 2, earning her 5th win of the season with a 2-hit shutout. Conn was 3 for 3 with an RBI, whille Moore, Suna, and Zomer each had 2 hits to pace the Lynx offense.
Rhodes again scored first in the second game, loading the bases with no outs on a double from Sara Bowen, a walk to Suna, and a bunt single from Armanda Venezia. Bowen and Suna scored on RBI groundouts from Jennifer Whatley and Chandler, giving the Lynx a 2-0 lead after 2 innings.
Centre answered with a run of its own in the top of the 3rd, on a leadoff single by Lynda Stevenson and a 2-out RBI single from Taylor Childress. Rhodes answered with a run in the bottom of the inning when Cooper led off with a single, advanced to second on a passed ball, and scored on a groundout by Moore.
The Lynx added a pair of insurance runs in the 6th, on an RBI triple from Whatley and an RBI single from Chandler, giving the Lynx a 5-1 lead heading into the 7th, Bowen finished off the Colonels in the 7th, with 3 strikeouts. Bowen earned her 5th victory of the season, giving up 1 run on 6 hits with 11 strikeouts.
Bowen and Zomer each had 2 hits in the game, while Chandler and Whatley each picked up a hit and 2 RBI to lead the Lynx offense.
Rhodes improves to 13-3 on the season and 2-0 in the SCAC. The Lynx and Colonels will square off for 2 more games tomorrow beginning at Noon.