Friday, February 16
Gainesville, Fla.
10 AM
Georgia Southern University
4-2
1
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5
College of Charleston
3-3
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4
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6
7
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E
Georgia Southern
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Coll. of Charleston
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X
5
9
1
Softball Drops Two On Day One of Bubly Invitational
2/16/2024 5:21:00 PM | Softball
Eagles return to action on Saturday against Florida and Loyola
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Georgia Southern softball team (4-3) dropped its first two contests of the Bubly Invitational on Friday losing to College of Charleston, 5-1, and Florida, 8-0.
The Eagles are set for two more games against Florida (7-1) and Loyola Chicago (5-0) on Saturday for day two of the Bubly Invitational. First pitch of game one is at 8:00 a.m. against Loyola Chicago.
GAME ONE - Georgia Southern 1, College of Charleston 5
College of Charleston struck first in the bottom of the first to go up, 1-0 when Aniz Roman led off the inning with a hit-by-pitch, advancing to third on back-to-back groundouts before scoring on a double to left field.
The Cougars would stretch its lead in the third, 3-0. With the bases loaded, the Cougars drew a walk to score its first run of the inning then plated another on a base hit. The Eagles would cut into the deficit in the fourth as Jess Mazur recorded her second home run of the season to make it 3-1.
The Cougars plated one run in the bottom of the fifth for the final run of the game.
Starting pitcher Bailey Holland moves to 2-1 on the season after pitching 2.0 innings surrendering two runs on four hits with a strikeout. Alana Barnard came into relief tossing 4.0 innings allowing three runs on five hits.
Jess Mazur led the offense going 2-for-3 while Emma Davis and Sam Vinson picked up the other two Eagle hits.
GAME TWO – Georgia Southern 0, Florida 8
Florida got out to an early lead in the bottom of the first, scoring its first run of the contest on a sacrifice fly. The Eagle defense held steady in the second, seeing the minimum as Anslie Pettit recorded her first strikeout of the game.
The Gators would go on to plate a run in every inning as the Eagles struggled to put hits together. A three-run home run in the sixth pushed the score out, 8-0, to end the contest.
Katie Perkins and Jess Mazur were the only Eagles to record hits.
Keagan Rothrock (3-1) earned the win in the circle, spinning a complete game allowing just two hits and fanning eight.
The Eagles are set for two more games against Florida (7-1) and Loyola Chicago (5-0) on Saturday for day two of the Bubly Invitational. First pitch of game one is at 8:00 a.m. against Loyola Chicago.
GAME ONE - Georgia Southern 1, College of Charleston 5
College of Charleston struck first in the bottom of the first to go up, 1-0 when Aniz Roman led off the inning with a hit-by-pitch, advancing to third on back-to-back groundouts before scoring on a double to left field.
The Cougars would stretch its lead in the third, 3-0. With the bases loaded, the Cougars drew a walk to score its first run of the inning then plated another on a base hit. The Eagles would cut into the deficit in the fourth as Jess Mazur recorded her second home run of the season to make it 3-1.
The Cougars plated one run in the bottom of the fifth for the final run of the game.
Starting pitcher Bailey Holland moves to 2-1 on the season after pitching 2.0 innings surrendering two runs on four hits with a strikeout. Alana Barnard came into relief tossing 4.0 innings allowing three runs on five hits.
Jess Mazur led the offense going 2-for-3 while Emma Davis and Sam Vinson picked up the other two Eagle hits.
GAME TWO – Georgia Southern 0, Florida 8
Florida got out to an early lead in the bottom of the first, scoring its first run of the contest on a sacrifice fly. The Eagle defense held steady in the second, seeing the minimum as Anslie Pettit recorded her first strikeout of the game.
The Gators would go on to plate a run in every inning as the Eagles struggled to put hits together. A three-run home run in the sixth pushed the score out, 8-0, to end the contest.
Katie Perkins and Jess Mazur were the only Eagles to record hits.
Keagan Rothrock (3-1) earned the win in the circle, spinning a complete game allowing just two hits and fanning eight.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Keagan Rothrock (3-1)
L: Pettit, Anslie (1-2)
Batting:
2B: Skylar Wallace 1 ; Cassidy McLellan 1
HR: Skylar Wallace 1 ; Jocelyn Erickson 1 ; Reagan Walsh 1
RBI: Skylar Wallace 3 ; Jocelyn Erickson 3 ; Reagan Walsh 1 ; Mia Williams 1
SH: Korbe Otis 1 ; Katie Kistler 1
SF: Jocelyn Erickson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kendra Falby 2 ; Skylar Wallace 2 ; Jocelyn Erickson 1 ; Avery Goelz 1 ; Reagan Walsh 1 ; Cassidy McLellan 1
SB: Kendra Falby 1 ; Skylar Wallace 1 ; Jocelyn Erickson 1 ; Avery Goelz 1
HBP: Ariel Kowalewski 1
Game Leaders
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3
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1
RBI
0
AB
2
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0
H
1
RBI
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AB
2
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0
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
0
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
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