WINTER PARK, Fla. - The Nova Southeastern Sharks Baseball team were swept in the Sunshine State Conference series against the #21 Rollins College Tars on Saturday afternoon at Alfond Stadium. The Sharks dropped the first game 17-7 on Saturday and fell in game 2 of the doubleheader 4-3.
Records: Nova Southeastern 11-11, 5-4 SSC | #21 Rollins 16-6, 8-1
Score: Nova Southeastern 7, Rollins 17 (Game One) | Nova Southeastern 3, Rollins 4(Game Two)
Location: Alfond Stadium | Winter Park, Fla.
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- The Sharks got on the board first with a solo home run from Gabriel Esquivel, to take the 1-0 lead.
- Rollins scored eight runs in the third and fourth inning to go up 8-1 after 4 innings.
- Ronny Medina, Zeth Rodriguez, and Xavier Moron got the Sharks right back in it as they combined for 3 Home Runs and 5 RBI, to cut the lead to 8-6.
- Rollins responded back with 6 runs in the 6th and 7th innings, to expand the lead to 14-6.
- Justin Wachs added an RBI driving in Zeth Rodriguez to cut the lead to 14-7.
- Rollins would score three more in the 8th, as the Sharks would fall 17-7.
- Anthony Caro threw 3 innings scoreless along with 7 strikeouts.
- The Tars were the first ons to break the scoreless drought in the 5th inning as they took a 1-0 lead.
- The Sharks then stormed back in the 6th inning as Boris Pena added an RBI Double and Ty Torti added a 2 RBI single to give the Sharks a 3-1 lead.
- Rollins cut the lead back down to 1 in the bottom of the 6th as they scored off a double to center field.
- Sharks gave up 2 in the bottom of the ninth to fall to Rollins, 4-3.
Nova Southeastern will return home for Rivalry Night against Barry University, Tuesday March 18th. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. To stay up-to-date on Sharks Baseball, be sure to follow on Instagram & X at NSU_Baseball.
