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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga.
- Georgia College & State University softball
(6-8, 1-1 PBC) kicked off the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) season
Tuesday, splitting with Georgia Southwestern State University (7-9,
1-5 PBC) at the Peeler Complex. The Bobcats won game one 6-3 and
dropped game two 7-6.
The Bobcats closed out game one with runs in the fifth and sixth
innings, snapping a 3-3 deadlock. Sophomore Haley Burnett
(Columbus,
Ga.) picked up the win (4-3),
going all seven innings, allowing three runs and fanning five. GSW
starter Jessica Martin (1-4) took the loss in five innings of work.
Catcher Anna Parker
(Columbus,
Ga.) went 3-for-3 with four RBI,
swatting a two-run home run to left in the fifth to give the
Bobcats the win. Her second home run of the young season, she also
had a two-RBI single in the three-run first inning.
Game two was all but sewn up by the Bobcats, but a miraculous
five-run rally in the top of the seventh gave the Hurricanes the
7-6 win. The Hurricanes scored five on four hits and took advantage
of two Bobcat errors in the final frame.
Sophomore Caitlin Duvall
(Douglasville,
Ga.) went 4 1/3 innings of relief
in the loss (0-2), allowing five runs, two earned. GSW reliever
Tiffany Milstid (2-0) threw the final five innings of two-hit
shutout ball for the win.
Designated player Lauren Potts (Gray,
Ga.) went 2-for-4 with three RBI, knocking her second home
run of the season, a three-run blast to left in the first.
Shortstop Kayla Smith
(Lexington,
S.C.) also went 2-for-4, driving
in a pair with a double in the second. Centerfielder Kati Pickowitz
(Keller,
Texas) tallied a 2-for-3 game
with a run.
The Bobcats are back in action Thursday, Feb. 25 as they travel
to No. 29 Carson-Newman College with a start time of 2 p.m.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC
Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the
NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, GCSU prides
itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by
the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as
well as documented academic success and community-service
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