The softball team played three games over the weekend, beating Georgia State 6-3 in Atlanta on Wednesday, April 18, before coming home to play twice against Lipscomb on Saturday and winning 3-2 and 2-1.
The first game was highlighted by home runs from Patricia Awald, Maddie Roth and Jessie Mullen.
GSU tied the game 3-3 after the Owls took the lead on Awald and Roth’s home runs. Kira Czyrklis knocked in an RBI double to give the Owls a 4-3 lead in the fifth inning, and, in the next inning, Mullen hit a two-run home run to give the game its final score.
With this win, KSU completed a season sweep over GSU.
KSU returned home on Saturday, April 21, to host Lipscomb in its final regular-season home games of the season with a doubleheader on Senior Day. As the Bisons and the Owls sit tied atop the Atlantic Sun Conference teams, this was an important series for both teams.
The first game of the doubleheader was led by Mullen who had two hits and one RBI as well as Awald who had one hit and two RBIs.
Abigail Green earned her fifteenth win of the season as she pitched a complete game, giving up just one run and five hits.
The Owls led 3-0 by the third inning after an RBI single by Mullen and another home run by Awald. Lipscomb retaliated by scoring one run in the fifth and seventh innings but was stopped short before it could tie the game.
The second game of the doubleheader saw senior Lauren Bennett drive home the winning run in the seventh inning to clinch the series for the Owls.
Alley Cutting allowed a first-inning run but shut out Lipscomb for the rest of her complete-game performance.
The Owls tied the game by way of Roth scoring on an error in the fourth inning. This set the stage for Bennett to hit a bases-loaded, walk-off RBI single to win the game in the seventh.
After the first game of the doubleheader, the Owls held a ceremony to welcome longtime friend, Linwood Register and former KSU softball player Sharon Swanson into the Circle of Honor.
A third game against Lipscomb was scheduled for Sunday, April 22, at 12 p.m., but the teams were only able to play three innings until the game was canceled due to inclement weather.
The softball team has posted a 27-6 record since March 4, setting the stage for a three-game series against Jacksonville University starting on Saturday, April 28, to finish out the regular season schedule.
