GREENSBORO, N.C. – Amanda Sopko had five hits and Megan Shepherd had four RBI in Randolph-Macon College’s 10-4 softball win over Guilford College. The Yellow Jackets (25-9, 11-3 ODAC) also won the opener in Sunday’s the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) twinbill, 2-1.
Two Heather Lewis doubles followed by two Laura Bauer sacrifice flies provided Lewis (13-3) all the offense needed in her 13th pitching win of the season. Lewis and Bauer teamed up to score Randolph-Macon’s runs in the first and fifth innings against Guilford starter Jessica Burcham (Lexington, N.C./South Davidson) (7-8).
Guilford outhit its hosts in game one, 8-6, but stranded 10. The Quakers (16-20, 3-11 ODAC) scored their run in the sixth inning on an RBI single by freshman Sloane King (Asheboro, N.C./Southwestern Randolph). Cynthia Hayes (Seagrove, N.C./Southwestern Randolph) added two hits for the Quakers.
Randolph-Macon took advantage of four Guilford errors in game two. The Yellow Jackets scored unearned runs in the first, second and third innings en route to an early 4-1 lead. Shepherd delivered a two-run single in the fifth inning, which made it a 6-2 game. Morgan Andrews’ two-run single in the top of the sixth got Guilford back to within, 6-4, but Shepherd added another two-run single in the Yellow Jackets’ four-run sixth.
Ashley Boteler hit her team-leading fifth homer of the season for Guilford, a solo blast in the fourth inning. She and teammate Kimberly Keys both finished with two hits.
Guilford closes out its home schedule Wednesday (4/18) with an ODAC doubleheader against Randolph College.
Randolph-Macon – 2
Guilford – 1
Apr 15, 2012 at Ashland, VA – Game 1
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Guilford............ 000 001 0 - 1 8 1 (16-19, 3-10 ODAC) Randolph-Macon...... 100 010 X - 2 6 2 (24-9, 10-3 ODAC) ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Pitchers: Guilford – Jessica Burcham and Morgan Andrews. Randolph-Macon – H Lewis and L Bauer.
Win-H Lewis(13-3)
Loss-Jessica Burcham(7-8)
T-1:45
A-182
Game notes:
Old Dominion Athletic Conference game
Game: GCS-35
Randolph-Macon – 10
Guilford – 4
Apr 15, 2012 at Ashland, VA – Game 2
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Guilford............ 001 102 0 - 4 8 4 (16-20, 3-11 ODAC) Randolph-Macon...... 211 024 X - 10 14 2 (25-9, 11-3 ODAC) ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Pitchers: Guilford – Shelby Bowser; Ashley Boteler(6) and Morgan Andrews. Randolph-Macon – K Dize and L Bauer.
Win-K Dize(6-3)
Loss-Shelby Bowser(3-5)
T-2:00
A-183
HR GC – Ashley Boteler (5).
Game notes:
Old Dominion Athletic Conference game
Game: GCS-36