Centre Shuts Out Rhodes in SCAC Softball Elimination Game

April 23, 2011

April 23, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — Centre scored all of its runs in the first two innings and Emily Meador tossed a four-hit shutout as the Colonels blanked Rhodes, 4-0, in an elimination game of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Softball Championship.

Centre improved to 17-22 and faces Southwestern in another elimination game later today. The Lynx finished their season at 25-17.

The Colonels jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first as Ashley Christian led off with a single, stole second and scored on Regina Sena’s homer to right center. The Colonels added one more in the frame as Taylor Childress singled and later scored from third on an illegal pitch.

The Colonels added one more in the second Emily Meador singled and moved to second on an illegal pitch. After Emily Landherr singled Meador to third and Christian drove her in with a base hit.

Centre totaled eight hits led by Christian's two. Four different Rhodes players totaled one hit each.

Meador improved to 11-11 with the win, while Chelsea Peters dropped to 6-7.

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