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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
- Contact: Bill
Tharp, Assistant Sports Information Director
- (540) 365-4306
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- March 17, 2003
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 Ferrum
Tops Shenandoah 16-5 in Baseball- Panthers Remain Perfect on the Season
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- Ferrum, Va. -- The Ferrum College baseball
team improved to 14-0 overall and 2-0 in the Dixie Conference with
its second straight victory over visiting Shenandoah University.
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The Panthers scored four runs in their half of the first inning
only to have the Hornets tie the score at 4-4 with four runs of
their own in the top of the second inning. Ferrum broke the
game open scoring seven runs over the next three innings and added
five more runs in the seventh inning to win 16-5.
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- Senior second baseman Mickey
Russell (Forest, Va./Jefferson Forest) (pictured at right)
went 4-6 with two doubles, three runs, and two stolen bases.
Junior first baseman Thomas
Meeks (Rocky Mount, Va./Franklin County) was 4-5, scored
twice, and drove in a run. Senior third baseman Neil
Zimmerman (Vinton, Va./William Byrd) went 2-4 with four RBIs
and scored twice. Junior outfielder Ricky
Peace (Hopewell, Va./Hopewell) belted his second home run of
the season. He finished 2-5 on the day with four RBIs.
Senior pitcher Jason
Beale (Charlottesville, Va./W.
Albemarle) went
eight innings surrendering five runs (two earned) on eight hits
while striking out eight Hornets.
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- Tyler
Daniel went 2-4 with a run and two RBIs for Shenandoah (2-8-1, 0-2
Dixie). The Panthers out hit the Hornets 21-8.
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- Ferrum will be back in action Wednesday, March 19th, as
Maryville College visits for a double-header beginning at 2
p.m. The Panthers then welcome Emory & Henry College on
Thursday, March 20th, before heading to Chowan College for a Dixie
Conference series this weekend. For more information, please contact the Ferrum sports
information office at (540) 365-4306.
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