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STATESBORO, GA.  – Georgia Southern Softball dismantled Western Carolina on Saturday in a doubleheader sweep at Eagle Field. The home side won the opener 7-0 in a one-hit master class by Sarah Purvis in which she took a no-hitter through 6.2 innings. In game two, Brooke Red held the Catamounts to two hits as the Eagles posted a 9-2 win to improve to 22-11 on the year and 6-1 in league play.

"We had a couple of great pitching performances today," said Head Coach Annie Smith. "Offensively we got hits up and down our lineup and did a great job battling. We've got to continue to stay focused and play our game out there."

GAME ONE
GS 7, WCU 0

Sarah Purvis stymied the Catamounts, tossing a one-hitter to pick up her 12th win of the season. She carried the no-hitter through 6.2 innings and saw per potential sixth no-hitter scuttled with a single through the left side. Ultimately, Purvis fanned 12 batters for her 18th career 10+ strikeout game.

The Eagle offense was held scoreless for the first four innings despite stranding a runner on base in every frame. GS earned 11 walks in the game, as the team posted their highest walk total since March 7th, 2003 against Morris Brown.

Georgia Southern got on the scoreboard in the fifth inning with a four-spot. The Eagles played small-ball early in the inning and got the first run of the game when Morgan Robinson was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. A walk to Kaitlyn Johnson played one more run and AJ Hamilton drove in two more on a single up the middle to make it a 4-0 lead for the Eagles.

The Eagles cashed in three more runs in the sixth off a Dominique Grossman double to left. A fielding error by the second baseman, one of three errors in the frame, allowed the third run to score and made it a 7-0 advantage.

Purvis took her no-hitter into the seventh inning after her perfect game bid was sullied an inning earlier with a walk. She allowed a walk and hit a batter, but recorded two outs to draw close to her sixth career no-hitter. Courtney Price delivered a soft liner through the left side of the infield for the Catamount's first hit of the game. The visitors, however, would leave the bases loaded as the Eagles took the opener 7-0.

GAME TWO
GS 9, WCU 2

The Georgia Southern offense didn't waste any time in game two, sprinting out to a 3-0 lead in the opening frame. A fielding error by Western Carolina, followed by a Shelby Morrill triple and an RBI single by Dominique Grossman drove in the runs in the first stanza.

Western Carolina answered back, taking advantage of two Georgia Southern errors in the second inning to cut the lead to 3-1. A squeeze play played the run with the bases loaded and no outs. The Eagle defense closed up and made the next three outs on infield ground balls to get out of the jam.

The offense added two more runs in the fifth inning off a Morgan Robinson double.

Western Carolina got a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning for their second run of the game after a Courtney Price double opened the inning.

GS responded by tacking on four more insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth off four hits and a Western Carolina error.

Georgia Sothern had four hitters with two or more hits in the second game and tallied nine runs off 11 hits.

Brooke Red tossed a two-hitter in game two, allowing two runs, one earned, for her ninth win of the season. She took five strikeouts and stranded seven Western Carolina runners on base.

Georgia Southern will play its Breast Cancer Awareness Game on Sunday with a number of special promotions. The team will wear special pink jerseys which can be purchased. There will be a raffle for a Taylor Made Golf Bag with the proceeds going to the Statesboro/Bulloch County Breast Cancer Society as well as free popcorn for the first 50 fans.

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