Georgia pitcher Chelsea Wilkinson (20) pitches during an NCAA softball game between Georgia and Elon University at Jack Turner Stadium on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016, in Athens, Ga. (Photo/David Barnes)
Senior Chelsea Wilkinson guided the No. 10 Georgia softball team (9-0) to a 10-0 win in five innings over UAB on Sunday with a perfect game outing in the circle.
It’s the second of the senior’s career, as she threw a perfect game a year ago in Orlando against Omaha. Against the Blazers, she struck out six of the 15 batters she faced, including all three in the final inning. Wilkinson moves to 5-0 on the year and 3-0 for the tournament, as she struck out 23 over the 14 innings of work.
The offense backed Wilkinson up, led by Cortni Emanuel’s 3-for-3 effort. The sophomore totaled three of Georgia’s 10 runs while posting two stolen bases. Kaylee Puailoa also had a hot bat, sending a three-run home run over the right field fence in the third and a three-RBI double in the fourth.
Georgia got out to an early 2-0 lead after back-to-back singles to open the game from the Emanuels before a Tina Iosefa hit to left scored both runners. Puailoa then sent her no-doubter over the fence, as her third home run of the season gave the Bulldogs a 5-0 advantage.
A five-run fourth pushed Georgia to the lead it needed for its ninth run-rule win of the year. Singles byLacey Sumerlin, Katie Browne and C. Emanuel set up the bases-clearing hit from Puailoa while bases-loaded walk and hit by pitch to Alex Hugo and Alyssa DiCarlo, respectively, brought in the final scores.
The Bulldogs will head west next week, playing in the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic beginning on Thursday in Cathedral City, Calif. All games can be watched with a subscription to FloSoftball while live stat links will be available on gerogiadogs.com.
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Georgia vs UAB (Feb 21, 2016)
Box Score |
Georgia Bulldog Softball
#10 Georgia vs UAB
Feb 21, 2016 at Kissimmee, Fla. (Wide World of Sports)
Georgia 10 (9-0)
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| Player | ab | r | h | rbi | bb | so | po | a | lob | |
| Emanuel, Sydni cf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Collins, Katie ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Emanuel, Cortni lf | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| LaZear, Samantha ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hugo, Alex 2b | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Iosefa, Tina 1b | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| DiCarlo, Alyssa 3b | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Puailoa, Kaylee rf | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| McGuire, Maeve c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sumerlin, Lacey ss | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Browne, Katie dp | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dickey, Brea pr/dp | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wilkinson, Chelsea p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 24 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 4 | |
UAB 0 (3-8)
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| Player | ab | r | h | rbi | bb | so | po | a | lob | |
| ATTFIELD, C ss | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| FERNANDEZ, D 3b/dp | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FALLEN, J lf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| WILLIAMSON,S 1b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| BRITT, K cf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| JOHNSON, A c | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| MILLSAPS, M rf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DUNSFORD, R dp/3b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| WATERS, A 2b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| PETREE, A 2b | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SMITH, M p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| GOODWIN, C p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | |
Score by Innings R H E -------------------------------------- Georgia............. 203 50 - 10 10 0 UAB................. 000 00 - 0 0 0 -------------------------------------- |
| LOB – GEORGIA 4. 2B – Puailoa. HR – Puailoa. HBP – DiCarlo. SH – Browne. SB – Emanuel, S.; Emanuel, C. 2. |
| Georgia | ip | h | r | er | bb | so | wp | bk | hbp | ibb | ab | bf | fo | go | np |
| Wilkinson, Chelsea W,5-0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 50 |
| UAB | ip | h | r | er | bb | so | wp | bk | hbp | ibb | ab | bf | fo | go | np |
| SMITH, M L,1-4 | 3.0 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 65 |
| GOODWIN, C | 2.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 39 |
| Win – Wilkinson (5-0). Loss – SMITH, M (1-4). Save – None. WP – SMITH, M(2). HBP – by GOODWIN, C (DiCarlo). Pitches/strikes: Wilkinson 50/38; SMITH, M 65/39; GOODWIN, C 39/24.Umpires – HP: Danny Bowers 1B: David Cox 3B: Don Briscoe Start: 12:30pm Time: 1:27 Attendance: 143 Weather: Sunny; 73 degrees SMITH, M faced 2 batters in the 4th. |