CLEVELAND, Ga. – Limited to two runs and four hits, the No. 5-ranked Georgia Gwinnett College softball team dropped a pair of road games Saturday afternoon against No. 16 Truett-McConnell University. The Grizzlies now stand 32-10 on the season.
The Bears (37-7) scored three runs in the sixth inning to rally to win the opener, 3-1, and used a four-run second inning to win the second contest, 5-1.
Junior RaeQuinn Rossetti scored on a wild pitch in the top of the third inning to give the visitors a 1-0 lead in the first game. The lead would hold up until Truett-McConnell’s Brie Levy led off the sixth inning with a home run. Two doubles later in the inning brought home two additional runs.
In the second game, Katharine Kozlowski hit an infield single in the first inning to open the scoring. A squeeze play brought home a pair of runs during the four-run second inning.
Holly Janco accounted for GGC’s lone run of the game with a RBI single to right field scoring Aubree Cox.
Pitcher Karley Hobbs picked up the win in both games for the Bears.
Turning Point
Truett-McConnell began a late rally in the opener when Brie Levy led off the sixth inning with a towering home run over the left field fence. The blast tied the game, 1-1. The Bears would score two additional runs later in the frame to win the contest 3-1.
Key Plays
First Game
Top of Third
RaeQuinn Rossetti scored on a wild pitch to give the Grizzlies a 1-0 lead
Bottom of Sixth
Brie Levy led off the inning with a home run to tie the game
Alisha Price hit a run-scoring double
Liz Bunton connected on a RBI double to give the Bears a 3-1 lead
Second Game
Bottom of First
Katharine Kozlowski opened the scoring with an infield single
Bottom of Second
Sara Sullivan brought home a pair of runs with a squeeze bunt
Top of Sixth
Holly Janco hit a RBI single to right field to bring home Aubree Cox
Inside The Numbers
- Truett-McConnell outhit the Grizzlies by a 12-to-4 margin in the doubleheader
- Junior RaeQuinn Rossetti accounted for two hits between the two games
- Truett-McConnell’s Karley Hobbs recorded only two strikeouts in 11.1 innings to win both games
News & Notes
- GGC stands 32-10 on the season; Truett-McConnell improves to 37-7 in 2019
- Georgia Gwinnett College is ranked No. 5 in the NAIA Top 25 poll; Truett-McConnell stood No. 16 in the same poll
- The Grizzlies lead the all-time series 12-7, but the Bears won three of the four meetings between the teams this season
Up Next
Georgia Gwinnett College is scheduled to host Reinhardt University (Ga.) on Tuesday, April 16, at 4 p.m. at the Grizzly Softball Complex.