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STATESBORO, GA. – Georgia Southern Softball took a 13-1 win over Tennessee State to earn a split on the opening day of the 2014 Eagle Classic at the friendly confines. The day started with a 2-1 loss to Troy. The Eagles face Troy and Middle Tennessee State on Saturday as the Eagle Classic continues with games set for 3:30 and 5:30 p.m.

"We bounced back from that loss to Troy," said Head Coach Annie Smith. "Brooke pitched a nice game, but the Troy game was one could have went either way. In the second game we got a lead early and kept hitting the ball hard."

GAME ONE
GS 1, Troy 2

Georgia Southern fell to 1-1 this season against the Trojans, dropping a 2-1 decision to Troy.

Troy took a 1-0 lead in the first by taking advantage of an error with one out in the frame. An RBI infield single scored the unearned run to put the Trojans on the scoreboard first.

In the third, GS cashed in a leadoff walk to tie the game at 1-1 when Shelby Morrill pounded a single up the middle to plate Breanna McLendon from second. Two runners were stranded in scoring position at the end of the inning as the Eagles drew even.

Troy scored the winning run in the sixth with a pair of two-hit singles to bring the winning run in from second.

Brooke Red worked around six hits and allowed two runs, one earned in the complete game outing. She was handed the loss to fall to 4-2 on the season.

GAME TWO
GS 13, TSU 1

The Eagles scored five runs in the first two innings to vault out to a big lead in Friday's second game. A seven-run seventh inning put the game on ice for the Eagles who occupied the visiting spot on the scoreboard.

Kourtny Thomas pushed the opening run of the game across with a single in the first inning. She drove in two more in the seventh with a two-run home run. Four more runs came in during the second inning as the Eagle offense exploded to a 5-0 lead.

Tennessee State hit a pair of doubles in the third to post their first and only run of the game.

Another Georgia Southern run scored in the fifth behind a sacrifice fly by Johnson to score Thomas, making it a 6-1 game.

Four home runs in the seventh including bombs by Morgan Robinson, pinch hitter Savanah Coon, Emily Snider and Thomas gave the Eagles a 13-1 victory.

Marla Thompson scored her second win of the season, working six innings and scattering nine hits while allowing the one run. Allie Miles came in to work the bottom of the seventh and posted a strikeout along with two walks to nail down the Georgia Southern victory.

The Eagles will face Troy and Middle Tennessee on Saturday in the second day of the Eagle Classic. The first game starts at 3:30 p.m. with game two set for 5:30 p.m.

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