No. 6 Valdosta State softball head coach
Thomas Macera says that pitcher Rebeckah Kiser must play at a
high-level if the Blazers are going to reclaim a national
championship title this season.
The Gulf South Conference top newcomer
honoree pitched a complete game Tuesday afternoon as VSU came back to
defeat Flagler College 6-3 in Game two of the doubleheader.
“She did good,” Macera said. “She
kept us in the game and that's all we can ask from her.”
Both games began with the Blazers
behind before their comeback rallies that sealed their wins.
Similar to Game one, FC got off to a
hot start as the Saints drove in two-runs in their first inning.
With a runner in scoring position,
Blazers third basemen Hannah Strickland mishandled Mackenzie Conley's
ground ball, which allowed FC's first run.
Saints catcher Molly Whittington, on
the ensuing at-bat, recorded a RBI single. Before the Blazers first
plate appearances, they were at a 2-0 disadvantage.
Strickland answered on her first at-bat
of the game with a solo home run to deep center field. Strickland
only had one homer last season.
With the Saints up 2-1 in the fourth,
Conley tallied a solo home run but it would be shadowed by the
Blazers five-run inning.
During the bottom half, a April Collins
single ignited the scoring frenzy, the base hit led to a run scored
due to a Saints fielding error.
Albritton was walked next, which set up
GSC Player of the Week honoree Chelsea Canara's RBI single.
The score was tied at three before
sophomore first basemen Kiley Rusen blasted a three-run homer to put
her team ahead 6-3.
Right fielder Fran Johnson extended the
lead in the sixth with a two-run double.
With two runners on, Saints pinch
hitter Mallory Murphy homered in seventh but it wasn't enough to
spark a late-game rally.
VSU opens the tournament against
Rollins on Feb. 7
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