FGCU Softball vs Stetson Day Two Recap

 The FGCU softball team (28-17, 13-4 A-SUN) was narrowly edged by Stetson (16-28, 5-12 A-SUN), 3-2, Sunday afternoon at the FGCU Softball Complex.

"Congratulations to our seniors today. I am glad that we could honor them before the game for everything they've done for this program over the past few years," said head coach David Deiros said. "We have some more work to do this week against Lipscomb and also as we head into the A-SUN Tournament."

Before the contest, the Eagles honored their five seniors in Bri Bennett, Brooke Clemens, Kate Kelly, Racquel Fournet and Riley Randolph.

The Eagles' bats were kept quiet midway through the contest as they accounted for three hits while stranding four runners. Starting pitcher Randolph went six full innings scattering five hits as she fanned six Hatters with no walks. Her fourth strikeout of the game in the bottom of the fourth went down as her 200th of the year becoming just the third pitcher in FGCU history to hit the 200 mark in one season.

Through nine complete and with no score, the international tiebreaker rule went into effect in the 10th – the last batter out in the previous inning is placed on second to start the next frame. Stetson broke out with three runs on four hits to take the ball game's first lead.

FGCU commenced the bottom of the 10th with freshman McKenna Batterton on second base. With one out, sophomore Haley Morrell lined a single up the middle to put runners on the corners. Up next, Fournet hit a chopper to second that scored Batterton as freshman Reedy Davenport cleared the bags with a triple off the right-center wall to score Morrell. Down just one, with two away, a liner to third would stave off the Eagles' rally as their 10-game win streak came to an end.

Sophomore Marissa Mesiemore gets tagged with the loss after pitching four innings of relief. On offense the Green and Blue manufactured eight hits as Morrell and Clemens each went 2-for-5. 

Single Season 200 Strikeout Club
1. 269 - Rachael Edinger - 2006
2. 235 - Rachael Edinger - 2007
3. 220 - Kelly Powe - 2004
4. 206 - Kelly Powe - 2005
5. 202 - Riley Randolph - 2019

Up Next
FGCU will host Lipscomb (35-13-1, 13-4 A-SUN) Thursday-Friday May 2-3. Thursday's doubleheader will start at 5 p.m. Both games will be aired on ESPN +. Friday's finale is set for a 1 p.m. first pitch. Both teams are currently tied for first in the conference.