Troy University Athletics
Sunday, February 17
Troy, Ala.
11:00 a.m.
Troy University
5
vs
3
Evansville
Photo by: Joshua Thurston
Troy Uses Big Second Inning to Defeat Evansville, Rigney and Russ Earn All-Tournament Honors
2/17/2013 2:16:00 PM | Softball
Box Score
Tournament Central
TROY, Ala. – The Troy softball team knocked off Evansville, 5-3, Sunday morning to wrap up play at the Troy Subway Invitational.
In bottom of the second, Troy used a five-run inning to jump out in front of Evansville. After a bases loaded walk and an Evansville error allowed Troy to jump out to a 2-0 lead, left fielder Kacie McAllister, who finished 2-for-3 with a run scored and a RBI, sent a line drive RBI single that deflected off Evansville pitcher Annie Moore and rolled into left field to allow Chandler Grffin to score.
The Trojans (4-5) added two more runs with a hard-hit RBI single by Hannah Renn and RBI groundout by Ebony Wright extended Troy's lead to 5-0.
After the Purple Aces (0-5) added a run in the third, Evansville scratched two runs in the top of the fifth inning to cut the Troy lead down to 5-3. After Troy pitcher Rachel Rigney (3-1) walked in a run with the bases loaded, Aces first baseman Kendall Kautz sent a single to left to drive in run to cut the lead to just two runs, but Rigney would shut the door on Evansville by getting a ground out to end the inning.
Rigney picked up her third complete game win of the year, allowing five hits and three runs, with just one earned. The freshman picked up a career-high six strikeouts in the victory on her to picking up all-tournament honors.
Rigney earned both of her wins in complete-game performances at the Troy Subway Invitational. For the weekend, she finished 2-0 with a 0.34 ERA, while allowing just one earned run and striking out 16.
Freshman Brittany Russ was the other all-tournament selection, as the Phenix City, Ala., native hit .308 with two doubles, four RBIs and blasted first career home run against Evansville on Friday.
After picking up it's 150th win at the Troy Softball Complex on Friday, Sunday's win against Evansville marked the 300th home win for the Trojans.
Troy travels to the Phyllis Rafter Memorial in Woodstock, Ga., for a three-day tournament starting on Friday, February 22. The Trojans face Akron on Friday at 10 a.m. before taking on Youngstown State at 3 p.m.
For more information on Troy Athletics, visit TroyTrojans.com. Fans can also find Troy on Twitter at @TroyAthletics or on Facebook at Facebook.com/TroyAthletic
Tournament Central
TROY, Ala. – The Troy softball team knocked off Evansville, 5-3, Sunday morning to wrap up play at the Troy Subway Invitational.
In bottom of the second, Troy used a five-run inning to jump out in front of Evansville. After a bases loaded walk and an Evansville error allowed Troy to jump out to a 2-0 lead, left fielder Kacie McAllister, who finished 2-for-3 with a run scored and a RBI, sent a line drive RBI single that deflected off Evansville pitcher Annie Moore and rolled into left field to allow Chandler Grffin to score.
The Trojans (4-5) added two more runs with a hard-hit RBI single by Hannah Renn and RBI groundout by Ebony Wright extended Troy's lead to 5-0.
After the Purple Aces (0-5) added a run in the third, Evansville scratched two runs in the top of the fifth inning to cut the Troy lead down to 5-3. After Troy pitcher Rachel Rigney (3-1) walked in a run with the bases loaded, Aces first baseman Kendall Kautz sent a single to left to drive in run to cut the lead to just two runs, but Rigney would shut the door on Evansville by getting a ground out to end the inning.
Rigney picked up her third complete game win of the year, allowing five hits and three runs, with just one earned. The freshman picked up a career-high six strikeouts in the victory on her to picking up all-tournament honors.
Rigney earned both of her wins in complete-game performances at the Troy Subway Invitational. For the weekend, she finished 2-0 with a 0.34 ERA, while allowing just one earned run and striking out 16.
Freshman Brittany Russ was the other all-tournament selection, as the Phenix City, Ala., native hit .308 with two doubles, four RBIs and blasted first career home run against Evansville on Friday.
After picking up it's 150th win at the Troy Softball Complex on Friday, Sunday's win against Evansville marked the 300th home win for the Trojans.
Troy travels to the Phyllis Rafter Memorial in Woodstock, Ga., for a three-day tournament starting on Friday, February 22. The Trojans face Akron on Friday at 10 a.m. before taking on Youngstown State at 3 p.m.
For more information on Troy Athletics, visit TroyTrojans.com. Fans can also find Troy on Twitter at @TroyAthletics or on Facebook at Facebook.com/TroyAthletic
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