Georgia softball finds redemption against Charlotte, set for finals against Liberty

Georgia softball defeated Charlotte on Saturday evening in the elimination round of the NCAA Athens Regional, 5-0. It fell to Liberty earlier in the day, 7-3, to end up there.

The Bulldogs advance to the finals Sunday to play Liberty in a rematch, with the Bulldogs needing to win two games to advance to the Super Regionals against the winner of the Los Angeles Regional.

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The game was a lot slower than the first Saturday outing for the Bulldogs.

The first score came from Sydney Kuma in the bottom of the second inning, when Lyndi Rae Davis doubled down the left center line. Dallis Goodnight came up to the plate with bases loaded after Davis was tagged out at home. She brought Jaydyn Goodwin home to score with a walk.

Things stayed stagnant until the bottom of the sixth inning when Sara Mosley added another home run to her career record to total 64, now only four away from Alyssa DiCarlo's record of 68.

Goodwin returned to the plate and singled to left field, advancing to second quickly on the throw and pushing Kuma into home for a fourth score. Emily Digby sent one out to right field right after on a sacrifice, allowing Hannah Davila to round the bases and get Georgia to five runs with two outs on the docket.

Charlotte was unable to make ends meet after that. Lilli Backes dominated in the circle through all seven innings, only allowing one hit, one walk and having three strikeouts for a 2.48 ERA.

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