JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Behind a
three home run performance from junior Robin Leathers, Campbell's
softball team (16-5, 2-0 Atlantic Sun) swept a doubleheader (10-0
& 11-0) from Jacksonville (9-12, 0-2 Atlantic Sun on Friday,
March 6 in Jacksonville, Fla. at the JU Softball Complex. With the
second game victory Campbell head coach Drew
Peterson picked up his 246th career victory setting a new
Campbell school record for career win s.
All
three of Leathers' hits left the field of play in the two games in
which she also drove in a total of eight runs. Senior Hilary Wheatley
continued her hot-hitting with a 3-for-5 afternoon with a home run
and five RBIs. Sophomore Amanda Miller tallied five
hits in her eight at-bats with two RBIs and runs scored. Junior
Brittany
Stanley had four hits including a home run and five RBIs
in the sweep. The Camels pounded out 22 hits and 21 run in the two
games.
The CU
pitching staff also did work with both freshman Christina Melton and
Stanley throwing complete game shutouts. Melton went the distance
in the first game with four hits allowed and five strikeouts.
Stanley did the deed in the second game with two hits allowed, no
walks and five punch outs. For the pitching staff it was their
third and fourth shutouts of the week. The Camels have now thrown
five consecutive shutouts. The five straight shutouts are a school
record breaking the previous mark of four set by the 1996 team
(Feb. 26-March 2) and the 1995 team (March 2-7)
In
the first game the Camels scored in every inning but the fifth with
Leathers doing major damaged with two home runs and five RBIs.
Stanley also homered with her first inning three-run blast.
Leathers
was a vital part of the second game scoring with a grand slam in
fourth inning. Wheatley followed later in the frame with her second
home run of the season. Wheatley has now driven in 11 runs on her
nine hits for the year and has also crossed the plate eight more
times. The Camels as a team have homered 40 times in the first 21
games.
Campbell
completes the spring break road trip with a pair of games against
North Florida starting at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 7.
Notes: With
the second game victory Campbell head coach Drew
Peterson won his 246th game at Campbell passing Julie
Brzezinski (1990-97) for the all-time record at CU
