Softball Shut Out in Consolation Final against Bowling Green, 2-0 – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/6/2000 12:00:00 AM | Softball
March 6, 2000
Box Score
COLUMBUS, Ohio – In an all-Ohio consolation finals, the Ohio State softball team fell to Bowling Green, 2-0 today at the 2000 Golden Panther Invitational in Miami, Fla. The Buckeyes now drop to 7-8 for the season, while the Falcons improve to 3-3 overall and capture the consolation finals.
Bowling Green captured the 2-0 win early in the second inning as Nikki Rouhana notched a single into the left field to score Colleen Bates. Two batters later, Libby Vorshell followed with a grounder into center field to score Rouhana.
Bowling Green’s Andrea Genter held the Buckeyes to two hits in seven innings of play and struck out three. Freshman pitcher Katie Chain fell to 3-2 for the season.
The Buckeyes will travel to Rock Hill, S.C. for the Winthrop Invitational, March 17-19.
Tournament Notes
Ohio State ended the tournament with a 2-4 record.
Anna Smith led the team with a .357 batting average and two stolen bases.
After, missing 32 games last season, Natalie Woods made two appearances for the Buckeyes this weekend, batting 2-for-5 and a batting average of .400.
In the Buckeyes’ win against Robert Morris, Sarah West blasted two home runs in the 7-0 triumph, a career-first.
