Panthers Losing Streak Reaches Seven


The Embry-Riddle Eagles swept a doubleheader from Florida Tech on Saturday, with a 4-3 game one win and a 6-1 win in game two. It was the third straight win for the Eagles, who beat Florida Tech in the series opener on Friday.

With the Eagles being a provisional member of the Sunshine State Conference, the victories count in the overall standings, but they do not count against Florida Tech as conference losses., That may be the only silver lining the Panthers can take away from the weekend.

Errors hurt the Panthers in Friday’s game and they committed three more in game one on Saturday. Two of those led to Embry-Riddle scoring twice against Panthers starter Rachel Pence in the top of the first.

Anna Battison singled and went to second on a throwing error. After a walk, Maggie Scott reached on a fielder’s choice, bringing Kendall Funk to the plate. She lifted a fly ball to left that resulted in an error and allowed both runs to score.

Florida Tech put together a two-out rally in the fourth, getting one run back. Krista Patterson singled and Vanessa Rubio was hit by a Kassidy Simons pitch. Makayla Palmer then stroked a single right back through the middle, cutting the Eagles lead to 2-1.

Embry-Riddle got that run back in the fifth on a Simons RBI double. Pence got the final two outs of the inning, but the Panthers were down 3-1.

FIT rallied in the sixth with an error, a walk and a Patterson single loading the bases. Rubio drew an RBI walk and Palmer drove in her second run of the day with a single, making it 3-3. After Julianna Goldberg’s fielder’s choice resulted in an out at the plate, Audrey Gangloff and Kaitlin Buchholz were both struck out and just like that, the potential big inning went down in flames.

Those stranded runners in the sixth proved costly, as did another error in the bottom of the seventh. Eryn Chester led off with a single and Battison laid down a sacrifice bunt to first. Hailey Leonard fielded it, but threw the ball away, allowing the winning run to score.

The end result was a tough luck loss for Pence, whose record fell to 7-6. She pitched six innings, allowing just one earned run, walking three and striking out one. She threw 81 pitches.

For more info: Florida Tech @ Embry-Riddle Box Score (game 1)

In game two, the Panthers jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the second, thanks to a Goldberg home run. That was the only run Embry-Riddle starter Illona Andringa, who was Friday’s winning pitcher and she picked up a win in game one on Saturday in relief. She made it a perfect weekend, getting the win in game two as well.

That lead held until the fifth, when Scott had an RBI single off Panthers starter Amanda Kahn and an infield single from Funk allowed Simons to score, making it a 2-1 game.

Kahn (3-3) lasted 4.1 innings, giving way to McKenzie Krutsinger after the Scott RBI single. She allowed two runs on seven hits, walked one and struck out two.

Embry-Riddle put the game away in the sixth, scoring four runs against reliever McKenzie Krutsinger, who gave up a bases loaded triple to Funk, making it a 6-1 game.

For more info: Florida Tech @ Embry-Riddle Box Score (game 2)

The Panthers (10-11) have now lost seven straight. They will look to get back on track Tuesday with a doubleheader at Alabama-Huntsville. Game one is set for 2:00 p.m.  


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