No. 1 Softball Marches Past Saints on Senior Day

University of North Georgia
4/27/2018 | Softball | Box Score 1 | Box Score 2
DAHLONEGA – Both Sydney Sprague and Brittany Gilliam hit homers on Senior Day as the No. 1 University of North Georgia softball team swept Flagler in the regular season finale, winning by scores of 5-0 and 5-3 Friday night under the lights at Haines & Carolyn Hill Stadium.

GAME ONE
After Lexi Duncan and Jordan Deep reached base, Sprague blasted her 13th homer of the season over the left center wall with two outs in the second inning to give UNG a 3-0 lead. That would prove to be enough for North Georgia in the game, but the Nighthawks put two more insurance runs on the board.

In the fourth, Gilliam doubled to right center, scoring Sprague to put North Georgia up, 4-0, before she was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the sixth which brought home the game’s final run.

Kylee Smith (28-1) gave up just one hit in her 16th complete game of the year, striking out 12 Saints along the way.

GAME TWO
Flagler struck first in the nightcap with Jaclyn Mijuskovic blasting a second inning solo shot over the left center wall to give the Saints their first lead of the evening. That was taken away in the bottom of the second.

Kaylyn Anthony hit a solo shot with one out in the frame to tie the game before a RBI single by Hobby Gregory that plated two more Nighthawk runs after a throwing error by the Flagler catcher, putting UNG up, 4-1.

The Saints struck back in the third on a Maria Kappos RBI double in the top half of the third, but UNG got the run back in the bottom of the frame on Gilliam’s solo blast to right field. Flagler scratched the final run across in the seventh inning on a RBI groundout.

NOTES
– Bria Bush improved to 3-0 on the year after coming out of the bullpen in relief in game two. She threw 5.1 innings and struck out two.

– Sprague finished the day going 4-for-6 at the plate after a perfect 3-for-3 first game. Gilliam was 2-for-5 on Senior Day.

– The Nighthawks have now won 53 games on the season, making them just one win away from tying the all-time record for wins in a season. North Georgia has won 54 games twice in program history.

NEXT UP
The Nighthawks will rest until the Peach Belt Conference tournament next weekend at The Hill. UNG, the top-seed in the tournament, will take on eighth-seeded Georgia Southwestern in the first round with game time to be announced later this weekend upon release of the tournament bracket once all seeds are set.

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