The Basics
Game 1
Score: Roanoke 8 | Pitt-Bradford 0
Records: Maroons 1-0 / 0-0 ODAC | Panthers 0-1
Location: Salem, Va.
The Lead: The Roanoke College softball team opened the 2022 season with a double header against Pitt-Bradford on Saturday afternoon. The Maroons wasted little time in jumping on their guests with eight runs in the first three innings on their way to an 8-0, five-inning win in their season debut. Roanoke would continue to control things as they completed the sweep of the Panthers with a 10-1, five-inning, win in the game two.
How it Happened:
- Shanan Hester singled to score Jordyn DiFava in the bottom of the first.
- Jada Karnes singled to start the inning ahead of a pair of walks that would load the bases. Meri Bostic singled to left to plate Karnes and Makayla Austin as Roanoke took a 3-0 lead.
- A Karnes double would plate Meagen Evans and advanced to third on an Austin base hit. Riley Croghan walked to load the bases and set up a five-run inning that was capped by two more Bostic RBI.
- Eight runs were more than enough support for Karnes who pitched five shutout innings, giving up just two hits while recording nine strikeouts.
- Bostic was 2-3 with 4-RBI while Karnes went 2-2 with a pair of runs and an RBI.
The Basics
Game 2
Score: #4 Roanoke 10 | Pitt-Bradford 1
Records: Maroons 2-0 | Panthers 0-2
Location: Salem, Va.
How it Happened:
- After a scoreless first inning, the Maroons would explode for nine runs in the second. Lilly Burns singled before Katelyn Craghead reached on an error and Lauryn Chappell walked to load the bases. Burns scored on a fielder's choice and Bostic was then hit by a pitch and the bases were loaded for Adriana Rivera. Rivera cleared the bases with a triple to left center and the score was 4-0. Hester made it 5-0 with a single up the middle. Serenity Bishop reached on a fielder's choice and scored on a Kate Houle triple. Burns added an RBI and when Katie Collier added an RBI single, Roanoke was up 9-0.
- Lindsay Gedro got the win, going four innings, allowing two hits with four strikeouts and allowing an unearned run. Lauren Hoffman got the last three outs, two via the strikeout.
- Burns finished 2-3 with two runs and an RBI while Rivera was 1-3, driving in three.
Up Next: Roanoke travels to Southern Virginia on Wednesday for a double header with the Knights.
