DAHLONEGA - The No. 16 University of North Georgia softball team completed the Peach Belt Conference sweep of Augusta Monday afternoon with a 9-2 win.
Augusta scratched the scoreboard first for the second straight game, plating a run on a RBI single in the third inning, but North Georgia answered in the bottom of the fourth, scoring a pair on a
Gracie Mixson RBI double and another on a dropped third strike coupled with a Jaguar error.
The lead was extended by UNG in the fifth when
Jolie Lester hit a leadoff moon shot to center field to give the Nighthawks a 4-1 lead, but the Jags responded, scoring on a sacrifice fly in the sixth to trim the lead to 4-2. North Georgia plated five insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth off a
Mallory Parker RBI double, a
Madi Perry RBI single and a three run blast from
Madison Simmons to get to the final score.
NOTES
- North Georgia has now won 19 straight games against Augusta and has extended their home record against the Jags to 28-0.
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Kristen Davis (6-1) earned the win, going five innings and fanning four, while
Delaney Heaberlin earned her second save of the season by closing out the final two frames.
NEXT UP
North Georgia will travel to Lander Friday for the start of the PBC series. First pitch is set for 4 p.m.
