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Winner Nova Southeastern NSUS22 34-12, 20-7 SSC
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Rollins RCS 30-8, 21-6 SSC
Winner
Nova Southeastern NSUS22
34-12, 20-7 SSC
9
Final
2
Rollins RCS
30-8, 21-6 SSC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Nova Southeastern NSUS22 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 9 6 0
Rollins RCS 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 0

W: Connor, Ashley (15-3) L: Ashley Worrell (16-4)

Game Recap: Softball |

Late Offensive Explosion Helps Sharks Avoid Sweep

NSU scores all nine runs in final two innings of 9-2 victory over Rollins

WINTER PARK, Fla. – In a wild turn of events, the Nova Southeastern softball team went from being hitless in the sixth inning to running away with an eventual 9-2 win to avoid the series sweep on the road at Rollins on Saturday. Ryleigh Langwell, Alexis Smith and Tia Williams each homered in the effort, as the Sharks managed to keep their Sunshine State Conference title hopes alive, sitting just one game back with three to play.  
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Score: Nova Southeastern 9 (W: A. Connor, 15-3), Rollins 2 (L: A. Worrell, 16-4)
Records: Nova Southeastern (34-12, 20-7 SSC), Rollins (30-8, 21-6 SSC)
Location: Rollins Softball Stadium at Martin Luther King, Jr. Park | Winter Park, Fla.  
Get Social: @NSU_Softball on Instagram and Twitter
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
BOT 5th | Saturday's contest began as another pitchers' duel, and had the looks of yet another extra-inning game, before the Tars' Jaden Walker broke a scoreless tie with a two-run homer in which the ball bounced out of the glove of NSU centerfielder Sydney Lageyre and over the wall.

TOP 6th | The first two NSU batters would be retired in order in the sixth as Rollins starter Ashley Worrell still had yet to allow a hit. However, both the no-hitter and shutout would be erased after Smith cut the deficit in half following a solo home run – her first of the season – to leftfield. Lageyre prolonged the inning with a single through the right side of the infield and moved into scoring position after a Langwell walk that ended the day for Worrell. In came new Rollins pitcher Emily MacMullen and out went a three-run homer for Williams, whose first blast of the season all the sudden handed NSU a 4-2 edge.

TOP 7th | After NSU starter Ashley Connor posted a shut-down inning, the NSU offense kept its foot on the gas in the seventh. Aided by a pair of hit batters, the Sharks loaded the bases with one out on an Emerson Morris single. A Smith sacrifice fly extended the lead to 5-2 before reaching 6-2 on a Lageyre RBI-single up the middle. Five pitches later, Langwell broke the game wide open with a three-run shot to left center to put the exclamation point on the much-needed victory.

INSIDE THE STATS:
  • Half of NSU's six total hits went for home runs on Saturday.
  • The Sharks scored nine runs over the final 1.1 innings after tallying just two runs through the first 23.2 innings of the series.
  • NSU entered the ball game with just four home runs for the entire season.
  • After striking out 12 times against Worrell in Friday's series opener, the Sharks fanned just five times before chasing her from the ball game in the sixth inning.
  • Connor allowed six hits and two earned runs while walking none and striking out two in her 14th complete game of the season.
UP NEXT
NSU will host Florida Southern in the final series of the regular season beginning next Thursday at 6 p.m. For complete coverage, visit the schedule page on NSUSharks.com or follow the Sharks on Instagram and Twitter at @NSU_Softball.
 
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