MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Rhodes softball team spilt their Southern Athletic Association series with Centre College, going 1-1 with the Colonels on Sunday.
 
The Lynx move to 9-19-1 on the year and 8-9-1 in league play while the Colonels move to 11-9 in 2015 and 9-7 in conference action.
 
In the first contest the Lynx offense struggled to spark, and Rhodes fell 11-0 in five innings.
 
Rhodes tailed two hits, with a pair of doubles from Caroline Reilly and Christine Hume.
 
In the circle, Emily Cerrito went two and two-thirds innings in her first start of the season. Forrest Skelton came in to relieve, and threw two and one-third inning with four strikeouts and zero hits.
 
In the second matchup, the Lynx found what they were missing, and capitalized with an 11-1 win.
 
Head coach Luke Wagner's squad got things going right from the start when Hume knocked one over the left center fence for the 1-0 lead. Kirsten Samuels followed suit, sending a one-run shot over the left center fence for the 2-0 lead.
 
The Lynx really got the offense going in the third inning, when a Rachel Pewitt doubled down the left field line to score Makenzie Martin for the 3-0 lead. A Reilly single to left field scored two, pushing the Lynx out ahead 5-0. On the next at bat, Samuels notched her second home run of the contest, a three-run homer for the 8-0 lead.
 
Rhodes added two more runs in the bottom of four, with a Reilly double to center field that scored Caroline Sutton and Pewitt for the 11-0 lead. Centre tacked on a single run in the fifth inning, but it wasn't enough as Rhodes secured the 11-1 win.
 
In the second game, the Lynx rallied for 13 hits, paced by Pewitt who went 3-for-3 from the plate, and Samuels who had four RBIs.
 
Forrest Skelton went the distance, throwing all five innings, with seven K's and scattering five hits.
 
The Lynx will be back in the diamond for their final home game of the season on April 14 when they host the University of the Ozarks.