Blossoms Shut-Out Twice By Florida Southern
February 9, 2008

SAINT LEO, Fla. – The University of Arkansas at Monticello softball team dropped two games to nationally ranked No. 4 Florida Southern Friday with final scores of 3-0 in the first game and 8-0 in the nightcap.
 
GAME ONE (L 0-1)
Florida Southern’s Brittany Minton (1-0) only allowed one Blossom hit in her complete game win. Minton struck out six Blossoms, while only allowing one base on balls.
 
UAM’s Becca Sustaire (Hallsville, Texas) recorded her second loss of the season in as many games appeared. Sustaire (0-2) pitched six full innings, allowing three runs, all earned, while giving up seven hits, gave up one base on balls, and struck out five Florida Southern batters.
 
The only Blossom to record a hit in the contest was sophomore Kayla Temple (West Monroe, La.). Temple went 1-for-2 at the plate.
 
 
GAME TWO (L 0-8)
The nightcap of the double-header wasn’t as close as the first game. Florida Southern had more offensive production while still shutting out the Blossoms.
 
Florida Southern held a 5-0 advantage going into the bottom of the sixth inning, where they scored three more runs to end the ball-game, due to the NCAA’s eight-run rule, that ends any game in which either team is ahead by eight or more runs at the end of the fifth inning.
 
Four Blossoms went 1-for-3 at the plate, but the team was out-hit 9-4. Junior Lindsey Randall (Keithville, La.), senior Jenny Dunn (Adelaide, Australia), sophomore Becca Tipton (Dermott, Ark.), and Sustaire were the four Blossoms to record a hit.
 
Sophomore Allison North (Marion, La.) got the start in the nightcap and recorded the loss only a day after allowing only one run in a losing effort to Tampa. North (0-2) pitched four full innings, allowing three runs, all earned, off five hits and struck out one Florida Southern batter.
 
Florida Southern’s Heidi Schumacher (1-0) got the win after pitching 5.1 innings, giving up only four hits, while striking out two UAM batters.
 
ON DECK
With the two losses, the Blossoms drop to 0-4 overall and look to get their first win today (Feb. 9), as the team takes on Saint Leo in a double-header starting at noon.