THE FLATS –With sophomore Breanna Roper hitting three-for-three and retaining her spot as the conference’s hits leader, Georgia Tech softball (16-10, 1-2 ACC) topped Mercer (10-16) 4-1 on Wednesday night.
B1 | Huckabay brings in Roper on an RBI single and Tech makes it on the board first! pic.twitter.com/GJFlOVmPWm
— Georgia Tech Softball 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 (@GaTechSoftball) March 13, 2019
Sophomore Cameron Stanford leads off the second inning with a home run over left field to bring the score to 2-0.
M3 | Mercer puts one on the board in the top of the third but Tech leads 2-1.
Due up: Roper, Krzus, Awald
— Georgia Tech Softball 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 (@GaTechSoftball) March 13, 2019
B3 | Huckabay once again scores Roper on a sacrifice fly. Tech leads 3-1! pic.twitter.com/zOjuuuftls
— Georgia Tech Softball 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 (@GaTechSoftball) March 13, 2019
B3 | Webb singles through the left side to plate Krzus, making it 4-1! pic.twitter.com/aElOIHroaV
— Georgia Tech Softball 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 (@GaTechSoftball) March 13, 2019
Junior Brooke Barfield came away with the win and four strikeouts.
Roper stays hot and the Jackets win! #BeGold pic.twitter.com/qT1TVWGzi4
— Georgia Tech Softball 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 (@GaTechSoftball) March 14, 2019
Up next:
The Yellow Jackets host Virginia for the first Atlantic Coast Conference home series of the 2019 season. The Jackets open the series on Friday, March 15 at 4 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.
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