COLUMBUS - The No. 21 and first-seeded Columbus State University softball team advances in the 2023 Peach Belt Conference Tournament after defeating eighth-seeded Young Harris College 9-0 in six innings on Friday, April 28 at Cougar Field in Columbus, Ga. The Cougars improve to 42-12 and the Mountain Lions fall into the losers bracket of the tournament.

Columbus State hit five home runs in the victory, with senior Hannah Rose Corbin leading the way with two bombs. She now has 20 homers on the season. 

CSU got on board in the bottom of the first inning thanks to an Elyse Ambrose sacrifice fly to right field, plating Caitlyn Canady. In the second and third innings, Brooke Miller and Corbin each hit solo home runs to extend the Cougars' lead to 3-0.

In the fourth, Grace Kiser ripped a ball through the left side to score Laura Harris, making it 4-0. Corbin hit her second bomb of the game in the fifth, this one being a two-run shot, and Ambrose cranked a ball out right after to make it 7-0.

Madeline Parker hit a run-rule, walk-off, two-run homer in the sixth to end the game with a score of 9-0.

Corbin earned her 21st win on the mound after shutting out the Mountain Lions with five strikeouts and allowing two hits and one walk.

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Columbus State will play fourth-seeded Lander University on Saturday, April 29 at noon at Cougar Field.