Game 1 box score
Game 2 box score
BLACKSBURG, Va. – Georgia Tech softball (15-10, 1-2 ACC) split Sunday’s doubleheader with Virginia Tech (18-4, 2-1 ACC), taking the first game 10-7 before dropping a heart breaker in the second 5-4.
Game 1: Georgia Tech 10, Virginia Tech 7
Senior Katie Krzus put the Jackets on the board early in the top of the first, bringing in sophomore Breanna Roper with a double down the left field line to put Georgia Tech up 1-0.
With the 1-0 lead in the top of the third, sophomore Tricia Awald sent a two-run bomb out of left center, scoring Krzus to bring the tally to 3-0.
T3 | BACK-TO-BACK! Huckabay sends a solo shot over left field. Jackets lead 4-0! pic.twitter.com/igtPuYTqKy
— Georgia Tech Softball 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 (@GaTechSoftball) March 10, 2019
E3 | The Hokies put two on the board with a home run in the bottom of the third. Georgia Tech leads 4-2.
Due up: Puckett, Prairie, Roper
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With freshman Ariella Jackson pinch running for junior Drew Puckett on second and Roper on first, Krzus knocked her third double of the game into center field, plating Jackson to make it 5-2.
T4 | Awald brings in Roper with a sacrifice fly and it's 6-2! pic.twitter.com/gGYHF95zIH
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B4 | Virginia Tech scores two on a single to make it 6-4. Georgia Tech leads with one out and a runner on first.
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Leading off the top of the fifth, sophomore Skye Webb hit a solo shot over right center to make it 7-4.
T5 | ANOTHER ONE! Stanford gets in on the action with a home run out of left. Make that 8-4! pic.twitter.com/bXJEoerWrI
— Georgia Tech Softball 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 (@GaTechSoftball) March 10, 2019
T5 | BAILEE ZEITLER! She hits her FIRST CAREER HOME RUN for our THIRD STRAIGHT! Jackets lead 9-4! pic.twitter.com/PUewUeScok
— Georgia Tech Softball 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 (@GaTechSoftball) March 10, 2019
E5 | Hokies add three in the fifth to make it 9-7.
Due up: Awald, Huckabay, Webb
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Senior Kaylee Ellebracht doubled to right field in the top of the seventh to plate Zeitler and give the Jackets their final run of game one.
Five HOMERS power the Jackets to the 10-7 win! #BeGold pic.twitter.com/js8oH9eFTm
— Georgia Tech Softball 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 (@GaTechSoftball) March 10, 2019
Game 2: Georgia Tech 4, Virginia Tech 5
T1 | Awald goes YARD and GT leads 2-0! pic.twitter.com/9VFM4xfLxY
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E1 | Hokies add one in the bottom of the first but the Jackets hold the 2-1 lead.
Due up: Zeitler, Stanford, Puckett
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E2 | Virginia Tech ties it at 2-2 in the bottom of the second.
Due up: Roper, Krzus, Awald
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With the score knotted at 2-2 in the top of the fifth, Krzus hits a two-run home run, scoring Roper to put the Jackets back on top at 4-2.
E6 | Virginia Tech plates two in the sixth to tie it back up at 4-4.
Due up: Billings, Ellebracht, Roper
— Georgia Tech Softball 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 (@GaTechSoftball) March 10, 2019
Tech drops a heart breaker in the bottom of the seventh. pic.twitter.com/FQetybUa5c
— Georgia Tech Softball 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 (@GaTechSoftball) March 10, 2019
Up next:
The Yellow Jackets return to The Flats for a midweek tilt with Mercer on Wednesday, March 13. First pitch is set for 5 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.
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