Friday, April 19, 2013
Lady Jackets In College: Sanders named GSC Softball Player of the Week, April 19, 2013
Lady Jackets In College: Danielle Sanders, University of West Florida
By Sports Information Department
University of West Florida
April 16, 2013
University of West Florida softball junior Danielle Sanders has been named Gulf South Conference Player of the Week after helping lead UWF to a two-game sweep over Alabama-Huntsville on Saturday. This is the first time Sanders has been honored with this award.
Sanders went 5-for-7 at the plate on Saturday against UAH and was a home run short of the cycle. The junior hit .714 and slugged 1.143 on the day and also stole two bases to help lead the Argonauts. The Leesburg, Fla. native led off the first game with a stand-up triple off the fence in deep center field off the first pitch she saw.
The junior currently ranks third in the Gulf South Conference in steals (19) and leads the Argonauts on the year in runs scored (23).
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University of West Florida
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Danielle Sanders: West Florida softball sweeps Alabama-Huntsville on Saturday, April 19, 2013
Sports Infomation Department
University of West Florida
April 13, 2013
Argonauts take two games from the
top-ranked team in the Gulf South Conference
Pensacola, Fla. – The University of West Florida softball team swept Alabama-Huntsville at home on Saturday in the team’s first home game in nearly four weeks. The Argonauts held on for a 6-5 game-one win before shutting out the Chargers 5-0 in game two.
“Alabama-Huntsville is a very good team and they have been winning several games lately so it was really good for us to get the wins,” head coach Tami Cyr said. “These wins will hopefully boost our team’s confidence and help them believe that they can beat anybody. It’s just two great wins for a very deserving team. We've never let up and never stopped practicing hard and it’s just a tribute to this teams’ work ethic.”
Redshirt freshman Lauren Register (Vernon, Fla./Vernon HS) got the start in game one and earned the win after pitching 4.2 innings in the circle and striking out three batters. Senior Jordan Ratliff (Petersburg, Mich./Owens CC) appeared in relief and allowed only one hit in 2.1 innings and held the Chargers offense scoreless en route to earning her first save of the season.
West Florida kicked things off in the bottom of the first inning as Hannah Camp (Hoover, Ala./Spain Park HS) hit an RBI single through the left side to score Danielle Sanders (Leesburg, Fla./St. Petersburg College). Sanders led off the inning with a stand-up triple off the fence in deep center field off the first pitch she saw.
UWF extended their lead in the bottom of the third inning as Kasie Buckley (Little Rock, Miss./East Central CC) hit a RBI double to center field to score Caroline Kaston (Niceville, Fla./Wallace CC). Hannah Dowling (Irvine, Calif./Santa Ana College) would go on to hit a RBI single through the right side to score Buckley to increase the lead to three runs.
In the bottom of the fourth inning UWF used a two-out rally to score three runs off of four hits. Kaston started things off with a RBI single to left field. West Florida junior first baseman Elizabeth Nugent (Ruskin, Fla./East Bay HS) would add to the rally with a 2-RBI single to extend the Argo lead to six runs.
The Alabama-Huntsville Chargers used four hits to score five runs in the top of the fifth inning to end Registers day in the circle. Ratliff pitched 2.1 innings in relief to seal the win for West Florida.
UWF junior pitcher Taylor Bailey (Austin, Texas/University of Louisiana Monroe) earned her ninth win of the season in the 5-0, game-two win. Bailey pitched a complete game and scattered two hits and struck out six batters to improve her season ERA to 1.84.
“I felt really good out there today,” Bailey said. “Those were two really big wins for us and it was a team effort all the way around.”
West Florida tacked on a run in the first inning for the second-straight game as Nugent hit a RBI double to left field to score Kaston.
UWF added two runs in the bottom of the third inning off of two hits. With runners on the corners and one out Audrey Harner (Celina, Ohio/Cypress College) scored from third as the Alabama-Huntsville catcher tried to throw out Kaston as she attempted to steal second base. The Argo’s added another run as H. Camp doubled to left field to score Buckley and increase the lead to three runs.
The Argos scored a run in the bottom of the fifth as Sanders scored on a UAH throwing error after stealing third base. West Florida added an insurance run in the following inning as Sanders hit a RBI double down the right field line to score Bianca Lopez (Stuttgart, Germany/Patch American HS).
West Florida will play host to West Alabama on Sunday, April 14 for a doubleheader starting at 2 p.m. CT. For information on all UWF athletics, visit www.GoArgos.com.
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