GAINESVILLE, Fla. – For the second time this season, Santa Fe College softball split a doubleheader with the State College of Florida Manatees. The Saints went on the road Tuesday and bounced back from a 3-2 defeat in Game 1 to win Game 2 by a 4-3 score in eight innings…

GAME 1 – SCF 3, SF 2  

A GAME-CHANGING PLAY

After the Saints tied the game in the top of the sixth, SCF scored what would prove to be the game-winning run in the bottom of the sixth on a two-out double.

TEAM COMPARISON

Santa Fe had twice as many hits (6) than the Manatees' three.

SF was charged with two defensive errors, and only one of the three SCF runs was earned.

SF BATTING LEADERS

Sydney Fowler – 2-3, R, 2B, RBI

Abrianna Hickox – 2-3

Riley Schnyder – 1-3, R

SF PITCHING STATS

Kensley Durrance (L, 7-3) – 6.0 IP, 3 H, 1 BB, 3 R, 1 ER, 7 K

GAME 2 – SF 4, SCF 3

The Saints let a 3-1 lead get away from them, but SF scored its fourth run in the eighth inning.

A GAME-CHANGING PLAY

Schnyder did her job and sacrificed the runner over to third base, before Jayelyn Carter's ground out was the RBI to drive-in Lily Garnett-Brown.

TEAM COMPARISON

SCF scattered 10 hits in the contest, while SF had seven.

Each team had one double and one home run…

The Manatees swiped eight bases, but the Saints did well to leave them on base…

SF BATTING LEADERS

Sydney Fowler – 2-4, R

Abrianna Hickox – 2-3, 2B, R

Juliann Smith – 1-3, HR, 2 RBI – First homer of her Saints career…

SF PITCHING STATS

Sophie Abrams – GS, 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 BB

Sydney Fowler – 4.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 K

Kensley Durrance (W, 8-3) – 3.0 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3 K

UP NEXT

Santa Fe (13-7) will be participating in the Courtney Miller Invite on Saturday and Sunday in Longwood, Fla. The first of four games for SF will be a rematch of the season opener with No. 1 Florida Southwestern (9-2) at 1:15 p.m. on Saturday. The Bucs won 3-0 on Jan. 27.