Box Score MIAMI GARDENS, Fla.- The No. 19 ranked Southeastern University softball team advanced to 10-3 in Sun Conference play today with their 16-2 victory over the Florida Memorial Lions in game one of the series.
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The Fire offense took advantage of fourteen hits and five errors to take game one and were two outs away from securing a collective perfect game shutout of the Lions as they would go on to score two runs in the bottom of the fifth off of two hits.
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Riley Sanders led off the game with an infield bunt single and was followed by an RBI infield single by
Jamie Mead who would eventually come home to score on a wild pitch.
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In the second, the Fire added five more off of four hits and an error to take the 7-0 lead after four consecutive singles including a two RBI single by Mead and a sacrifice fly by
Erica Stahl. The final Fire run of the second would come off an error that would allow
Katie Atkins to score from second.
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Two more Lion errors in the third would allow two more Fire runs and would be followed by an RBI single by Stahl to take the 10-0 lead.
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Linsey Arnett would collect a pinch hit RBI in the fourth off of a single into right center that scored
Reagan Griffis, making the score 11-0 moving into the fifth.
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Five more runs in the fifth would begin with a two RBI double by
Katie Atkins who was brought home by a Cunningham single two batters later. A sacrifice fly by Arnett and another Lion error would secure the 16-0 lead with the Lions down to their final three outs.
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In the bottom of the fifth, the Lions grabbed their first baserunner of the contest with a walk and would go on to collect two runs off of two hits to finalize the 16-2 game one.
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Sanders and Mead each collected two hits with
Claire Sekinger advancing to 11-2 on the season after going two innings with no hits and four strikeouts.
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Kenzie Forrester also went two complete innings without allowing a baserunner with three strikeouts.
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Games two and three of the SUN series will take place tomorrow at 10 and 12 p.m.
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