GS Softball Opens Homestand With 2-1 Win Over Cougars

Wednesday, April 10

Statesboro, GA

5 PM

Georgia Southern University

18-19

College of Charleston

18-21

Coll. of Charleston

Georgia Southern

4/10/2019 7:22:00 PM | Softball

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Mekhia Freeman's pair of RBI singles leads Eagles past College of Charleston on Wednesday

STATESBORO - Georgia Southern junior Mekhia Freeman delivered a pair of RBI singles and four Eagle pitchers combined to limit the College of Charleston to one run in a 2-1 midweek non-conference victory for the Eagles on Wednesday at Eagle Field.

With the win Georgia Southern (18-19) will take a two-game win streak into this weekend's Sun Belt Conference series with Troy, which begins on Friday at 5:30 p.m. The College of Charleston falls to 18-21 overall with the loss.

The Cougars struck first in the contest, getting a two-out, two-RBI single up the middle from Jenna Helberg to give the College of Charleston an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning.

Freeman did the same for the Eagles in the bottom of the third as her RBI single scored Jess Mazur to tie things up at 1-1.

In the bottom of the fifth, Ellington Day laced a one-out double, then Shayla Smith walked, bringing up Freeman again. This time Freeman's single to deep center scored Day with the go-ahead run.

"It was great to get back out on the field, after dealing with weather all weekend," Georgia Southern Head Coach Kim Dean said. "We missed out on our last game (at ULM), didn't get to practice Monday and dealt with weather during practice yesterday.. But we were really excited to get our pitchers a couple of innings each and enabling them to see some live hitters. All in all, a couple of good timely hits by our leaders helped us get this win."

Eagle pitching shined as Mazur, Shelby Barfield, Jodi Handler and Rylee Waldrep combined on the six-hitter. Handler (2-2) notched the win with three innings of three-hit shutout relief, walking two while striking out one. Waldrep pitched the seventh, giving up just a single, to notch her first save of the season.

College of Charleston starter Drayton Siegling (6-3) took the loss for the Cougars, giving up four hits and two runs in 4 1/3 innings of work, striking out two.