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Lady Rattlers continue to roll in MEAC tourney
Melissa Oliphant hits her first ever grand slam as a Lady Rattler in win.
ORMOND BEACH, Fla. (May 14) - Amanda Reyes pitched her sixth shutout of the season as the Florida A&M University Softball team defeated Howard University 6-0 in an elimination game of the 2010 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Softball Tournament at Ormond Beach Softball Complex.
FAMU (30-23) finished with a game high 11 hits led by Jasmin Donaldson, who finished a perfect four-for-four from the plate, scoring three runs.
Howard (26-22) finished with three players gathering one hit each.
Reyes (21-13) picked up the win for the Lady Rattlers, her third in the MEAC Softball Tourney, pitching seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and striking out eight.
Jessica Hurston (3-4) received the loss for the Lady Bison as she gave up eight hits and five earned runs.
Donaldson gave the Lady Rattlers a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first as she scored on a Howard error.
FAMU took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third as Donaldson, who led off the inning with a triple, scored on a Courtney Harold single through the left side, making the score 2-0 lead.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, Oliphant connected on a 1-0 pitch for her first ever grand slam as a Lady Rattler scoring Harold, Donaldson, and Joyce Harold for the 6-0 final.
The Lady Rattlers will now face North Carolina A&T at 6 p.m., in their third game of the day. A FAMU win will pit the Lady Rattlers in third MEAC Championship game in three years.
