The Facts:
Scores: Virginia Wesleyan 9, Roanoke 2; Va. Wesleyan 4, Roanoke 1
Location: Virginia Beach Va.
The Short story: The Roanoke College softball team dropped both ends of an Old Dominion Athletic Conference doubleheader at No. 5 Virginia Wesleyan University Sunday, 9-2 and 4-1. The Maroons led game two against the ODAC frontrunner in the sixth inning before the home team rallied.
How it happened (Game 1):
*The Marlins scored one run in the first and four in the second to take early control and put the game out of reach with three more in the fourth.
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Haleigh Vaughan doubled in a Maroon run in the fourth and
Samantha Rice plated a run in the sixth with a single.
Inside the numbers (Game 1):
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Erin Gorschboth walked twice in the contest.
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Baylee Compton tossed 2 1/3 innings of relief, allowing just one unearned run.
*Mackenzie Myers was 3-4 with a double and four runs scored for VWU.
How it happened (Game 2):
*Senior
Maggie McCray kept the Marlins off the scoreboard for the first five innings and Roanoke pushed a run across in the top of the sixth.
Kassidy Lancos hit a one-out single and
Carsyn Michaels later brought a run home with a two-out single.
*VWU scored four in the bottom of the sixth and RC went down 1-2-3 in the top of the seventh.
Inside the numbers (Game 2):
*McCray allowed just one hit over her five innings, giving up two earned runs with four strikeouts.
*Michaels had two hits.
*Lauren Bible threw a complete game for the Marlins (28-1-1/14-0 ODAC), allowing just one run, four hits and no walks.
Up Next:
*The Maroons (14-14/5-7 ODAC) face Randolph-Macon College Monday at 1:30 p.m. in another conference twinbill.
