Thursday, February 10
Orlando, Fla.
6:00 p.m.
University of Georgia
0-1
6
at
7
UCF
1-0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
R
H
E
Georgia
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
6
7
1
UCF
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
1
7
7
4
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Kama Woodall (1-0)
L: Kerpics, Madison (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Mosley, Sara 1
HR: Chambley, Sydney 1 ; Fields, Jaiden 1
RBI: Chambley, Sydney 2 ; Fincher, Lacey 1 ; Mosley, Sara 1 ; Fields, Jaiden 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Chambley, Sydney 2 ; Landrum, CJ 1 ; Kuma, Sydney 1 ; Fields, Jaiden 1 ; Bordeau, Payden 1
SB: Chambley, Sydney 1 ; Armistead, Ellie 1
Batting:
2B: Justene Molina 1
HR: Shannon Doherty 1
RBI: Shannon Doherty 1 ; Denali Schappacher 1 ; Johneisha Rowe 1 ; Katie Burge 1 ; Justene Molina 1 ; Micaela Macario 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kennedy Searcy 1 ; Shannon Doherty 1 ; Jada Cody 2 ; Ashleigh Griffin 1 ; Denali Schappacher 2
SB: Kennedy Searcy 1 ; Denali Schappacher 1 ; Micaela Macario 2
CS: Johneisha Rowe 1
HBP: Johneisha Rowe 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
3
R
2
H
2
RBI
2
AB
4
R
0
H
2
RBI
1
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
1
AB
4
R
1
H
1
RBI
2
Players Mentioned
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/ SoftballBulldogs Fall in Extra-Inning Battle Against UCF, 7-6
February 10, 2022 | Softball
ORLANDO, Fla. – The University of Georgia softball team fell to the UCF Knights in the season opener Thursday evening, dropping a 7-6 decision in eight innings.
"Tonight was a great game, a great crowd," said head coach Tony Baldwin. "We talk about our performance is more important than the outcome. If we perform at a high enough level, the outcome will take care of itself. Tonight, the outcome didn't go our way, but there was a lot of good things. I thought defensively, we kept ourselves in the game, we made some unbelievable plays. Double plays, throwing runners out, really proud of the defense. I thought we did a good job of answering back. Every time they scored in the game, bar that last one, we answered right back. Those are signs of a team with some grit. I thought we stayed together, we kept fighting the fight."
Georgia scattered seven hits to push across six runs. Sophomore Sydney Chambley and junior Sara Mosley each tallied two hits. Junior Jaiden Fields and Chambley each provided a two-run home run in the contest.
Sophomore Britton Rogers worked two and a third innings in her start in the circle. Rogers allowed five earned runs on a pair of hits with four strikeouts and six walks allowed. Fellow sophomore Madison Kerpics (0-1) took over in the circle in the third inning, working five innings, suffering the loss. Kerpics allowed one earned run, fanning five Knights.
The Knights (1-0) pushed the first run of the season across the plate in the bottom half of the second. With runners on first and second and the hit-and-run on, Katie Burge grounded out to second to drive the run in and go ahead 1-0.
Sophomore Payden Bordeau drew a leadoff walk to open the third frame. Two batters later, Chambley blasted a two-run shot to left to put the Bulldogs (0-1) ahead, 2-1.
UCF retook a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the inning on a pair of bases-loaded walks. Kerpics took over in the circle for Rogers. An infield single and another walk widened the Knights' lead to 5-2 after three innings in the opener.
Fields knocked a line drive, two-run home run, Georgia's second of the game, to left in the top of the fourth to cut the lead to one, 5-4.
The Knights got one back in the bottom of the inning on a defensive miscue to make it a two-run game, 6-4.
Georgia passed the bat in the top of the fifth to score twice and knot the game at six-all. Chambley bunt for a hit and took second on an error. She advanced to third on a groundout and scored on a line drive single off the bat of senior Lacey Fincher. Senior pinch runner CJ Landrum turned on the speed and scored all the way from first on a double down the left field line from junior Sara Mosley, tying the game at 6-6.
The Bulldogs' best chance to score was extinguished in the top of the sixth, stranding two runners in scoring position.
UCF's Shannon Doherty knocked a one-out solo home run down the left field line to end the game in the eighth, 7-6.
The Bulldogs continue play at The CFX Classic Friday when they take on Longwood at 1:30 p.m. and Minnesota at 4 p.m.
"Tonight was a great game, a great crowd," said head coach Tony Baldwin. "We talk about our performance is more important than the outcome. If we perform at a high enough level, the outcome will take care of itself. Tonight, the outcome didn't go our way, but there was a lot of good things. I thought defensively, we kept ourselves in the game, we made some unbelievable plays. Double plays, throwing runners out, really proud of the defense. I thought we did a good job of answering back. Every time they scored in the game, bar that last one, we answered right back. Those are signs of a team with some grit. I thought we stayed together, we kept fighting the fight."
Georgia scattered seven hits to push across six runs. Sophomore Sydney Chambley and junior Sara Mosley each tallied two hits. Junior Jaiden Fields and Chambley each provided a two-run home run in the contest.
Sophomore Britton Rogers worked two and a third innings in her start in the circle. Rogers allowed five earned runs on a pair of hits with four strikeouts and six walks allowed. Fellow sophomore Madison Kerpics (0-1) took over in the circle in the third inning, working five innings, suffering the loss. Kerpics allowed one earned run, fanning five Knights.
The Knights (1-0) pushed the first run of the season across the plate in the bottom half of the second. With runners on first and second and the hit-and-run on, Katie Burge grounded out to second to drive the run in and go ahead 1-0.
Sophomore Payden Bordeau drew a leadoff walk to open the third frame. Two batters later, Chambley blasted a two-run shot to left to put the Bulldogs (0-1) ahead, 2-1.
UCF retook a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the inning on a pair of bases-loaded walks. Kerpics took over in the circle for Rogers. An infield single and another walk widened the Knights' lead to 5-2 after three innings in the opener.
Fields knocked a line drive, two-run home run, Georgia's second of the game, to left in the top of the fourth to cut the lead to one, 5-4.
The Knights got one back in the bottom of the inning on a defensive miscue to make it a two-run game, 6-4.
Georgia passed the bat in the top of the fifth to score twice and knot the game at six-all. Chambley bunt for a hit and took second on an error. She advanced to third on a groundout and scored on a line drive single off the bat of senior Lacey Fincher. Senior pinch runner CJ Landrum turned on the speed and scored all the way from first on a double down the left field line from junior Sara Mosley, tying the game at 6-6.
The Bulldogs' best chance to score was extinguished in the top of the sixth, stranding two runners in scoring position.
UCF's Shannon Doherty knocked a one-out solo home run down the left field line to end the game in the eighth, 7-6.
The Bulldogs continue play at The CFX Classic Friday when they take on Longwood at 1:30 p.m. and Minnesota at 4 p.m.
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