WINTER PARK, FLA. - Looking to split their third doubleheader against a nationally-ranked opponent on Thursday, the Barry University softball team held 21st-ranked Rollins off the scoreboard for nine innings in the second game of the twinbill before a Maggie Boyd single scored Alexis Toledo for the game-winning run in a 1-0 triumph after falling in the opener 9-5.
INSIDE THE MATCHUPS
Final: #21 Rollins 9, Barry 5 | Barry 1, #21 Rollins 0 (9 Innings)
Records: Barry (28-11, 13-4 SSC), Rollins (28-8 11-6 SSC)
All-Time Series: Barry leads 82-44
HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 1)
- B1| Rollins capitalized on a Barry wild pitch to score the opening run of the day.
- B4| Getting two runners on base via a pair of singles, the host extended their lead to 4-0 off a three-run homer.
- B5| Back-to-back base hits to start the frame followed by a home run created a 7-0 score.
- T6| Barry took advantage of four Tars' errors in the stanza to score five runs.
- B6| Leading off the frame with a base hit and advancing the runner to third on a Bucs' error, Rollins extended their lead with a sacrifice fly before a RBI single made it 9-5
NOTEWORTHY (GAME 1)
- Sofia Chamorro recorded three RBI off a double.
- Brooklyn Rushton went 1-4 with one run scored and one RBI.
- Toledo went 1-2 with one run scored.
- Alexis Martin pitched 5.1 innings with nine runs allowed, seven earned, off 10 hits with six strikeout..
- For Rollins, Michelli went 2-3 with three RBI and one run scored while Worrell went 1-3 in the batter's box with three RBI and one run scored along with 5.1 innings in the circle with five unearned runs off five hits.
- Barry tallied six hits, Rollins recorded 10.
- Barry had three errors, resulting in two runs scoring while Rollins committed five errors allowing five runs for the Bucs.
- Barry left 10 runners on base while the Tars stranded six.
HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 2)
- B9| Boyd sent Toledo home on a two-out single.
NOTEWORTHY (GAME 2)
- It is Barry's third doubleheader split with a nationally-ranked opponent this season, with Barry splitting against then-ranked sixth East Stroudsburg on Feb 12 and then-#20 Saint Leo on Mar. 2.
- Boyd went 1-for-2 with one RBI and one walk.
- Maci Barnhart tossed nine scoreless frames with seven strikeouts and five hits allowed.
- For Rollins, Waters and Hartman both recorded two hits while MacMullen allowed one run off six hits with six strikeouts in nine innings of work,
- Barry tallied six hits while Rollins logged one.
- Barry recorded two errors, Rollins committed one.
- Barry left eight runners on base while the host stranded nine.
ON THE HORIZON
Barry concludes its three-game series against Rollins on Friday, Mar 29 with first pitch slated for 1 pm.