JDCC softball falls to NWF Saturday in 2012 opener
Published 9:31 am Tuesday, February 7, 2012
After having their season opener rained out Thursday, the Jefferson Davis Community College Lady Warhawk softball team opened their 2012 season at home Saturday with two losses to Northwest Florida State College.
The losses for the Lady Warhawks started their season off 0-2 as they lost game one to NWF 19-3 in five innings and dropped game two 9-5.
JDCC was scheduled to be back in action at home Tuesday against Pensacola State and will return to action Saturday at the LBW Round Robin in Andalusia.
Game one: NWF 19, JDCC 3
Northwest Florida scored 12 runs in the top of the fifth inning to drop the Lady Warhawks by 16 runs in game on Saturday.
NWF pounded out 15 hits including five doubles and three homeruns in the win.
The Raiders from Niceville led JDCC 3-1 after two innings and 7-1 after three. After JDCC cut the lead to 7-3 in the bottom of the fourth, NWF added 12 in the fifth to get the win.
Jennifer Morris got the start on the mound and took the loss as she went four innings allowing nine hits, nine earned runs, three walks and struck out four.
Mallori Armstrong went one inning allowing nine hits, 10 runs, six earned, walked three and struck out one.
Amber Steadham was 1-for-3 for JDCC with one RBI and Paige Harwell was 2-for-3 with one RBI. Morgan Agerton was 1-for-2 and Paige Odom was 1-for-3. Dymon Coachman went 2-for-2 for JDCC in the loss with one RBI.
Game two: NWF 9, JDCC 5
With JDCC leading 5-4 after three innings, NWF scored five in the top of the fifth to defeat the Lady Warhawks 9-5.
JDCC struck first with three in the bottom of the second before NWF scored four in the third. JDCC responded with two in the bottom of the inning to take a 5-4 lead before the Raiders’ five in the fifth.
Jaime Sanders took the loss on the mound for the Lady Warhawks as she went 4 2/3 innings allowing 10 hits, nine runs, three earned, walked two and struck out none. Elissa Kelly went the final 1 1/3 innings and walked one.
Armstrong was 1-for-1 with one RBI at the plate in the loss and Steadham was 2-for-4. Agerton had one RBI and Odom was 1-for-2.
Amber McMillan was 2-for-2 with two RBIs and Coachman was 1-for-4. Carley Parker was 2-for-3 in the loss.