SOFTBALL: Georgia Downs Jacksonville State 4-2, Advances in Tallahassee Regional

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SOFTBALL: Georgia Downs Jacksonville State 4-2, Advances in Tallahassee Regional

Lacey Sumerlin
Lacey Sumerlin

 
 
The No. 25 Georgia softball team downed Jacksonville State by a score of 4-2 on Friday, staying in the winner’s bracket and advancing in the NCAA Tallahassee Regional.

 
A three-run third inning sealed the win for the Bulldogs, as four consecutive two-out hits set Georgia up with a 3-1 lead. Sydni Emanuel reached first with a hit through the left side before Alyssa DiCarlo followed with her own. Maeve McGuire brought in S. Emanuel to tie it up while Lacey Sumerlin gave Georgia the lead with a two-RBI double.
 
 
A. DiCarlo, M. McGuire, and L. Sumerlin all had two hits in the game, as Georgia finished with nine against Whitney Gillespie (20-5). Kylie Bass (8-3) earned the complete-game win for Georgia, allowing seven hits and one walk while striking out seven.
 
 
JSU jumped ahead in the second to a 1-0 lead before Georgia rallied in the third. The Bulldogs held the Gamecocks for three scoreless frames before a two-out solo home run in the sixth cut the Georgia advantage to 3-2. The Bulldogs added an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth after Kendall Burton singled, stole second, advanced to third on an error and scored on a groundout from Mahlena O’Neal.
 
 
CLICK HERE for the final stats and box score from Georgia vs. Jacksonville State.
 
 
Georgia will face No. 4 Florida State on Saturday at 12 noon ET. The winner advances to the championship game on Sunday while the other team will play again at 5:00 p.m. ET in the ‘loser’s bracket.’
 
 

 
 
CLICK HERE for an interactive bracket for the 2017 NCAA Women’s College World Series.
 
 
 
 

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