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FLORENCE, S.C. - With just 10
total hits in the game, No. 2-seed Georgia College & State
University (30-21) dropped its Peach Belt Conference (PBC)
Tournament opener, a 2-1 decision to host No. 7-seed Francis Marion
University (30-17) today at the Freedom Florence Complex.
The Patriots took advantage of five free passes, plating runs in
the fourth and sixth for the win. Georgia College will have to
battle back through the consolation bracket to defend its 2008 PBC
Tournament title, taking on the winner of the No. 6-seed Columbus
State University/No. 10-seed Lander University game later today.
PBC Player of the Year Sherquita
Bostick (Florence, S.C.) got the Bobcats off on the
right foot, swatting solo home run in the bottom of the first for a
1-0 lead.
The Patriots answered back in the fourth, getting a hit batsmen,
two singles and a bases loaded walk to tie the game. Second baseman
Ashley Jaramillo provided the winning run in the sixth, ripping a
double to left center, scoring pinch runner Maria Goode for the 2-1
final. Jaramillo was the lone multi-hit performer for FMU, getting
a 2-for-3 day.
Shortstop Lindsey Swanson
(Kennesaw, Ga.) finished the game 2-for-3 with a pair of
singles, and Bostick was 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI.
Michaela Wolf improved to 18-9 with the win, tossing all seven
scattering five hits and fanning five. Senior righty Mandy Chandler
(Covington, Ga.) fell to 25-12 with two earned runs and
five whiffs.
The win was the second of the day for the Patriots, who will
advance to play No. 3-seed USC Aiken tomorrow at 11 a.m. The
Bobcats will take on the CSU/Lander winner tomorrow at 1:30 p.m.
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