DAHLONEGA - The No. 5 University of North Georgia softball team continued its unbeaten start to the home schedule with a pair of run-rule wins Saturday at the Captain D's Surf 'n Turf Classic at Haines & Carolyn Hill Park at Lynn Cottrell Park.
GAME 1 - #5 UNG 10, D&E 2 (6 inn.)
The Nighthawks wasted no time getting on the board Saturday morning, scoring a pair in the first on back-to-back doubles from
Madison Simmons and
Mallory Parker. North Georgia added three more in the second, using a
Jolie Lester double and a Simmons triple to push the score to 5-0.
After a
Gracie Mixson double and savvy base running put the Nighthawks up 7-0 after four, Davis & Elkins scored a pair in the fifth on a Lilly Saucedo single up the middle. North Georgia ended the game in the sixth, scoring three off singles from
Sadye Johnson,
Hannah Forehand and
Haley Cummings.
Tybee Denton (4-0) earned the win, going three innings and fanning four.
GAME 2 - #5 UNG 12, #22 TAMU-C 1 (5 inn.)
North Georgia struck first in the second inning, using singles from
Georgia Blair and Forehand to take an early 2-0 lead. The Nighthawk offense then exploded in the fourth inning, plating 10 runs, highlighted by two homers by Forehand in the inning.
Texas A&M - Commerce scored a run in the bottom of the fourth, but that was all they could muster.
Delaney Heaberlin (2-1) got the win, scattering a run and two hits through four innings.
NOTES
- Forehand is the only player in the last decade of North Georgia softball to hit two homers in the same inning.
NEXT UP
North Georgia will wrap up the Captain D's Surf 'n Turf Classic with a doubleheader against Florida Southern tomorrow starting at 12 p.m.
