DANVILLE, Ky. – The Adrian College softball team earned its first win of the season by beating Centre College 9-8 on Sunday afternoon.

THE BASICS

Final Score: Adrian 9, Centre 8 – FINAL/7 innings

Location: Danville, Kentucky (Boyle County Stadium)

Records: Adrian (1-2), Centre (5-8)

ADRIAN BATTING

• Adrian used a six run fourth inning to propel them to the victory

• K'ya Toles-Burton and Jessica Palumbo had two hits each

• Palumbo recorded two RBIs for the game

• Toles-Burton, Morgan Brandt, Karissa DeVore and Casey Cribbs all tallied one RBI as well

• Eight Bulldog players had at least one hit for the game

ADRIAN PITCHING

• Kelsey Meyer was the starting pitcher for Adrian and earned the win for the day putting her at 1-1 on the year

• She pitched 6.1 innings, giving up seven hits and four earned runs while tallying one strikeout and three walks.

• Kaitlin Lock pitched 0.2 innings and received her first save of the year

• Lock faced five batters and gave up one hit while recording one base on balls

THE OPPOSITION: HITTING

• Centre made a late push in the seventh inning recording four runs but was unable to complete the comeback

• Ellen Stephens led the team with three hits on the day

• She also tallied two RBIs and scored two runs herself

• Jessika Young had two RBIs on one hit

THE OPPOSITION: PITCHING

• Elysse Petrie got the start for Centre. She pitched 4.1 innings and gave up four earned runs, nine hits and had three base on balls while facing 29 batters

• Torey Hawkins pitched 1.2 innings only giving up one hit

EXTRA NOTE

• The game against Manchester earlier in the day was called due to rain

UP NEXT

• The Bulldogs travel to face Mount Saint Joseph in a double header on March 19 the first game begins at 1:00 p.m.