March 30, 2010

Game 1 Box Score

Game 2 Box Score

PANTHERSVILLE, Ga. - Western Carolina softball (4-23) dropped a doubleheader at Georgia State (20-10) 8-1, 5-0 Tuesday at Bob Heck Field.

The Catamounts had six hits in the first game, but could only punch across one runner. In the top of the sixth inning, Chelsea Schaffer led off with a single to left field, her second hit of the game, and scored when Colby Liles ground out to the shortstop.

Sophomore pitcher Katie King is continuing to look for her first win of the season, taking the decision in the first game and falling to 0-14 on the season. She went three innings, allowing five runs, two earned, on five hits and struck out five. In the fourth inning, King was replaced by Bekah Burkett who closed out the game.

Georgia State had three runs in the second, two in the fourth and three in the sixth. The Panthers had eight hits in the game and the Catamounts committed five errors.

The second game started off with a bang for Georgia State, with the Panthers' Lauren Jones hitting a two-out, two run, homerun over the centerfield wall. Her long ball also plated Audrey Mason.

Panther pitcher Alana Thomas retired the first eight Catamount batters she faced, before left fielder Kristen Gay broke up Thomas' no-hitter. Gay hit a frozen rope to right field and motored to third base, for her third triple of the season. The hit by Gray ended a four-game hitting drought for the senior.

Thomas, however, kept her shutout intact, as she didn't allow a Western Carolina runner past first base the rest of the game. The Catamounts did pick up four more hits in the game, two coming from junior Amber Hawkins.

As for Georgia State, after Jones' homerun, the Panthers posted a run in the fifth and two in the sixth, to get the win. Freshman Catamount pitcher Amber Steinhardt got the call to the mound in the second game, and took the loss. She falls to 3-6 on the season, allowing five runs, four earned, on 10 hits and striking out four.

The Catamounts will travel to Chattanooga on Friday and Saturday for a three-game series with the Mocs. The single game is slated for 6 p.m. Friday with the doubleheader is set to begin at noon Saturday.