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Kylie Atkins sends a pitch to the plate in a home Ferrum game on March 5, 2024.
Dajah Berger
Senior pitcher Kylie Atkins got the win in game one.
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Randolph RCS 8-21
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Winner Ferrum FCS 8-27
Randolph RCS
8-21
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Final
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Ferrum FCS
8-27
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Randolph RCS 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 8 3
Ferrum FCS 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 5 12 3

W: Atkins, Kylie (4-9) L: E. Morris (5-9)

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Winner Randolph RCS 9-21
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Ferrum FERRUM 8-28
Winner
Randolph RCS
9-21
11
Final
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Ferrum FERRUM
8-28
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Randolph RCS 1 2 2 2 0 2 2 11 16 2
Ferrum FERRUM 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 5 4

W: A. Moran (4-6) L: Walker, Emily (1-7)

Game Recap: Softball |

Ferrum Splits ODAC Softball Doubleheader with Randolph

FERRUM, Virginia -- Ferrum College split an Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) softball doubleheader this afternoon at home with Randolph College. The Panthers needed an extra inning to win the opener 5-4 on a walk off RBI single, then fell 11-3 in the nightcap.

RECORDS
Ferrum (8-28, 6-14 ODAC)
Randolph (9-21, 5-11 ODAC)

GAME ONE
Ferrum drew first blood in the opener on Emily Hopper's RBI single up the middle in the first inning. The Panthers added a pair of runs in the third inning, one on a Kylie Atkins RBI double to right center and another on Brianna Michaels' RBI double to left.

Randolph scored two runs in the fourth inning on an error, then Ferrum added a run in the fifth on a dropped fly ball to make it a 4-2 game. The WildCats picked up two in the seventh, one on an error and one on an RBI, to tie the game and send it to extra innings.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, Breanna Weaver singled through the right side, allowing Leanna Bartrug to scamper home for the game-winning run.

KEY STATS
Ferrum: Atkins 3-4, 2b, run, RBI; RP Atkins (W, 4-9) 1.1 inn, 1 hit, 0 runs
Randolph: Emily Morris 3-4, run; SP Morris (L, 5-9) 7.1 inn, 12 hits, 3 ER, 2 K

GAME TWO
Randolph scored a run in the first inning, two in the second and two in the third to open the 5-0 lead. Ferrum picked up two runs in the bottom of the third on Macey Moore's RBI double to right center and Riley Young's RBI double to right-center to trim the lead to 5-3.
 
It was all WildCats from there, as the visitors scored two runs in the fourth, two in the sixth and two in the seventh for the final count.
 
KEY STATS
Randolph: Austyn Moran 3-5, 2b, run, 2 RBI; SP Moran (W, 4-6) 7 inn, 5 hits, 0 ER, 3 K
Ferrum: Young 2-3, 2b, 2 RBI; SP Emily Walker (L, 1-7) 4 inn, 10 hits, 6 ER, 4 K
 
UP NEXT
Coach Josh Freeman's team will close out regular season play Saturday, April 27, at home against Shenandoah University. The ODAC doubleheader is scheduled for a 12:00 p.m. start at Vickie Van Kleeck Field and will be preceded by a Senior Day ceremony for Ferrum's graduating players.
    
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