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#7-ranked UGA Softball beat #10-ranked Tennessee 4-3 in NCAA Super Regional
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Bulldogs One Win from Women's College World Series, Edge Lady Vols 4-3
May 25, 2018
ATHENS, Ga. In a best of three series between two SEC rivals in the NCAA Super Regionals for a trip to Oklahoma City and the Women's College World Series, the seventh-ranked Georgia Bulldogs (46-11) edged the 10th-ranked Tennessee Lady Volunteers 4-3 in game one in front of a sold-out Jack Turner Stadium.
After averaging nine runs per game in the NCAA regional, the Bulldog bats picked up where they left off jumping on the Lady Vols in the bottom of the first inning. Cortni Emmanuel started the rally with a bunt single and advanced to second on her SEC leading 51st stolen base of the year. With one out in the inning Justice Milz opened the scoring smashing an double off the wall in left center, plating Emanuel. Shortstop Alyssa DiCarlo followed with a single of her own to center and Alysen Febrey drove in Milz from third on a sacrifice fly increasing the Bulldog lead to 2-0 after the opening frame.
The Bulldogs continued their early success off of Volunteer ace Caylan Arnold (26-5) in the third inning when DiCarlo and Febrey launched back-to-back solo homeruns with two-outs doubling the home team's advantage to 4-0.
Georgia southpaw Kylie Bass (15-3) dazzled on the mound tossing five shutout innings before running into trouble in the sixth inning. A leadoff single and a hit-by-pitch set up catcher Abby Lockman's sacrifice fly and right fielder Amanda Ayala's double as the Lady Vol's trimmed the Bulldog lead in half to 4-2. With two runners on and two outs the Bulldogs turned to Mary Wilson Avant out of the bullpen who stymied the Lady Vol rally stranding the tying run on first.
Refusing to go quietly the Lady Vols manufactured a run without a hit in the seventh inning. Two walks, a wild pitch and an RBI groundout narrowed the Bulldog lead even further to 4-3, but with the go-ahead run on the bases Avant fanned designated player Abby Lockman preserving the Bulldogs sixth one-run win of the season.
Avant picked up her second save of the season, working one and a third innings out of the pen.
Offensively, Georgia and Tennessee each scattered seven hits. Milz and DiCarlo each had two hits while Alysen Febrey drove in a pair of runs.
Up next, the Bulldogs will look to clinch their fourth trip to the Women's College World Series Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. at Jack Turner Stadium. An if-necessary rubber game will follow 30 minutes after the conclusion of game two. Both games are scheduled to air on ESPN.
Bulldogs One Win from Women's College World Series, Edge Lady Vols 4-3
May 25, 2018
ATHENS, Ga. In a best of three series between two SEC rivals in the NCAA Super Regionals for a trip to Oklahoma City and the Women's College World Series, the seventh-ranked Georgia Bulldogs (46-11) edged the 10th-ranked Tennessee Lady Volunteers 4-3 in game one in front of a sold-out Jack Turner Stadium.
After averaging nine runs per game in the NCAA regional, the Bulldog bats picked up where they left off jumping on the Lady Vols in the bottom of the first inning. Cortni Emmanuel started the rally with a bunt single and advanced to second on her SEC leading 51st stolen base of the year. With one out in the inning Justice Milz opened the scoring smashing an double off the wall in left center, plating Emanuel. Shortstop Alyssa DiCarlo followed with a single of her own to center and Alysen Febrey drove in Milz from third on a sacrifice fly increasing the Bulldog lead to 2-0 after the opening frame.
The Bulldogs continued their early success off of Volunteer ace Caylan Arnold (26-5) in the third inning when DiCarlo and Febrey launched back-to-back solo homeruns with two-outs doubling the home team's advantage to 4-0.
Georgia southpaw Kylie Bass (15-3) dazzled on the mound tossing five shutout innings before running into trouble in the sixth inning. A leadoff single and a hit-by-pitch set up catcher Abby Lockman's sacrifice fly and right fielder Amanda Ayala's double as the Lady Vol's trimmed the Bulldog lead in half to 4-2. With two runners on and two outs the Bulldogs turned to Mary Wilson Avant out of the bullpen who stymied the Lady Vol rally stranding the tying run on first.
Refusing to go quietly the Lady Vols manufactured a run without a hit in the seventh inning. Two walks, a wild pitch and an RBI groundout narrowed the Bulldog lead even further to 4-3, but with the go-ahead run on the bases Avant fanned designated player Abby Lockman preserving the Bulldogs sixth one-run win of the season.
Avant picked up her second save of the season, working one and a third innings out of the pen.
Offensively, Georgia and Tennessee each scattered seven hits. Milz and DiCarlo each had two hits while Alysen Febrey drove in a pair of runs.
Up next, the Bulldogs will look to clinch their fourth trip to the Women's College World Series Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. at Jack Turner Stadium. An if-necessary rubber game will follow 30 minutes after the conclusion of game two. Both games are scheduled to air on ESPN.
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