ATLANTA (March 24) – Catcher Anne Knobbe belted her 13th home run and Jamie Smith scattered four hits for her ninth victory of the season to lead Georgia Tech to a 4-2 victory over Marshall in Tech’s Buzz Classic at the Al Bishop Softball Complex.
Erin Hawley contributed two hits and drove in one for the Jackets, who jumped to a 3-0 lead in the third inning with the help of a Marshall error and a passed ball before Knobbe’s blast in the fifth inning extended Tech’s advantage to 4-1.
Tech (16-20) dropped its second game of the tournament, 2-1, to the College of Charleston (13-11) as Cougars’ pitcher Kenzie Kohler limited Tech to seven hits and one unearned run.
BUZZ CLASSIC:Georgia Tech 4, Marshall 2College of Charleston 2, Georgia Tech 1Florida A&M 3, College of Charleston 1Tennessee Tech 2, Marshall 1Florida Atlantic 2, Middle Tennessee State 1Florida Atlantic 3, Ohio 1Ohio 4, Rhode Island 0Evansville 1, Georgia State 0 (9)Evansville 2, North Carolina 0Connecticut 1, Virginia Tech 0SW Missouri State 14, Maryland 5Mercer 4, Harvard 3East Carolina 8, Campbell 0Florida International 10, Campbell 2Samford 7, Brown 2Rhode Island 2, Illinois-Chicago 0UIC 5, Middle Tennessee 3Georgia State 4, Virginia Tech 1Mercer 10, Coastal Carolina 5Maryland 6, Harvard 3Florida International 5, Samford 0Tennessee Tech 5, Florida A&M 4
