GAME ONE: THE RUNDOWN
- Score: Davis & Elkins 7, Fayetteville State 2
- Records: Davis & Elkins (4-3) | Fayetteville State (5-2)
- Lamon Street Park - Fayetteville, N.C.
KEY SEQUENCE
Implementing an aggressive approach on the basepaths,
Sydney Carter swiped second following a failed pickoff attempt on a play that scored
Kailynn Parks for a 1-0 advantage. Two batters later,
Kristen Malloy walked and stole second, placing another runner in scoring position for
Honesty Holt, who drove a two-run double to right center to lift the Senators ahead 3-0.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Ryn Boelter made the start in the circle and tossed three consecutive scoreless innings. Davis & Elkins provided Maddy run support with its three-run second inning.
- After reaching on an error, Kelsie Millner stole second and third on a failed pickoff and eventually scoring as a wild pitch as the Senators cashed in on miscues from Fayetteville State. The Broncos got on the board after an error from the Senators, making the score 4-1.
- Holt continued her solid start to the season with a run-scoring single to short, expanding the lead to 5-1. Rhetta Persinger plated two more runs with a single to left, scoring Olivia Smith and Holt for a 7-1 edge.
- Fayetteville State posted one more run for the final 7-2 margin.
GAME NOTES
- Boelter fired her second complete game of the season and earned her third win.
- Boelter has surrounded just two extra-base hits in four games in the circle this season.
- Game one marked the second time D&E plated five or more runs in a game.
- The Senators stole eight bases in the opening game of the doubleheader, the most in a game during the tenure of head coach Jordan Olson.
- Millner had three stolen bases and was one of three Senators (Malloy, Parks) with multiple steals.
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GAME TWO: THE RUNDOWN
- Score: Davis & Elkins 13, Fayetteville State 0 (5 Innings)
- Records: Davis & Elkins (5-3) | Fayetteville State (5-3)
- Lamon Street Park - Fayetteville, N.C.
KEY SEQUENCE
One swing of the bat from
Olivia Smith changed the complexion of Sunday's nightcap as the freshman belted a grand slam to hand the Senators a comfortable 5-0 lead in the first inning. The early lead gave D&E momentum, which it used in a 13-0 run-rule win against the Broncos.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- D&E notched its first run off an error as four of the first five batters reached base. Smith cleared the bases with her first career home run for a 5-0 advantage.
- The Senators tacked on two more runs in the second following a run-scoring single from Persinger and a sacrifice fly for Smith, her fifth RBI of the day.
- Holt plated Malloy with a single in the fifth for an 8-0 edge and three more runs came across after another FSU error later in the frame. Malloy smacked a ground-rule double, allowing Millner to score as D&E surged ahead 12-0. The final run of the day came on a wild pitch in the fifth.
GAME NOTES
- Jenna Evans picked up the win in the circle, pitching all five innings and allowing just one hit with seven strikeouts.
- Holt moved her season and career-opening hitting streak to eight games, collecting five multi-hit efforts to start the year.
- Carter and Amy Fincham have reached base safely in four straight games.
- Holt and Malloy collected three knocks each, while Carter and Fincham had two hits apiece.
- Despite entering the doubleheader with a 5-1 overall mark, Fayetteville State was sloppy on the defensive end with eight errors in the doubleheader.
UP NEXT
- Davis & Elkins returns to Tennessee for the second time this season, facing Cedarville and Lincoln Memorial on Saturday, February 22.
