LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (Apr. 10, 2021) – The No. 15 Truett McConnell University softball team went head-to-head with No. 8 Georgia Gwinnett College on the road Saturday. The Lady Bears fell by a walk-off single (3-2) in eight innings in game one and suffered the nonconference sweep after a 3-1 game two loss, which put TMU at 24-10, 17-3 AAC and GGC at 24-8. Last time they met, the Lady Bears went 0-2 at their place for this season's opener.
 
GAME ONE 2-3 | 8 INNINGS, WALK-OFF
After two and a half scoreless innings, the Grizzlies got up on the board twice in the bottom of the third off of three hits (0-2). The lead was short lived as Sara Sullivan's leadoff walk fueled a two-run response for TMU in the fourth. Sullivan scored on a Katherine Kozlowski single (1-2) and Briley Lawson scored the tying run on Lauren Barrett's sacrifice fly to deep left (2-2). Neither team was capable of scoring again through the next 3.5 innings, which forced the game into extra innings. GGC went on to ultimately clinch the win on a walk-off single in the bottom of the eight (2-3).
 
LEADERS
Overall, the Grizzlies recorded a total of eight hits to TMU's three. Alicia Price went 1-for-2, while Lawson and Kozlowski each went 1-for-3. Kozlowski and Barrett led with one RBI apiece.
 
Bethany Hyde pitched a complete game of eight hits, three runs, two walks and five strikeouts.
 
GAME TWO 1-3
TMU got up on the board first this time around. After Barrett reached base on a GGC defensive error, Barrett was moved to second on Sullivan's sacrifice bunt. Mattie Brooks drove home Barrett on a single to score the Lady Bears' lone run of the game (1-0). The Lady Bears held the Grizzlies scoreless in the first, second and third innings but it was the bottom of the fourth that ultimately proved to be the difference. After a leadoff double, the Grizzlies scored three back-to-back runs (1-3) and the Lady Bears were unable to catch up.
 
LEADERS
TMU recorded five hits to GGC's eight. Brooks and Price individually led the Lady Bears going 2-for-3. Brooks led with the only RBI, while Justine Kennington added one hit.
 
Karley Hobbs pitched a complete game of eight hits, three runs, five walks and two strikeouts.
 
UP NEXT
The Lady Bears will hit the road for two Appalachian Athletic Conference doubleheaders, which will complete their AAC regular season schedule. First TMU will face Bluefield College on Monday, Apr. 12, and then Milligan University on Saturday, Apr. 17.