Hot Hitting Clinches Spartans Sweep Against Panthers

TAMPA, Fla. - No. 3 Tampa complete series sweep against Florida Tech.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:

Game One: No. 3 Tampa 9 | Florida Tech 4

Game Two: No. 3 Tampa 13 | Florida Tech 4

HOW IT HAPPENED - GAME ONE:

• In the top of the 1st Camryn Wineinger homered to center field, bringing in Lexie Chevalier, giving Tampa an early lead.
• Florida Tech responded in the bottom of the inning with a run of thier own, Katie Hogue hitting a single, driving in Celeste Casillas.
• Spartans extended thier lead in the 2nd inning with RBIs from Stephanie Balmer, Lauren Fantone, Lilly Kiester.
• Tampa would add more runs in the 3rd with Wineinger hitting her second home run of the game, and Megan deVilliers hitting a sac fly, allowing Mariah Galhouse to reach home.
• Florida Tech scored two runs in the 5th off a Casillas double to center field, Ella Niles scored, and a Jolie Miracle sac fly to left field, Casillas scored.
• In the 6th inning Kiester scored on a fielding error by the Panthers infield. The last run for Tampa came from a deVilliers home run to left center in the 7th inning.
• Florida Tech scored the last run of the game in the bottom of the 7th inning, unable to catch the Spartans.

INSIDE THE STATS: 

• Gwen McGinnis started in the circle for tampa pitching 6.0 innings, striking out five, allowing six hits, giving up three runs.
• Mary Beth Feldman closed out the game for the Spartans pitching 1.0 innings, allowing two hits, and conceding one run.
• Wineinger 2-2, 3 RBIs.
• deVilliers 1-2, 2 RBIs.

HOW IT HAPPENED - GAME TWO:

• Camryn Wineinger got Tampa off the mark in the top of the 3rd inning singling to left center, scoring Lexie Chevalier. Megan deVilliers would add to the score hitting a double down the left side, driving in Mariah Galhouse and Wineinger.
• In the 4th inning Galhouse would further extend Tampa's lead hitting a grand slam. That would be follwed by a Kinnah Kreidler home run. 
• Joey Trawick added a run in the 5th singling to left field, scoring Abigail Siegel. 
• Florida Tech got on the board in the 5th inning off a series of errors by Tampa, scoring four runs in the inning. 
• Tampa responded scoring two runs in the 6th, and Wineinger hitting another home run, bringing in Lauren Fantone in the 7th inning.

INSIDE THE STATS:

• Galhouse pitched 4.2 innings, striking out one, allowing seven hits, and conceding four runs.
• Kate DeSimone pitched 2.1 innings, striking out three, allowing one hit, conceding zero runs.
• Wineinger 3-3, 3 RBIs.
• Galhouse 1-3, 4 RBIs.
• Kreidler 1-2, 2 RBIs.

UP NEXT: No. 3 Tampa returns home to host Eckerd College April 19th, 2024.