SAINT AUGUSTINE, Fla.– The Lynn University softball team split with Georgia Southwestern on Saturday in its first two contests of the 2020 season at the Flagler Invitational.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Game 1 – Lynn 6, Ga. Southwestern 3; Game 2 – Ga. Southwestern 7, Lynn 6
Records: Lynn (1-1), Ga. Southwestern (1-2)
Location: Flagler Field | Saint Augustine, Fla.
All-Time Series: Lynn trails 5-4 (last meeting, 2019)
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STATS OF THE GAME:
- Game 1
- Grasy Gomez, in her first-ever at-bat as a Fighting Knight, launched a three-run homer to score Kayla Sheffield and Shayle Arenson in the first.
- Olivia Pope went 1-for-3 with an RBI in the leadoff spot.
- Sheffield had a 1-for-2 game, scoring three runs.
- Shannon Johnson knocked out two hits and collected an RBI.
- Natalie Costero also had two hits in three at-bats.
- Allyson Jameston performed well in the circle, pitching a complete game, giving up just eight hits and two earned runs while striking out three.
- Game 2
- Arenson was the standout performer in game two, going 3-for-4 with two runs scored, a double and a two-run home run in the sixth.
- Bailey Fernandez collected the first two hits of her Lynn career.
- Brittney Davis also knocked out two singles and picked up an RBI in the third.
- Lynn outhit GSW 13-7.
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:
- Lynn has now defeated GSW in its first game of the season two consecutive years.
- Only a combined four of 10 runs scored on the Blue and White were earned.
UP NEXT:
The Fighting Knights take on host-Flagler College tomorrow, Feb. 2, at 11 a.m. for a doubleheader. Live stats are available via http://www.lynnfightingknights.com/.
