The Basics
Game 1
Score: Roanoke 5 | Emory & Henry 0
Records: Maroons 11-2 / 5-0 ODAC | Wasps 12-3 / 2-1 ODAC
Location: Emory, Va.
The Lead: Roanoke traveled to Emory & Henry for an Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) double header on Tuesday afternoon. The two ODAC rivals came into the matchup with undefeated conference records. The Maroons got a run in the top of the sixth and then exploded for four in the seventh for a 5-0 win in game one. Game two would see the Maroons race out to a 4-1 lead. However, the Wasps would score four unanswered runs to earn a split with Roanoke, 5-4.
How it Happened:
- Game one would feature a "pitcher's duel" between Jada Karnes and Cameron Derr. The two pitchers combined to give up just three hits through the first five innings of play.
- In the top of the sixth, Shanan Hester reached on an error and advanced on a Rachel Sirbaugh SAC bunt. Karnes delivered a double to left center to break the scoreless tie.
- Roanoke would add four insurance runs in the top of the seventh. Brooke Trapuzzano singled home Rebecca Hensley and Meri Bostic. Trapuzzano would score on a Hester double with Sirbaugh driving in Hester for the 5-0 lead.
- Karnes would close the door picking up her seventh win of the season. The Wasps managed just three hits and Karnes recorded six strikeouts without giving up a single base on balls.
- Hester was 2-4 with a run and RBI while Trapuzzano finished up 1-2 with a run, two RBI and a pair of walks.
The Basics
Game 2
Score: Roanoke 4 | Emory & Henry 5
Records: Maroons 11-3 / 5-1 ODAC | Wasps 13-3 / 3-1 ODAC
Location: Emory, Va.
How it Happened:
- In the top of the first, Sirbaugh tripled to left to score Trapuzzano before being driven in by a Jordyn DiFava single to make it 2-0.
- E&H cut the deficit in half with a sac fly in the bottom half.
- In the third, Trapuzzano would send a SAC fly to center to plate Hensley. Sirbaugh continued her hot hitting by launching the Maroons first home run of the season over the left field fence.
- The bottom of the fourth would see a pair of Wasp home runs make it a 4-3 game. A double in the bottom of the fifth would tie the game and in the sixth, a SAC fly would give the Wasps the lead, 5-4.
- Roanoke was unable to rally in the top of the seventh and suffered their first ODAC loss of the season.
- Sirbaugh was 2-3 with a pair of runs and two RBI. Morgan Bomhardt got the start and went three and two thirds giving up three hits and three runs before being relieved by Hester for the final two plus innings.
Up Next: For the third time this season the Maroons are scheduled to travel to Greensboro College. The first two double headers with the Pride have been postponed with the third try being Thursday at 2:00 and 4:00pm.
