ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL – 8th ranked Emory University smacked out 11 hits in an 11-3 victory over the University of Rochester in UAA Softball Tournament action on Thursday morning.
 
The 19th ranked Yellowjackets (5-3, 3-2 UAA) drop their second straight while Emory (13-2, 3-2 UAA) pulls even for 2nd place in the current UAA standings.
 
Emory got off to a quick start in the first when Melody Carter smacked a 3-run homer to right field off Rochester starter Gabriela Alatorre.  The Eagles would add two more runs in the 2nd behind a 2-RBI single from Alyssa Pollard, boosting the lead out to 5-0.
 
UR got on the board in the bottom of the 2nd when freshman Julia Liberto doubled to left center, scoring pinch runner Stephanie Brunet who ran Lauren Muni who led off the inning with a walk.
 
In the third, junior Kayla Kibling kept her hot start to the season going with her first home run of the year, cutting the deficit to 5-2 with her bomb to left center.
 
Emory responded in the fourth, scoring five straight runs with one out, increasing the margin to 10-2.  Hannah Sendel knocked in two with a double, Tara Fallahee drew a walk with the bases loaded, a wild pitch plated another and Ashley Powers completed the scoring with an RBI single.  The Eagles would score another run in the fifth off a missed fly ball in the outfield.
 
Trying to keep the game alive, Rochester would plate one in the fifth but couldn't pull within the eight run mercy rule, ending the game with an 11-2 loss.  Eleni Wechsler picked up an RBI single in the inning, driving in Kibling.
 
Alatorre picked up her first loss of the season after getting knocked around in 1/3 of an inning.  Wechsler came in for relief and tossed three innings, giving up seven hits and six runs.  Brittany Grage entered in the fourth and tossed 1 2/3 innings.
 
Grage finished 2-3 at the plate while Kibling was 1-2 with two runs and an RBI.
 
For Emory, Pollard finished 3-3 with 2 runs, 2 RBI and a stolen base.  Carter was 2-3 with 2 runs and 3 RBI and Powers was 2-2 with a run and RBI.  On the rubber, Sydney Carpenter moved to 7-0 on the year after going 4 innings and giving up 4 hits, 2 runs and 2 walks with 3 strikeouts.
 
Rochester continues the UAA Tournament on Friday with two games, the first against Brandeis at 10 am before taking on Washington-St. Louis at 1 pm.