CARROLLTON, Ga. - The University of West Georgia claimed a doubleheader sweep over the University of West Alabama winning the first game 12-4 and the second 12-3 in Gulf South Conference softball action Saturday.
West Alabama snaps a three game win streak to fall to 8-7 overall and 2-4 in the GSC, while West Georgia improves to 7-9 and 2-4.
West Alabama got on the board early in game one when
Lydia North scored on an RBI single to left field by Scarlet Wright to give the Tigers the 1-0 advantage in the 4th.
West Georgia would respond, however, with two runs knocked in by Amanda Voyles and Molly Uhrman to give the Wolves a 2-1 lead going into the second inning.
In the third inning,
Treasure Rodriguez blasted a home run to left field to tie the contest until the bottom of the inning when Heather Sexton hit a two RBI single to give West Georgia a 4-2 edge.
The Tigers answered in the top of the fourth when
Lacey Santiago scored off a double by Wright and Wright scored courtesy of an
Ashley Stassin RBI to pull the game even at 4-4.
Four runs in the bottom on the fourth and sixth innings lifted West Georgia to victory.
Game two saw West Georgia score 10 runs in the bottom of the first inning to take a 10-1 lead. The Tigers pushed across two runs in the top of the 3rd inning, with RBIs by Wright and Rodriguez to close the gap to 10-3.
The scoring concluded with a run in the bottom of the third inning and another in the bottom of the fourth for West Georgia.
Scarlett Wright led the Tiger offense collecting three hits and knocking four runs on the day.
Treasure Rodriguez also got three hits as well with tho RBI.
"Obviously, nobody likes to lose, especially in the fashion we lost today," said Coach
Will Atkinson. "It's early in the season, we've got two series under our belt and an opportunity to play much more GSC softball."
Alli Hall (5-5) took the game one loss pitching all six innings and giving up eight hits.
Giana Cavallaro (1-2) received the decision in game two going less than an inning and giving up four hits
"All we can do is prepare this week. You can tip your hats to the folks at West Georgia. They came out with a game plan and were able to execute," said Atkinson. "They swung the bats well and we just have to make the adjustment as we go on the road next week to play North Alabama."
Danielle Easterly (4-4) pitched five innings in the game one victory and gave up six hits. Katie Shultes (3-2) came in for one inning of relief in game one and collected the game two victory only giving up three hits between both appearances.
"It's tough playing on the road. It's tough in the GSC, but there are no weekends off here. We just have to keep battling and find a way to make something positive happen next week," Atkinson said.
West Alabama will return to action next Saturday with a GSC weekend series against North Alabama in Florence. First pitch of the series is set for 2 p.m.
