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Cougars Sweep North Georgia
4
Winner Columbus State CSU 29-11
3
North Georgia UNG 39-2
Winner
Columbus State CSU
29-11
4
Final
3
North Georgia UNG
39-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Columbus State CSU 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 7 0
North Georgia UNG 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 0

W: Corbin, Hannah Rose (15-7) L: D. Heaberlin (12-1)

19
Winner Columbus State CSU 31-11
10
North Georgia UNG 39-3
Winner
Columbus State CSU
31-11
19
Final
10
North Georgia UNG
39-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Columbus State CSU 0 2 1 0 11 0 5 19 14 0
North Georgia UNG 5 0 2 0 2 1 0 10 13 0

W: Folds, Haylee (5-2) L: Sophie Mooney (5-1)

Game Recap: Softball | | Ally Kerr

Softball Sweeps No. 1 North Georgia

The Cougars defeated the Nighthawks 4-3 in game one and rallied to win 19-10 in the nightcap.

DAHLONEGA, Ga. - The Columbus State University softball team swept a doubleheader against Peach Belt Conference rival and No. 1 ranked the University of North Georgia on Sunday, April 9 at Lynn Cottrell Park. The Cougars defeated the Nighthawks 4-3 in game one, then scored 11 runs in the fifth inning in the nightcap to secure a 19-10 victory. 

With the wins, Columbus State gives North Georgia their third loss of the season and snaps the Nighthawks' 38 game win streak. The Cougars improve to 30-11 and are 15-2 in the PBC.

Game 1 - CSU 4, UNG 3
  • UNG scored two runs in the second inning off of a bases loaded walk and wild pitch to take an early lead over CSU
  • Trailing by two in the top of the fifth, the Cougars were able to copy the Nighthawks and get back one run thanks to a Hannah Rose Corbin RBI bases loaded walk
  • UNG extended it's lead to 3-1 with an RBI groundout in the next half of the inning.
  • Kenzie Bayer tied the game at three, jacking a two-run home run in the sixth
  • In the seventh, the Nighthawks walked Grace Kiser with bases loaded, plating Anna Waites
  • Corbin earned the win inside the circle and is now 15-7
  • Laura Harris went 3-for-3 and Bayer was 2-for-4
Game 2 - CSU 19, UNG 10
  • UNG hit back-to-back homers in the first to make it 5-0
  • In the second and third innings, Bayer jacked a two-run bomb and Corbin hit a solo homer to minimize UNG's lead to 5-3
  • In the bottom of the third, the Nighthawks added two runs thanks to a groundout and a single up the middle
  • The Cougars tallied 11 runs off of five consecutive hits in the fifth inning to make a point to the Nighthawks and taking a 14-7 lead
  • UNG was able to make it a 14-10 ball game in the fifth and sixth innings
  • Corbin and Bayer did it again for CSU, hitting home runs to extend the Cougar lead to 19-10. They each finished 3-for-5 with Corbin posting six RBIs and Bayer five
  • Lindsay Patton recorded two doubles 
  • Haylee Folds received the victory on the mound and improves to 5-2
UP NEXT
Columbus State and North Georgia will play the final game of the series on Monday, April 10 at noon.
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