March 3, 2012

The Lynx took the first of two games to be played today at Rhodes College, 10-3, over the Griffins of Fontbonne University.   It was Rhodes who struck first with runs in the 2^nd inning on an excellent piece of base running by junior third baseman, Katie Stich.  Stich reached first based and advanced to second on a ball in the dirt.  Stich was than able to advance to third on a tag-up and score two pitches later on a wild pitch.  The Lynx added another run in the third and 5 runs in the 4^th inning to run the score to 7-0.  However, in the bottom of the 4^th, Fontbonne answered with 3 runs on 2 homeruns narrowing the score to 7-3.  

In the 5^th inning, senior hurler Chelsea Peters was called upon to relieve freshman Forrest Skelton and to silence the Griffins bats.  Peters worked three innings of scoreless softball, helping her cause in the 6^th inning with a double down the left field line, later scoring on a base hit.

The win improves the Lynx to 2-4-1 on the season.  The loss drops Fontbonne, the pre-season favorite to win the SLIAC, to 1-2.