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Date: March 27, 2006
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Colby softball drops two games in Florida

FORT MYERS, Fla. --- Gustavus Adolphus held off a late Colby College rally in a taking a 7-4 non-conference softball victory on Monday in Florida.

The Mules (0-4) also fell 8-0 to Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Gustavus Adolphus led 7-0 after five innings, but the Mules made it close with three runs in the top of the sixth inning and a single run in the seventh.

Tory Starr had two hits, including a solo homer in the seventh inning, for Colby. Michelle Presby also had two hits, while Lauren Olmsted had a two-run single.

In the loss to Wisconsin-Whitewater, the Mules fell behind 5-0 after two innings and had just three hits.

Colby plays University of Southern Maine in a doubleheader Tuesday at 9 a.m. in Florida.

Gustavus Adolphus 7, Colby 4

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WP: Joyce DeWitt. LP: Amanda Roehn. HR: Tory Starr (Colby).

Wisconsin-Whitewater 8, Colby 0

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WP: Kim Ostrewski. LP: Alyssa Crowell.