CLERMONT, Fla. - Rose-Hulman continued its strong start to the 2018 season, splitting a pair of games Wednesday at the Legends Way Softball Conmplex.
York (Pa.) 7, Rose-Hulman 3 - Rose-Hulman dropped its first game Wednesday to the York College Spartans.
Rose-Hulman jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the opening game of the day. In the bottom of the 3rd inning with a pair of runners on, Jenny Miller hit a two-run double to deep left. Maddie Struble then followed with an RBI single to center that score Miller. All three Rose-Hulman runs were scored with two outs.
The Spartans immediately answered Rose-Hulman's initial surge with a three-run top of the 4th. York added another run in the top half of the 4th inning and plated three more runs in the top of the 7th to take a 7-3 lead.
In game one of the day, Struble led RHIT with a 3-4 performance and one RBI. Miller went 2-4 and drove in two runs. Jessica Will went 2-4 as well.
For York College, Melissa Jurkiewicz pitched 4.1 innings in relief. She allowed no runs and scattered six hits.
Rose-Hulman 14, Eastern (Pa.) 0 - 6 Innings - RHIT's offense came to life in the second game of the day and the Fightin' Engineers rolled to a big 14-0 victory over Eastern University (Pa.).
Mandi Routon started the game with a bang, tripling to right center. A few batters later, Maddie Struble beat out an infield single that scored Routon for the game's first run. Bryly Shipman also hit a sacrifice fly to center that made the score 2-0 in the top of the 1st.
Jessica Will hit an RBI double to deep left that scored the third RHIT run in the top of the 3rd inning. Rose-Hulman's offense opened the game up late as the Figthin' Engineers scored four runs in the top half of the 5th and seven runs in the top of the 6th. Two errors and a wild pitch allowed three Rose runs to score in the 5th. A double from Michelle Korf plated the seventh Rose run.
Bryly Shipman jump started Rose's final inning of offense with an RBI single to center. Jessica Thuer drove in a pair of runs with a pinch-hit double to right center. Jene Williams made the score 11-0 following a pinch-hit RBI single to left. Gabbi Markison doubled to left that score two more runs. Jenny Miller rounded out the RHIT offense in the top of the 6th with an RBI single to center.
For the game Rose-Hulman collected 14 hits. Miller went 2-4 at the plate with three runs scored. Jessica Will went 2-2 with two runs scored and one RBI. Maddie Struble put together a 3-4 effort with one run and one RBI. Shipman scored twice and had two RBI in the win.
Alexis Price had an outstanding pitching performance for Rose-Hulman. The sophomore pitched six innings, scattered three hits and recorded two strikeouts en route to her first win of the season.
Rose-Hulman moved to 4-2 with the Wednesday split. The Fightin' Engineers will continue their spring trip tomorrow against Adrian College at 2 p.m. and against Concordia-Moorhead at 4:30 p.m.
