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Kierra Camp tossed a complete-game shutout with a career-high seven strikeouts
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Lydia Witkowski had a triple and scored the lone run
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Taylor Rogers drove in the only run with a sac fly
STATESBORO, Ga. – Behind a sterling effort from
Kierra Camp in the circle, the Georgia Southern softball team wrapped up at the Eagle Classic Sunday with a 1-0 win over Eastern Kentucky at Eagle Field to finish the weekend 4-0 and run its winning streak to six games.
It was a scoreless affair through most of the game as both teams had legitimate scoring chances, but both pitchers escaped the jams throughout.
In the sixth inning,
Lydia Witkowski led off for the Eagles with a triple to right field and she came home on
Taylor Rogers' sacrifice fly to left field. That would be the only run scored, but it would be enough.
The Eagles had just three hits, coming from Witkowski,
Morgan Robinson and
Hannah Farrell, but capitalized when they had their best chance.
Camp (W, 4-4) was brilliant in the circle, going the distance for the shut out. The sophomore allowed just four hits and six walks with a career-high seven strikeouts.
It was the first 1-0 win for GS softball since May 4, 2013 at home against Appalachian State. The six-game winning streak is the longest since 2014 when the Eagles won seven in a row.
The Eagles will next head to Texas for their Spring Break trip where they will open Sun Belt Conference play next weekend at Texas State, play a doubleheader at nationally-ranked Texas A&M and will finish up with a tournament at Texas Tech.
SMITH SAYS:"It's a great feeling to go 4-0 at home this weekend. I felt like we played well all weekend and we found different ways to win. We won a couple close ones but we also won big. I was happy with the way both Kierra and Dixie pitched for us all weekend and I was proud of the way our offense came through when we needed it to. Different people throughout our lineup at different points coming through and that's big for us moving forward. And I also thought our defense did a nice job. It's just great to win at home and to protect our house."
On the upcoming trip to Texas"I'm looking forward to the entire trip, but mostly I'm excited to open conference play, to see where we stack up and see all this work we've been putting in up to now pay off. We have had a very good start to our season and I'm excited to see how it all pays off."
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