
For Immediate Release - 4/15/09 - #324
13th-Ranked LC Softball Rolls Past Sweet Briar
Hornets Have Won 25 of Their Last 26 Games
LYNCHBURG, VA - The 13th ranked Lynchburg College softball team rolled past Sweet Briar College by scores of 14-0 and 8-0 in an Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) contest from Aubrey Moon Field. The Hornets have now won 25 of their last 26 games.
The Hornets exploded for 14 runs in the first game and held the Vixens of Sweet Briar to just one hit as they won 14-0 in 5 innings. Brittany Allsop (Milford, CT/Johnathan Law) led off the game with her third homerun of the season. Lynchburg then rattled off seven runs in the second inning and six scores in the third. Allsop finished the game 2-2 with three runs and two RBI, and Katie Bruce (Lanexa, VA/Lafayette) was 3-for-4 with three RBI and two scores. Taylor Walker (Poquoson, VA/Poquoson) had a three-hit performance and drove in two runs while Ashley Hohenberger (Wake Forest, NC/Longwood) and Audra Della Rosa (Rumford, RI/St. Mary Academy Bay View) each plated two Hornets. Barbie Miles (Kinsale, VA/Washington & Lee) earned her 13th win on the rubber and struck out six SBC hitters in just three innings, and Caitlin Dolby (Laurel, DE/Laurel) pitched the final two innings in relief and recorded three K's to earn the save.
Lynchburg won the second-game 8-0 in five innings and pitched another one-hitter. Lauren Duguay (Williamsburg, VA/Jamestown) tallied two hits and two runs batted in and Allsop produced three hits and two runs. Bruce notched her 17th win in the circle as she threw three innings of perfect baseball while striking out five Vixens (4-23/1-11 ODAC). Melissa O'Hara (Leesburg, VA/Loudoun County) pitched two innings of relief and struck out four batters to taly a save.
Lynchburg (30-5, 15-1) travels to Bridgewater College on Friday for an ODAC doubleheader starting at 3 p.m. A sweep or a split will guarantee LC the #1 seed in the ODAC Tournament that will begin on April 24.
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