BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Savannah State University softball team (0-9) dropped both of the two games on Day One of the "Strike-Out Cancer" Tournament on at FAU Stadium with losses to St. John's University (2-3) 13-0 in five innings and to Syracuse University (5-2) 7-1.
 
Sophomore third baseman Cortni Jones batted .667 (2-for-3), while senior right fielder Alexis Singleton batted .600 (3-for-5).
 
St. John's 13, Savannah State 0 (5)
Senior left fielder Chasney Jenkins, junior shortstop Brianna Harris, Singleton and junior designated player Elizabeth Humes each recorded a hit, while sophomore pitcher Faith Dickerson (0-4) picked up the loss pitching 3.2 innings. 
 
St. John's scored in the top of the second inning after an RBI single to take a 1-0 lead and scored four runs in the top of the third inning after an RBI double, an RBI error, an RBI single and a wild pitch to take a 5-0 lead.
 
St. John's scored the final eight runs in the fourth inning after a sacrifice fly, a three-run homerun and a grand slam.
 
The Red Storm was led by Gretchen Bowie going 3-for-3 with three runs scored and four RBIs, while Brittany Garcia went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and Christina Melendez went 2-for-3 with three runs scored and four RBIs.  Grace Kramer (1-2) went for the complete game giving up four runs.
 
Syracuse 7, Savannah State 1
Jones and Singleton went 2-for-3 at the place, while Jenkins recorded the only RBI and junior center fielder Shelby Eccles scored the only run.  Amanda McDowell (0-4) took the loss pitching a complete game with five strikeouts.
 
Syracuse scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning after a two-run single up the middle to take a 2-0 lead and increased its lead to 4-0 after scoring two runs in the second after a single that scored two runs.
 
The Orange scored a run in the third inning to take a 5-0 lead after an RBI groundout and scored a run in the fourth inning after an RBI triple to take a 6-0 lead.
 
'Cuse scored a run in the fifth inning after an RBI single to take a 7-0 lead, but the Lady Tigers got on the board after Jenkins reached on a fielder's choice to score Eccles.
 
The Orange was led by Bryce Holmgren going 3-for-3 with a run scored and three RBIs, while Sammy Fernandez went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI.  AnnaMarie Gatti pitched a complete game giving up one unearned run on six hits. 
 
The Lady Tigers continue the tournament with the University of Tulsa Saturday at 11:15 a.m.
 
St. John's 13, Savannah State 0 (Feb 17, 2017 at Boca Raton, Fla)
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St. John's.......... 014 80 - 13 13  2      (2-3)
Savannah State...... 000 00 -  0  4  1      (0-8)
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Pitchers: St. John's - Kramer, G. and Mattera, K.. Savannah State - DICKERSON,Faith;
MALCOM,Chelsea(4) and CYRUS,Kelsey.
Win-Kramer, G.(1-2)  Loss-DICKERSON,Faith(0-4)  T-1:37  A-0
HR SJUSB - Bowie, G.; Melendez, C..
Weather: 60 mostly sunny
 
Syracuse 7, Savannah State 1 (Feb 17, 2017 at Boca Raton, Fla)
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Savannah State...... 000 000 1 -  1  6  0      (0-9)
Syracuse............ 221 110 X -  7  8  1      (5-2)
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Pitchers: Savannah State - MCDOWELL,AMANDA and CYRUS,Kelsey. Syracuse - Gatti and Dossett.
Win-Gatti(1-1)  Loss-MCDOWELL,AMANDA(0-4)  T-1:53  A-0
Weather: 78 Mostly Sunny
 
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