Box score (Game 1)
Box score (Game 2)
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. − No. 6 (NFCA Division II) Valdosta State University rolled to a doubleheader sweep of Flagler College Sunday afternoon at a chilly Saints Field. Valdosta State took the opener 11-1 and followed with a 10-1 victory.
The two games were the season openers for both teams. Flagler and Valdosta State were to meet at the Georgia Southwestern Invitational this weekend, but inclement weather cancelled the tournament. Both teams were scheduled to meet on Feb. 28 in St. Augustine, but decided to move the game to today.
In the opener, the Lady Blazers scored 10 runs in the last two innings to secure the win. VSU pounded out 12 hits and belted three home runs.
Holly Satterfield (1-0) went the distance and scattered four hits and gave up an unearned run.
Marti Littlefield was a triple shy of the cycle and collected two runs batted in. Courtney Merritt hit a three-run homer in the sixth and finished the game 2-for-4 with four RBI and two runs scored.
Brittney Hatem (Hialeah, Fla./Wallace-Dothan CC) singled three times and drove in Flagler’s lone run.
Kelly Riddick (Hampton, Fla./Central Florida CC) (0-1) tossed five and one-third innings, allowed four hits, five earned runs and struck out eight.
Valdosta State 11, Flagler 1 (02/07/10 at St. Augustine, FL) (Game 1)
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Valdosta State...... 010 004 6 - 11 12 1 (1-0)
Flagler............. 000 000 1 - 1 4 1 (0-1)
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Pitchers: Valdosta State - Holly Satterfield and Alyssa Shirey. Flagler - Kelly Riddick; Brandy Luke(6); Jana Owen(7) and Kaitlyn Guinsler.
Win-Holly Satterfield(1-0) Loss-Kelly Riddick(0-1) T-2:20 A-87
2B VSU – Colette Rollins; Marti Littlefield; Amy Brightwell.
HR VSU - Marti Littlefield; Stephanie Carlson; Courtney Merritt.
Weather: 50 degrees, cloudy, 7 mph wind
In game two, Valdosta State got on the board early on Alyssa Shirey’s two-run homer en route to a 10-1 win.
Shirey went 2-for-3 with a double to go along with her home run, scored twice and drove in two runs. Amber Shaw and Stephanie Carlson each collected a pair of singles. Courtney Merritt belted a three-run homer in the seventh.
Margaret Carter pitched a complete game and scattered eight hits and fanned six.
Katherine Cabrera (Hialeah, Fla./Miami Dade College) and
Kaley King (Jacksonville, Fla./Trinity Christian Academy) each singled twice for the Saints.
Kristen Chapman (Jacksonville, Fla./Sandalwood HS) (0-1) tossed four-plus innings and allowed six hits and four earned runs.
Flagler hosts Ave Maria University in a doubleheader on Saturday (Feb. 13) at 2 p.m. at Saints Field.
Valdosta State 10, Flagler 1 (02/07/10 at St. Augustine, FL) (Game 2)
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Valdosta State...... 201 121 3 - 10 9 2 (2-0)
Flagler............. 000 001 0 - 1 8 3 (0-2)
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Pitchers: Valdosta State - Margaret Carter and Alyssa Shirey. Flagler - Kristen Chapman; Kelly Riddick(5) and Katherine Cabrera; Kaitlyn Guinsler.
Win-Margaret Carter(1-0) Loss-Kristen Chapman(0-1) T-2:04
2B VSU – Alyssa Shirey.
HR VSU - Marti Littlefield; Alyssa Shirey; Courtney Merritt.
Chapman faced 2 batters in the 5th.