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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – In the final games of the regular season, the Columbus State University softball lost twice on Saturday at No. 20 Georgia College. The Peach Belt Conference doubleheader was played in Milledgeville, Ga.
 
Columbus State wraps up the regular season with a 31-18 mark, its highest regular season win total since 2013. The Lady Cougars tallied a 14-6 mark in conference play, finishing in third place. The third-place finish matches the best finish for the Lady Cougars in the regular season in the last 10 years.
 
CSU will be the third seed in next week's PBC Tournament. The Lady Cougars will take on sixth-seeded Flagler on Friday. The tournament will be played at North Georgia in Dahlonega.
 
Game One
 
The opening game was a pitcher's duel through the first three innings, as neither team found the scoreboard.
 
After seeing the first eight hitters retired, the Lady Cougars threatened with two out in the third. Lee Anne Rees drew a walk and a throwing error put runners on the corners. A walk to Kia Smith loaded the bases, but a pop up stranded the three runners.
 
Georgia College finally broke the scoreless battle in the fourth, getting a triple and single with two outs for the first run. The Bobcats would then add three more in the fifth to stretch the lead.
 
Columbus State cut the deficit in half in the sixth, as Calli Star launched a two-run homer to left. However, the two runs would be all the Lady Cougars would get in the contest.
 
Darby Demarest (14-9) gave up three runs in four innings in the circle. Helen Snavely let in one run in her two innings.
 
Game Two
 
The Bobcats jumped in front in game two as well, getting a RBI double to take the early lead. However, the Lady Cougar offense came to life in the second.
 
Elizabeth Perdue came across with the first run to tie the game at one before Keeli Waugh pushed the Lady Cougars in front with a RBI single.
 
One inning later, Perdue doubled the CSU lead with her team-leading 12^th home run of the season.
 
Georgia College plated a run in the third, but the Lady Cougars got it back on a run-scoring double by Smith in the sixth to make it 4-2. However, GC knotted up the ballgame at four in the bottom half of the sixth with a two-run homer.
 
Both teams had a runner in scoring position in the seventh, but were unable to bring them home, sending the game to extra innings.
 
CSU stranded a runner on second in its half of the eighth, and then had its back against the wall in the bottom half. A leadoff double had the winning run on second and a single to right gave the Bobcats a chance to end the game. JoJo Beyer kept the game alive though, throwing out the runner at the plate.
 
With two on and still only one out, the Lady Cougars were able to turn a double play to force a ninth inning.
 
Columbus State had two on with nobody out in the ninth, but again the Lady Cougars couldn't scratch across the go-ahead run.
 
GC finally took advantage, getting a single with the bases loaded to walk off with the victory.
 
Snavely (2-3) took the loss, with her only run allowed being the winning one in three innings. Peyton Sorrells went 5.1 innings in the start, giving up four runs.
 
Waugh, Perdue and Star all had 3-for-5 lines in the second game.