PANTHERSVILLE, Ga. – Powered by a team home run cycle, Georgia Tech softball (23-16, 5-7 ACC) completed the 2019 sweep of Georgia State (5-31) with a 12-6 win on Wednesday night. The Jackets won the first meeting earlier this season 8-3.
To get things going for the Jackets in the top of the first, sophomore Tricia Awald doubles to center field, plating senior Katie Krzus to put Tech up 1-0.
T1 | Huckabay forces an error and Awald crosses the plate to make it 2-0! pic.twitter.com/PF8yj75cc5
— GT Softball 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 (@GaTechSoftball) April 3, 2019
T5 | Prairie responds with a DINGER over center field to move the score to 3-1! pic.twitter.com/bOm3c5BaGE
— GT Softball 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 (@GaTechSoftball) April 3, 2019
Junior Crosby Huckabay sends out a two-run homer, scoring Awald to bring the score to 5-1.
E6 | Georgia State knots the score at 5-5.
Due up: Prairie, Roper, Krzus
— GT Softball 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 (@GaTechSoftball) April 3, 2019
With two outs and the score tied at 5-5 in the top of the seventh, sophomore Skye Webb hits her second grand slam of the season to put Tech back on top 9-5.
T7 | And THAT is how you pinch hit! Bianca Mora hits her FIRST career home run with a three-run dinger. Tech leads 12-5! pic.twitter.com/7MTwpJzBqi
— GT Softball 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 (@GaTechSoftball) April 4, 2019
TECH WINS! #BeGold pic.twitter.com/pQDGXrzDPt
— GT Softball 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 (@GaTechSoftball) April 4, 2019
Up next:
Tech heads to Ames, Iowa for a nonconference series with Iowa State. The three-game series kicks off with a doubleheader on Saturday, April 6.
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