MELBOURNE, Fla. – The power bats were out on Saturday afternoon with four different Panthers crushing home runs for a combined 10 of Tech's 16 runs. Florida Tech swept Adelphi in a 10-6 eight inning comeback and 6-0 shutout.

GAME ONE:
STATS OF THE GAME:
Final: Florida Tech 10, Adelphi 7 (8 inn.)
Records: Florida Tech (16-3-1, 5-0 SSC) | Adelphi (1-2, 0-0 NE-10)
Location: Nancy Bottge Field | Melbourne, Fla.  
 
STATS OF THE GAME:

• Adelphi went down quietly in the opening inning, as Ava McCormick in her second start recorded two quick outs and a strikeout to start the game.
• Florida Tech struck first in the bottom of the first, when Haley Rider crushed a three-run home run after Miranda Schwartz reached on a hit-by-pitch and Emma Chisholm reached on an error, giving the Panthers a 3–0 lead.
• Adelphi responded in the second, stringing together three hits and scoring on an RBI groundout to trim the lead to 3–1.
• Back-to-back singles from Rider and Malaya Nelson, had the Panthers threatened in the third, but the rally ended with a groundout.
• Adelphi tied the game in the third, scoring once on a wild pitch and again on an RBI double to even the contest at 3–3.
• Mia Terito reclaimed the lead  in the fourth, launching a solo home run to make it 4–3.
• Answering again in the fifth, Adelphi tied the game at 4–4 with a solo homer before both teams traded scoreless frames in the middle innings.
• Adelphi capitalized in the top half with two unearned runs to move ahead 6–4.
• Tech mounted a late rally in the seventh, loading the bases and bringing home a run on Rider's two RBI single, forcing extras with a 6–6 tie.
• Retaking the lead, Adelphi hit a solo homer in the eighth.
• Tech delivered the decisive blow in the bottom of the eighth, as Miranda Schwartz drove in a tying run before Emma Chisholm launched a dramatic three-run walk-off homer to seal a 10-7 victory for Florida Tech.

GAME TWO:
STATS OF THE GAME:
Final: Florida Tech 6, Adelphi 0
Records: Florida Tech (17-3-1, 5-0 SSC) | Adelphi (1-3, 0-0 NE-10)
Location: Nancy Bottge Field | Melbourne, Fla.  
 
STATS OF THE GAME:

• After getting the win in extras, Sammy Murphy returned to start Game Two, putting Adelphi down in order to open the game, as the Panthers recorded two quick groundouts and a flyout to center.
• Chisholm delivered an RBI single before Malaya Nelson followed with another RBI knock to give the Panthers a 2–0 lead in the bottom of the first.
• Tech broke the game open in the second, highlighted by Miranda Schwartz's three-run home run to right field that extended the advantage to 5–0.
• Adelphi threatened in the third and fifth innings, putting runners in scoring position, but the Panthers' defense prevented the Panthers from crossing the plate.
• Chloe Fariello singled and later scored on Chisholm's RBI single, extending Tech's advantage to 6–0.
• Murphy kept Adelphi quiet all game, allowing only a handful of hits while working out of multiple scoring threats.
• Tech closed the game in the seventh, retiring Adelphi in order to secure the 6-0 shutout victory.

NOTABLE PANTHERS:

• Emma Chisholm, the hero of Game One, was 5-for-8 overall with a home run and five RBI.
• Miranda Schwartz was 3-for-5 with a home run and four RBI.
• Haley Rider in Game One alone tallied three hits, including her second home run of the season and 3 RBI. She added two more RBI in Game Two on a single.
• Mia Terito registered her second home run in three days while going 3-for-7.
• Sammy Murphy earned two wins, one in relief and one as the starter. Murphy allowed five totaled hits in eight innings and struck out four.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:

• Tech remains unbeaten against Adelphi, moving to 4-0
• The Panthers are 16-1 all-time against teams from the Northeast-10. 
• Tech is 219-123-1 against non-SSC opponents under Val Silvestrini.
• Chisholm hit her SSC-leading ninth home run which is tied fifth most in a season by a Panther with Jennifer Wise in 2007.
• Schwartz' three-run dinger was the 20^th of her career, tying Jennifer Dixon's program record back in 2002.
• Ella Niles became the 13th Panther with 50 or more walks in their career.

UP NEXT: Tech return to the USSSA Softball Complex in Viera for two more games on Wednesday, March 11. The Panthers are set to play Winona State at 2:30 p.m. and No. 11 UIndy at 4:45 p.m.

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