Softball team earns split in conference doubleheader

The Eastern Florida State College softball team earned a split with Santa Fe College Thursday afternoon at Titan Softball Complex.

The No. 16 ranked Titans picked up their first conference win in the first game of the Citrus Conference doubleheader, winning 7-5. In Game 2 Santa Fe used the long ball to win 6-2 and are now 16-4 overall and 1-3 in the conference.

In the first game, Faith Campos opened with a triple and scored on Brooke Theisen's double. Theisen would then score on Sam Clark's double and the Titans were up 3-0 after the first inning.

Elizabeth Bratcher would steal home in the third inning to make it 4-0 and then Livie Davis would score to make it 5-0.

Santa Fe would get on the board in the top of the sixth inning as Ariana Wright hit her first of three home runs on the day. Santa Fe added a second run in the fourth inning. Up 7-2 after six innings, Santa Fe would score one in the sixth and two in the seventh as Wright hit her second home run, a two-run shot.

But Hannah Strickland would get the strikeout to end the game. Campos, McKenzie Jewell and Jenna Borkey each had two hits in the win.

In Game 2, Santa Fe would score four runs in the first three innings to take the lead. The Titans would strike back in the bottom of the third inning when Bratcher scored on Campos' groundball and then Theisen ripped a double that scored Campos.

The Titans would threaten a couple of times but could not cut into the lead.

And then in the seventh inning, Wright hit her third home run of the day, a towering two-run shot.

Eastern Florida State College will travel to Daytona State College Tuesday for a conference doubleheader with the Falcons. Game 1 will begin at 4 p.m.