Box Score

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Nova Southeastern University softball team (8-8, 0-3 SSC) finished its weekend series against the No. 18 Rollins Tars (13-0, 3-0 SSC) with a 3-1 loss at the AD Griffin Sports Complex.
 
The Sharks had a strong offensive day but struggled getting runners to cross the plate. The Sharks had 10 hits, led by Katrina Ammons (Sr., Jacksonville, Fla.), who went 2-for-4 with the team's lone RBI. Sophomores Dakota Villella (Hollywood, Fla.) and Taylor Rotz (Pittsburgh, Pa.) each had two hits as well. However, NSU stranded 10 runners on base, seven of which were in scoring position.
 
The Sharks' first two batters reach base in both the first and second innings, and in each side, the runners were bunted into scoring position. However, the Sharks could not come up with timely hits, stranding all four runners. Rollins immediately took a lead in the first inning, but left the door open before scoring again in the fifth with a pair of runs.
 
Before falling down by three, the Sharks once again stranded two runners on in the third inning. In the fourth, pitcher Carly Comito (So., Boca Raton, Fla.) hit a single through the left side, but would be picked off in the only inning in which NSU did not leave a runner on.
 
NSU stranded a total of three base runners in the fifth and sixth innings, and once again entered the final side trailing at the top of the order. After two quick outs, Te Reo Powhiri Matautia (Jr., Auckland, New Zealand) kept the game alive with a single up the middle. Ammons followed up with a double down the right field line, scoring Matautia from first. With the tying run at the plate, the game ended with Rollins' pitcher Niki Fogle's fifth strikeout of the game.
 
Comito (1-2) took the loss but had a solid outing. She struck out three batters and held the preseason Sunshine State Conference favorites to seven hits.
 
NSU will hit the road on Wednesday, March 4 to take on Palm Beach Atlantic in a doubleheader at 5 p.m.