The Sports Inquirer

Release from Kennesaw State Athletics:

Junior shortstop Kara Chambers hit a pair of home runs and drove in three runs, and senior first baseman Megan Veringa hit a solo shot to power the Kennesaw State softball team to a 5-1 victory over Morehead State in its second game of the 2015 Phyllis Rafter Memorial Tournament Saturday at Bailey Park.

That offense proved more than enough for junior Morgan Sikes (1-1), who allowed two hits and struck out eight in six innings of relief for the Owls (4-2). After entering the game to begin the second inning, Sikes retired the first 10 batters she faced, and 17 of 18, before allowing a pair of batters to reach base in the seventh inning.

After falling behind 1-0 in the top of the first, Kennesaw State knotted the score 1-1 in the bottom of the frame on a two-out home run to left-center field by Chambers. One inning later, Veringa hit a leadoff homer to left-center.

Chambers struck again with two outs in the fourth as she clubbed a two-run shot over the centerfield wall in the third inning. Senior Natalie Rhodes drove in the Owls’ final run with an infield ground out in the fourth.

The loss dropped Morehead State to 2-4 on the season.