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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - Junior Lauren Potts (Gray, Ga.) ripped a three-run, pinch-hit home run in the sixth inning of game one, helping Georgia College & State University softball (4-2) to a split with the University of West Georgia (3-5) Wednesday (Feb. 17) at the Peeler Complex. The Bobcats took game one 5-4 and dropped game two 11-8.

The Bobcats hosted "Pack the Park in Pink" for breast cancer research sponsored by Zeta Tau Alpha.

In game one, Georgia College got two runs in the first, and that lead held up until the fifth inning, where the Wolves matched the score. UWG went in front 4-2 with a pair of runs in the sixth on a Kaley Sullivan single, setting up Potts' heroics in the bottom half. Sullivan finished 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI and a run. Second baseman Lindsay Ellenburg went 2-for-2 with a run.

After a leadoff walk to Haley Burnett (Columbus, Ga.), and a sacrifice bunt, Belourse Jean-Francis (Naples, Fla.) also reached on a walk. Potts pinch hit, taking a 1-0 pitch deep to left center and the 5-4 lead. Burnett set down the Wolves in order in the top half for the victory.

Burnett (3-0) tossed all seven innings, allowing four unearned runs on seven hits, striking out five. She also drove in a pair on an RBI single in the first. Ashley West (0-1) entered in the sixth, suffering the loss with one inning of work.

In game two, a few Bobcat rallies weren't enough to overcome the 11 runs put up by West Georgia. Georgia College responded to the Wolves' first inning run with four of their own, a two-run single from Burnett, and a two-run home run by Anna Parker (Columbus, Ga.), her first of the year.

The Wolves put five more on the board in the top of the second, taking over 6-4. The 'Cats brought it even with single runs in the third and fourth, the game-tying shot coming in an RBI single from Kelsea Martin (Dacula, Ga.) plating Kati Pickowitz (Keller, Texas) who reached on a single of her own.

West Georgia blew the game open with a four-run fifth, the big blow coming in a two-run single from Preseason All-Gulf South Conference (GSC) centerfielder Candice Brown. After UWG put another run on the board in the sixth on a Crissy Rainwater solo blast, GCSU got two in the bottom of the sixth on a Martin double and Wolf fielding error.

The Bobcats nearly had one more rally in them, putting the tying run at the plate with two down, but a pop-up ended the game.

Freshman Kristi Rodriguez (Marietta, Ga.) fell to 1-2 with six innings of relief work, allowing five runs on seven hits and two walks, fanning two. John Milledge Academy grad Haley Dunn (2-1) returned home and picked up the win for West Georgia with 3 2/3 innings of relief.

Martin was 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI in game two, and Parker had a 2-for-4 game with the home run, three RBI and a run. Pickowitz also had a 2-for-4 game with the run scored.

The Bobcats hit the road for the Charger Chillout Tournament hosted by the University of Alabama-Huntsville in Decatur, Ala. this weekend. Georgia College starts the six-game, three-day tournament against the University of West Alabama Friday, Feb. 19 at 10 a.m.

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