Softball Sweeps Truett-McConnell

The Brenau softball team swept Truett-McConnell (Ga.) College 3-2 and 7-2 on Wednesday in Cleveland, Ga.

Madison Gossett (FR/Trenton, Ga.) pitched five strong innings and Cheyenne Marsh (JR/Richmond Hill, Ga.) drove in two runs to help the Golden Tigers break the 20-win plateau for the tenth consecutive season.

After back-to-back singles by Savannah Moore (FR/Soddy Daisy, Tenn.) and Andrea Bentley (JR/Augusta, Ga.) in the top of the second, Marsh singled to center to drive in both runners for a 2-0 lead.

The Bears tied the score 2-2 with runs in the bottom of the second, but neither team seized control until the top of the sixth inning when the Golden Tigers found a spark.

Mackenzie Oliver (SO/Martin, Ga.) walked, and then stole second. Moore singled to score Oliver for the go-ahead run.

Moore led the Golden Tigers with two hits and two RBIs.

Gossett allowed two runs on four hits to secure her tenth win of the season. Taylor Causey (JR/Covington, Ga.) pitched two shutout innings of relief to capture her third save of the year.

In game two, the Brenau bats came alive in the top of the fourth inning as the Golden Tigers pounded out six runs to cruise to victory.

After the Bears surrendered back-to-back walks, Victoria Fontana (SO/Jackson, GA) singled to drive in the first run of the inning. Kelsey Payne (FR/Chattanooga, Tenn.) followed with another single to score pinch runner Lauren Sanders (FR/Maysville, Ga.). After an Elizabeth Schneider (JR/Smyrna, Ga.) walk with the bases loaded to make the score 3-0, Payne scored on a wild pitch to increase the lead to 4-0.

Moore continued the run with an RBI single, while Madison Lacy (FR/Trenton, Ga.) doubled to center to score Schneider.

Oliver led the Golden Tigers, going 2-2 at the plate with two steals, while Fontana and Lacy each added two hits.

Oliver currently leads the Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC) in stolen bases (26) and is ranked fourth in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).

Jenny Willis (SR/Auburn, Ga.) pitched seven innings, allowing two runs to take the win.

Brenau next travels to Pulaski, Tennessee to play SSAC opponent Martin Methodist College on Friday. First pitch is at 5:00 eastern.