Friday, April 11, 2014

FAMU Lady Rattlers Get MidWeek WIn 7-3 Over JU Dolphins

Courtesy: Florida A&M Sports Information
Raven Moseley carded a three-run homer to power the Lady Rattlers to a win.
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Apr.9) – The FAMU Lady Rattlers improved to 15-21, with a valuable mid-week win over the Jacksonville University Lady Dolphins 7-3 at the JU Softball Complex.

The Lady Rattlers jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning as Denise Anderson logged an RBI, scoring Alyssa Weaver.  Christina Robbs would score the second run on a wild pitch by JU starter Jessica Walker.

In the second inning, the Lady Rattlers would add two more runs as the sister act of Amanda Weaver scored as twin sister Alyssa batted her in.  Kenya Pererira scored on a passed ball, making the score 4-0.

Pererira, would pitch two shutout innings before giving up two runs in the bottom of the third inning.  Sable Lee scored the first run for JU, with Codi Kelly scoring after a single to left field.

The game tightened as the Lady Rattlers went scoreless in the top of the fourth.  In the bottom of that frame, the Dolphins carded a solo run as Charli Bradshaw hit a homerun with non aboard, making the score 4-3.

Senior Ashleigh Minter came in the top of the fifth inning and gave up just a single hit the remainder of the way.  Raven Moseley hit a three-run home run to put the game away in the top of the seventh inning.

The Lady Rattlers will return to action on Friday, as they face the University of Florida Gators in a 6:05 p.m. start.

COURTESY FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY SPORTS INFORMATION

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