SALISBURY, N.C. - 2015 first team all-Southeast Region pitcher Carley Tysinger twirled a no-hitter in Game One of Brevard's softball doubleheader at Catawba Saturday, propelling the Catawba Indians to a sweep by scores of 3-0 and 3-1.
Tysinger struck out 15 Tornados (10-18, 0-2 SAC) in her complete-game victory. The senior from Lexington, North Carolina has twice been named AstroTurf South Atlantic Conference Pitcher of the Week and has a NFCA Pitcher of the Week award to her name this season. She hit four batters in the game, with two of them advancing into scoring position, but was able to keep the Tornados off the board in the win.
Jamie Hrobak fared well in a matchup of the league's top pitching talent. She gave up three runs, one of which was unearned, on six hits in a complete-game six innings. She struck out five batters without allowing a walk.
The Indians (18-9, 2-0 SAC) struck for a run on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first inning. Hrobak allowed a first-pitch single to lead off the third inning, then notched an 11-pitch strikeout. She worked the count full to Delane Smith before the Indians' second baseman lifted her second home run of the season over the left field fence to extend the lead to 3-0.
Left fielder Caroline Turner had the most success off Hrobak, going 3-for-3 at the plate with three runs scored to account for half of the Indians' hits in the contest.
Catawba wasted no time in building an advantage in the second game of the day, hanging three runs on Hrobak in the first inning on a Smith double and a two-run shot by first baseman Morgan Brann. The Indians managed just one additional hit off Hrobak until the fifth inning. The Brevard hurler left a runner at third in the frame before stranding the bases loaded in the sixth as the Indians sought insurance.
Tysinger and Hrobak reprised their roles in the circle in Game Two, both throwing their second complete games of the day. Tysinger brought her strikeout total on the day to 26, scattering six hits and allowing a single run. Hrobak gave up three runs on eight hits, striking out six with one walk.
Brevard got a run back in the second inning after opportunistic baserunning by Ashleigh Ivey. The junior right fielder reached safely on a bunt back to the circle, reached second on a Hanna Huckabee groundout, and was moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Lauren Parker. She then came in to score on a wild pitch by Tysinger. The Tornados, however, could not muster another run and stranded six runners on the basepaths.
Ivey and Mary Cloninger each totaled a pair of hits in the contest for Brevard. Brann went 3-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored to pace the Catawba offense.
Brevard returns to action Tuesday, hosting Tusculum in a SAC twinbill. First pitch is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.
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