The softball team played four games last week, beating Georgia Tech at home before taking two of three games at Florida Gulf Coast.
The Owls welcomed the Yellow Jackets to Bailey Field on Wednesday, April 11, where The Alexis Kaiser Foundation hosted its annual Lexi’s Day ceremony as an effort to raise money to help local children with neuromuscular disease.
Abigail Green had a career-high 15 strikeouts, pitching all 10 innings in the game to earn her fourteenth win of the season. The game remained locked in a scoreless stalemate until the 10th inning when Kira Czyrklis tripled to drive in Patricia Awald, winning the game for the Owls.
The Owls then traveled to Fort Myers, Florida, to play their series with Atlantic Sun rival Florida Gulf Coast. The first day of the series was a doubleheader and took place on Saturday, April 14.
Maddie Roth had two hits and two runs batted in, and Lauren Bennett had three hits and one RBI. The Owls started the first game off well, achieving a three-run lead by the sixth inning, but the Eagles came back and scored four in the sixth and seventh innings to secure a 4-3 victory.
The Owls excelled in the second game, shutting out FGCU 7-0. Alley Cutting and Hailey Andrews combined for the shutout performance, with Cutting earning her tenth win.
Czyrklis went 3-3 with one RBI while Maddie Roth had two hits and two RBIs. Roth hit a home run in the first inning and Czyrklis hit a two-run home run in the second to give the Owls a 3-0 lead. KSU never looked back, scoring four more runs and blanking the Eagles.
In Sunday’s game, Cutting pitched the entire game without giving up a single run. A home run and four RBIs by Czyrklis cemented a 6-0 victory. The win sealed a series victory for the Owls and was the fourth straight series victory in-conference.
Czyrklis opened the gates with her three-run home run in the fourth, batting in Roth and Awald. She batted in a second run on a single in the fifth, and Alexa Solorzano brought two more home on a single to seal the deal.
The win was the sixth of the Owls’ last seven and the tenth conference win of the season.
Next up, the Owls will play at Georgia State on Wednesday, April 18, at 6 p.m.
