Box score (Game 1)

Box score (Game 2)

COLUMBUS, Ga. − Columbus State swept a Peach Belt Conference softball doubleheader from Flagler College Saturday afternoon at Lady Cougar Field. Columbus State scored three times in the seventh to rally to a 5-4 win in the first game and rallied from an early 3-0 deficit to win the second game 7-5.

The Lady Cougars improved to 13-18-1 overall and to 2-6 in the Peach Belt. The Saints fell to 18-16 overall and 4-4 in league play.

In the opener, Tori Jolley (Keystone Heights, Fla./Keystone Heights HS) belted a two-run home run in the top of the sixth inning to tie the game, then two batters later Katherine Cabrera (Hialeah, Fla./Miami Dade College) hit a two-run shot to give Flagler a 4-2 lead.

However, the Lady Cougars would counter in the bottom of the seventh. Kori Waugh hit a bases loaded single to plate a run and then Morgan Staffins followed by drawing a bases loaded walk which tied the game 4-4. The next batter, pinch hitter Melanie Trevathan, ended the game when she was issued a free pass.

Carrie Jones singled and doubled for Columbus State. Jennifer Isasi (1-1) pitched the seventh inning and allowed one hit to earn the win.

Lauren Ely (Winter Springs, Fla./Winter Springs HS) and Kaycee Lisa (Seminole, Fla./Seminole HS) each singled twice for the Saints.

Brandy Luke (Orlando, Fla./Indian River State College) (1-1) took the loss in relief. She pitched one-third of an inning, allowed one hit and two earned runs. Kelly Riddick (Hampton, Fla./Central Florida CC) started and then came back to face the last two hitters of the game, pitched six-plus innings. She surrendered four hits and two runs. Riddick struck out seven, but also issued five free passes.


Columbus State 5, Flagler 4 (03/20/10 at Columbus, GA) (Game 1)
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Flagler............. 000 004 0 - 4 8 1 (18-15, 4-3)
Columbus State...... 002 000 3 - 5 5 2 (12-18-1, 1-6)
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Battery: Flagler - Kelly Riddick; Brandy Luke(7) and Katherine Cabrera. Columbus State - Kristi Bullard; Britni McCall(6); Jennifer Isasi(7) and Rocky Hemmer.
Win-Jennifer Isasi(1-1) Loss-Brandy Luke(1-1) T-2:01 A-108
2B CSU – Carrie Jones.
HR FCS - Tori Jolley (2); Katherine Cabrera (3).
Weather: 71F Fair SSW 12mph
Riddick faced 2 batters in the 7th.


In the second game, Columbus State used a four-run fourth inning to erase a one-run Flagler lead en route to a 7-5 win.

The Saints took an early 3-0 lead. Brittney Hatem (Hialeah, Fla./Wallace CC-Dothan) hit a solo home run in the first and Jolley belted a two-run homer just two batters later.

The Lady Cougars scored three runs of their own in the bottom of the second. One scored on a squeeze play and the other came on Brittany Leverett's two-run home run.

Flagler took a 4-3 lead in the fourth courtesy of a wild pitch, but Leverett would change that with one swing of the bat in the home half of the inning when she hit a grand slam.

Jolley hit a solo home run in the sixth, her second home run of the game and third for the day.

Leverett went 2-for-6 with the two home runs and collected six runs batted in. Keeley Kennedy singled three times while Christie Thompson singled twice for the Lady Cougars.

Britni McCall (5-6) earned the win in relief. She tossed six and one-third innings and allowed two hits, two runs, walked four and fanned three.

Jolley hit the two home runs and finished with three RBI for the Saints.

Kristen Chapman (Jacksonville, Fla./Sandalwood HS) (6-4) gave up eight hits and seven runs in three-plus innings of work. Jana Owen (St. Augustine, Fla./Florida CC-Jacksonville) closed the game by tossing three scoreless innings, allowing three hits and fanning three.

Flagler wraps up its six-game road trip on Tuesday at Florida Tech in a non-conference doubleheader at 2 p.m. at Melbourne.


Columbus State 7, Flagler 5 (03/20/10 at Columbus, GA) (Game 2)
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Flagler............. 300 101 0 - 5 5 1 (18-16, 4-4)
Columbus State...... 030 400 X - 7 11 0 (13-18-1, 2-6)
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Battery: Flagler - Kristen Chapman; Jana Owen(4) and Katherine Cabrera. Columbus State - Kelsey Gilliam; Britni McCall(1) and Rocky Hemmer.
Win-Britni McCall(5-6) Loss-Kristen Chapman(6-4) T-1:41
2B FCS – Kaycee Lisa.
2B CSU – Kori Waugh.
HR FCS - Brittney Hatem (5); Tori Jolley 2 (4).
HR CSU - Brittany Leverett 2 (10).
Weather: 71F Partly Cloudy SE 12mph
Chapman faced 4 batters in the 4th.