Lakers Offense Explodes for Blow Out Wins Over Jamestown & Baldwin Wallace on Arizona Softball Trip

TUCSON, Ariz. – The Roosevelt University softball team erupted offensively with two five-inning victories on Thursday, March 10, defeating the University of Jamestown (N.D.) by the score of 15-2 and Baldwin Wallace University (Ohio) by the score of 17-5 in Tucson, Ariz.  The wins evened the Lakers record at 5-5 on the year.

JAMESTOWN GAME RECAP

The Jimmies opened the game with a two-run first inning, but that would be the only offense Jamestown would manage against Roosevelt starting pitcher Dayton Elliott for the remainder of the game.  Meanwhile, the Lakers exploded for seven runs in the bottom of the first and eight runs in the second to blow open the game. 

In the bottom of the first, Jessica Schneider and Kirstin Fudge hit back-to-back doubles to score Schneider, and Fudge scored on a passed ball after reaching third on Jimmies error, which allowed Athena Pomele-Pen to reach base.  Kelly Farmer followed with a ground-rule double to score Pomele-Pen, and Anaisa Lozada also hit a ground-rule double to bring in Farmer.  Brielle Carre reached on an error and stole second base to give the Lakers runners at second and third with Lozada scoring on a sacrifice fly from Kassie Kawka.  Carre stole her second base of the inning and Ashlyn Kitter walked and then stole second base to put runners at second and third again for RU, allowing both runners to score on an Emily Zuniga ground out to cap off the inning.

The Lakers began the second inning with Pomele-Pen reaching on a dropped third strike and Farmer following with a walk.  Both runners moved up a base on a passed ball, and Lozada and Carre hit back-to-back singles to score Pomele-Pen and Farmer.  Kawka then walked to load the bases and Kitter also walked to bring in Lozada.  A wild pitch scored Carre and moved the other runners into scoring position, allowing Kitter to score on a Fudge base hit.  In their second at-bats of the inning, Pomele-Pen, Farmer, and Lozada all singled, scoring Fudge and Pomele-Pen for the 15-2 lead.

GAME DETAILS

Score:   Jamestown         2  0  0  0  0             2     5   2
                Roosevelt            7  8  0  0  X          15   13   0

Records: Roosevelt 4-5 | Jamestown 11-9

Location: Lincoln Par North | Tucson, Ariz.

KEY STATS

• Dayton Elliott earned the win, pitching all five inning & allowing two runs on five hits with four strikeouts & a walk
• Anaisa Lozada went 3-for-4 with a double, three RBI, & two runs scored
• Kelly Farmer was 2-for-2 with a double, two runs batted in & two runs scored
• Kirstin Fudge went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBI, & two runs scored
• Jessica Schneider was 2-for-3 with a double & a run scored
• Brielle Carre, Kassie Kawka, Ashlyn Kitter, & Emily Zuniga each drove in a run

BALDWIN WALLACE GAME RECAP

The Lakers started the game off with a five-run first inning, which began with Jessica Schneider and Kirstin Fudge reaching on a walk and base hit respectively and then scoring on an Athena Pomele-Pen triple.  Kelly Farmer followed with a base hit to bring in Pomele-Pen, and Anaisa Lozada also singled with both scoring on a Brielle Carre double to right center.  However, the Yellow Jackets answered with three runs in the bottom half of the inning to make it a 5-3 game.

Both teams scored again in the second inning with the Lakers adding two runs and Baldwin Wallace scoring a single run to make it a 7-4 score line.  Schneider singled to lead off the inning for the Lakers and scored on a Pomele-Pen double, who then scored on an error.

Roosevelt took control of the game with a four-run third inning and a six-run fifth inning to end the game in a run-rule five inning contest.  In the third inning, Schneider and Pomele-Pen both singled and scored on a double by Dvoracek.  Lozada followed with an inside-the-park homer to bring in Dvoracek for an 11-4 lead.

Carre drove in the first two runs of the fifth inning with a double to bring in Pomele-Pen and Lozada, who had walked and singled.  Kassie Kawka walked and scored, along with Carre, on a Kitter base hit, and Schneider closed out the scoring with a two-run homer to right center for the 17-5 final score.

GAME DETAILS

Score:   Roosevelt                            5  2  4  0  6           17   18   1
                Baldwin Wallace               3  1  0  1  0             5     6   2             

Records: Roosevelt 5-5 | Baldwin Wallace 1-7

Location: Lincoln Par North | Tucson, Ariz.

KEY STATS

• Jessica Schneider was 3-for-3 with a homerun, two RBI, & four runs scored
• Anaisa Lozada went 4-for-4 with a homerun, two RBI, & three runs scored
• Brielle Carre was 3-for-4 with two doubles, four RBI, & a run scored
• Athena Pomele-Pen went 3-for-4 with a double, triple, three RBI, & four runs scored
• Brynn Dvoracek was 1-for-3 with a double, two RBI, & a run scored
• Ashlyn Kitter went 1-for-4 with two runs batted in & a run scored
• Hailey Getz picked up her third win of the year, pitching four innings & allowing one run on two hits with six strikeouts & four walks

NEXT UP

The Lakers play a pair of games on Friday, March 11 with a contest against Dickinson State University (N.D.) at 3:30pm and then a match up versus Aquinas University (Mich.) at 5:45pm in Tucson, Ariz.