DAHLONEGA - The second-ranked University of North Georgia softball team fell Friday afternoon to No. 5 Lincoln Memorial, 5-3, behind two Railsplitter runs in the seventh inning.
LMU put the first runs on the board in the second inning on a two-run blast to center and pushed a third run across in the third on a ground rule double before North Georgia answered. The Nighthawks used a two-run homer from
Madison Simmons in the bottom of the fourth to cut the lead to 3-2.
UNG continued gaining momentum in the fifth by pushing across a run on an
Olivia Sinquefield RBI single to tie the game, but LMU had the last laugh, scoring two in the seventh on a pair of doubles.
NOTES
- Sinquefield and
Cheyanne Mosteller went 2-for-3 at the plate.
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Kylee Smith (17-4) took the loss, striking out 10 along the way.
- LMU advances on to championship Saturday with the win and will next play Saturday at 12 PM.
NEXT UP
North Georgia will have to win their way into Saturday as they will play either Tusculum or No. 8 Young Harris at 6 p.m. later today.
