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ECKERD COLLEGE

Baseball

The Eckerd College baseball team overcame an early eight-run deficit to tie the game, but surrendered four runs in the first extra frame to fall by a 12-8 final to visiting Saint Leo University at Turley Field on Wednesday night.

Down 8-0 in the sixth inning the Tritons bullpen stepped up, shutting out the Lions (2-2) for the remainder of regulation, while the EC offense scored eight runs through three innings to tie the score.

In the extra frame, one of Eckerd's six total errors ended up costing the team dearly as an errant throw on the front-half of a potential double-play sailed wide, allowing the inning to continue. Saint Leo scored four runs in the frame and shut the hosts down in the bottom of the inning to claim the win.

Five Lions had multiple hits on the evening as junior shortstop Bobby Munoz led the way going 2-for-4 with three RBI. Senior closer Matt Smith (1-0) picked up his first win of the season tossing two and one-third innings of no-hit ball.

In the loss Eckerd (1-3) was led by sophomore newcomer Tim Lorek who went 4-for-5 from the designated hitter spot and senior catcher Cory Sylvester added three RBI. Sophomore reliever Jim Rutledge (0-1) was saddled with the loss, his first sour decision of the season.

SAINT LEO

Women's Basketball

The Saint Leo women's basketball team (9-11, 2-7 SSC) fell 57-42 at Rollins College (12-8, 3-7 SSC) in Winter Park, Fla. on Wednesday night. Saint Leo was led by senior guard Amanda Holloway (West Palm Beach, Fla.) who scored a game-high tying 14 points, but the Lions had trouble containing Rollins senior Jennifer Musgrove. Musgrove finished just one assist shy of a triple-double with 14 points, a game-high12 rebounds and nine assists. Rollins used hot shooting to offset a total of 28 turnovers, as the Tars shot 45.8% (22-of-48) from the floor for the game, including 7-of-16 (43.8%) from beyond the three-point line. The Tars led from the start, leading by as many as 18 points in the contest.

After Rollins opened with a 7-0 run, the Lions settled in by scoring the next four points. However Rollins, put together a 15-1 run to open up a 17-point lead at 22-5 with 13:08 left in the first half. The Lions battled back late in the half, closing on a 12-2 run and making it a five-point game at half-time.

The five points was as close as the Lions would come, as Rollins scored the first nine points of the second half.

The Tars kept the lead in double digits for the remainder of the game, eventually leading by a game-high 18 points late before settling for the final margin of 15 and sweeping the season series with the Lions.

The Lions return home on Saturday afternoon when they face Lynn University in another SSC game at the Bowman Center.

Saint Leo will be joining the WBCA's "Think Pink" initiative for the day, wearing pink shoelaces and pink bows in their hair. Fans are also encouraged to participate in "Think Pink" by wearing pink to the game versus the Fighting Knights with proceeds from ticket sales going toward breast cancer research.

[Last modified February 7, 2008, 02:08:49]