By MARLON SCOTT | Senior Staff Writer
The Lady Govs softball team finished their fall schedule by winning both games of a doubleheader against Roane State Community College Saturday, Oct. 23, 12-0 and 8-5.
The two wins were part of a three game winning streak that helped the Lady Govs finish the fall run with a 5-3 record.
Randal Davenport is one of only two seniors on the roster who played this fall. She said the team’s success this fall came from a lot of hard work.
“I think the success has come from this team works a lot harder than in years past. We have a lot of team chemistry and everything is meshing well,” Davenport said. “We have just worked hard, committed ourselves this fall and it is starting to show.”
Sophomore pitcher Morgan Brewer picked up the win in the first game against Roane State. She struck out two, walked one and allowed no hits in four innings of work.
It was Brewer’s third win this fall. The Lady Raiders were the last in a long line of victims for Brewer who allowed no runs in 14 total innings of work from the mound all fall.
Offensively, the Lady Govs generated 11 hits, seven for extra bases. Freshman pitcher Lauren de Castro got things started by belting out a double to right-center field.
Junior outfielder Catie Cozart hit an RBI double that brought de Castro in and gave the Lady Govs their first score.
Red-shirt sophomore Jessica Ryan helped the Lady Govs score five more runs in the second inning with a two-run shot over the fence. They would go on to score three more in the third and the final four in the fourth inning.
Davenport was one of eight different Lady Govs with RBIs in the game.
The Lady Raiders may have been experiencing déjà vu when de Castro opened up the second game with another double.
This time she scored on a home run hit by Brewer to give the Lady Govs a 2-0 lead.
The lead jumped to 4-0 in the bottom of the third inning when red-shirt freshman Kristin Whitmire smacked a two run homer. Cozart sent two more home in the same inning with a double.
The final two runs for the Lady Govs came from RBIs hit by Brewer and red-shirt sophomore catcher Shelby Norton.
The Lady Raiders were held at bay by de Castro until the top of the fourth inning. They were able to score three runs before the inning ended.
Freshman pitcher Taylor Mills came in for relief and picked up the win. The Lady Raiders added one run in the sixth and another in the seventh.
Lady Govs junior pitcher got in some work sealing the 8-5 victory.
Senior Tiffany Smith attributed the Lady Govs success to the team getting comfortable under third year head coach Casey Dickson.
“I think everybody is starting to adjust better to coach Dickson’s coaching style. Everybody seems more comfortable with the things that she wants out there,” Smith said.
“It seems like we are all on the same page in the fact that we want what she is wanting and we expect out of ourselves what she expects out of us.” TAS
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