ST. AUGUSTINE – The Flagler College softball team split their midweek doubleheader against UVA Wise on Wednesday afternoon at Flagler Field. The Saints took game one 9-0 after five innings but fell 5-7 in game two.
Flagler started the day off strong with three runs scored on five hits in the bottom of the first inning.
Sydney Stewart started things off with an infield single, followed by a single through the left side by
Hannah Smith. A wild pitch advanced both runners and a double from
Cassidy Crump scored both. The third run came from Crump scoring on a passed ball. In the bottom of the second,
Emily Ricci laid down a sacrifice bunt to score
Paige Maseda, making it 4-0 for the Saints.
The final five runs were scored in the bottom of the fourth on three hits.
Rylee Konowalchuk stepped up to the plate to start the inning and sent a ball over center field for a solo homer. A double to left field put
Jordan Moss on base with Maseda drawing a walk after to make it two runners on. Stewart brought in Moss on a sacrifice bunt and Maseda scored on a sacrifice fly by Ricci. A walk put Smith on base with two outs and
Olivia Burns came in to pinch run for her. Pinch hitter,
Kiersten James, stepped up to the plate and connected on a ball that flew over the scoreboard for a two-run homer to make it 9-0. The Saints ended after the top of the fifth for a run-rule victory.
Jordan Sheets (7-3) earned the win for Flagler after going all five innings, facing 19 batters and allowing only two hits.
Game two shifted the momentum in favor of the Cavaliers, scoring their first four runs in the top of the first. UVA Wise saw three more runs in the top of the third, extending their lead to 7-0. The Saints saw their first run in the bottom of the third on an RBI single from Smith that scored Stewart. There was not another run scored until the bottom of the sixth and
Kiersten James sent a solo homer over left center.
The Saints added three runs on three hits in the bottom of the seventh, with Moss starting it off with a solo homer over the center field fence. Back-to-back doubles from Maseda and Stewart scored another run to make it 7-4. A sacrifice fly from Ricci scored the Saints final run and was not enough to take the win, falling to UVA Wise 7-5.
The Saints travel to Blufton, S.C. to face USC Beaufort in a weekend series on March 16 at Richard Gray Sports Complex.
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