REMAINING SPRING TRIP SCHEDULE:
Tuesday, February 28 - @ Emory (DH) - 1 pm and 3 pm - LIVE STATS / LIVE VIDEO
Wednesday, March 1 - @ LaGrange (DH) - 2 pm and 4 pm - LIVE STATS / LIVE VIDEO
Thursday, March 2 - @ Sewanee (DH) - 1 pm and 3 pm - LIVE STATS / LIVE VIDEO

DECATUR, Ga. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology softball team opened the 2023 season with a 6-0 win and a 4-1 loss to Agnes Scott College in a doubleheader on Sunday afternoon.

In the opener, Baylee Uhrick led a 6-0 victory with the first complete game shutout of her Rose-Hulman career.  Uhrick scattered seven hits with two strikeouts in the win.

Offensively, four players had two hits each for the Fightin' Engineers.  Katelyn Sarvis had two singles and scored one run.  Ashley Pinkham recorded two singles and one RBI. 

Kennedy Michnewicz added one single, one double and one RBI.  Lexi Fortuna round out the multiple-hit players with a 2-2 performance with two singles and two RBIs.

Nicole Lang added a double and scored twice to balance the offensive effort.  Rose-Hulman scored three times in the third inning, led by a double from Lang and singles by Jadyn Winkler and Fortuna.

In the nightcap, Agnes Scott scored four runs early before Rose-Hulman scored once in the seventh in a 4-1 loss.  

Hailey Hofmann led the offense with a single and one run scored, and Phoebe Worstell recorded a single and an RBI in game two.

Worstell struck out two batters, and Pinkham tossed 2.1 scoreless innings to pace the pitching effort.

Rose-Hulman stands 1-1 on the season, while Agnes Scott is 3-7 overall.  The Fightin' Engineers return to action on Tuesday at Emory University.