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April 24, 2011

April 23, 2011 Contact: Scott Jamison 352-395-5616 scott.jamison@sfcollege.edu

Â鶹ԭ´´ FASTPITCH

CURRY SPARKS TWO WALK OFF WINS OVER HILLSBOROUGH CC, 1-0 AND 3-2

Gainesville, FL – Sophomore catcher Ashley Curry made the most of her last games at Santa Fe Field, delivering a two out, two strike walk off hit in the bottom of the seventh in game one of a double header against Hillsborough CC and laid down a bunt that led to a Hawks error and the winning run in game two.

Both teams struggled to get anything going offensively in the first game until the seventh inning. NJCAA #9/FCSAA #4 Santa Fe (43-10, 20-4 MFC) loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh and with two outs Curry stepped to the plate and delivered a line drive single to center field, scoring Colleen Leebove for the winning run.

Â鶹ԭ´´ pitcher Colena Lazar (30-7) allowed just one hit while striking out nine, bringing her 2011 total to 308, the first player in Santa Fe history to achieve 300 K's in a single season.

Santa Fe fell behind 2-0 in game two but fought back to tie the score at 2-2 after Jaimee Vega tripled with two outs and later scored on a wild pitch.

With the Texas tiebreaker in effect in the eighth inning, pitcher Stephanie Cameron shut down HCC and gave the Saints a chance to win in the bottom of the inning. Lindsey Hamlin started for Â鶹ԭ´´ on second base and came around to score the winning run when the Hawks threw the ball down the right field line trying to throw Curry out after a sacrifice bunt attempt.

Cameron picked up the first win of her collegiate career in relief of starter Jasmine Warren.

The Saints head to Pensacola on April 29 – May 1 for the FCSAA State/NJCAA Region VIII Tournament at Exchange Park. In the first round of the double elimination tournament, Santa Fe plays Brevard Community College on Friday, April 29 at 2:00 PM CST. Win or lose, they play again at 7:00 PM CST.

Every game of the tournament can be watched live on www.psblive.com. For a full bracket and complete tournament info: http://www.flccaa.org/fccaa-softball-tournament.html

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