MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga.- The Georgia College Softball team (9-21, 3-11 PBC) took on their first nationally-ranked opponent of the season and came up short in the upset bid to No. 9 Young Harris College (26-7, 13-1 PBC) 10-1 and 8-2 Friday at the Peeler Complex. 

The first game resulted in a 10-1 loss for the Bobcats in seven innings. There was a singular multibase hit for the Bobcats and it came off of the bat of Samantha Vinson (Jefferson), a double in the fourth. The Bobcat run came in the third, as Ashley Schell (Cumming) reached on an error and eventually came in on a first-and-third steal.

MacKenzie Michels (Lilburn) took the loss (4-9), tossing an inning with three unearned runs and a pair of strikeouts. 

The second game resulted in a 8-2 Mountain Lion win. Vinson again had the lone extra-base hit doubling again as part of a 2-for-3 game. The Bobcats scored single runs in the fourth and sixth. Freshman Golden Thrower (Hannahan, South Carolina) drove in the second run with a single to center. 

Thrower (2-8) threw her sixth complete game of the season in game two. She tallied two strikeouts and allowed eight earned runs on 12 hits. 

The Bobcats are back in action Sunday, April 18 at 1 p.m., hosting No. 3 University of North Georgia. Live stats and a live broadcast of the game will be available at GCBobcats.com

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