Ospreys Take Two From Eagles
3/25/2010 1:17:00 AM | Softball
STATESBORO, Ga. - Georgia Southern dropped a heartbreaker in extra innings of Game 1 of a doubleheader against North Florida, 9-6, and fell in Game 2, 7-0.
The Ospreys took a 2-0 lead after the top half of the first inning, but the Eagles responded as Jenny Side (Loganville, Ga.) continued her hot hitting with a solo home run to center field. With Alexa Lewis (Lawrenceville, Ga.) on third and Mackenzie Williams (Baxley, Ga.) on second, Bethany Crenshaw (Warner Robins, Ga.) hit a slow roller back to the pitcher to bring in Lewis, her first run batted in as an Eagle. However, Williams and Crenshaw would be tagged out after the tying run scored.
The score was tied 2-2 until North Florida added two runs in the fourth and fifth innings to go up 6-2. Georgia Southern started a rally in the bottom of the seventh as Nina Iduate (Norcross, Ga.) singled to left field. Megen Smith (Springfield, Ga) walked and Sam Russo (Snellville, Ga.) singled to left field to load the bases. Side would be hit with a pitch to bring in Iduate. Andrea Tarashuk (Flemington, N.J.) singled up the middle to bring home Smith and Stephanie Peet (Lawrenceville, Ga.). Williams then singled to plate Side and tie the game at six.
The Ospreys would add three runs in the top of the eighth inning and the Eagles' offense could not match them.
Georgia Southern would fall behind in Game 2, allowing one run in each of the first two innings. In the second inning, the Eagles threatened, beginning with a Tarashuk single to center field. Williams advanced Crenshaw, pinch running for Tarashuk, to second and Hanna Ennis (Snellville, Ga.) walked. Both runners would advance on a wild pitch by Shannon Dent, but neither scored.
North Florida added three more runs in the top of the fifth and two in the top of the sixth. Georgia Southern would be unable to find an answer to the Ospreys and dropped Game 2, 7-0.
The Eagles resume Southern Conference action this weekend Saturday and Sunday, March 27-28 at Appalachian State. The series begins with a doulbleheader scheduled for at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. The Eagles will wrap up the three-game series on Sunday at 1 p.m.
