Badgers Best Wildcats in SIAC Tourney First Round

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ALBANY, Ga. – The Wildcats held tough, but they came up a bit short on Thursday afternoon. The favorite to win the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Spring Hill was able to best Fort Valley State, 8-0 in six innings, in a hard-fought contest in the softball Tournament First Round.

After a first-inning, two-run the Badgers (27-19) ahead, the Wildcats (16-23) had its best scoring chance in the top of the fourth. FVSU's All-SIAC players Shakerra Geter and Jahara Buggs led-off with a double and single on back-to-back at bats for runners at the corners with no outs, but Spring Hill's Hannah Brenton posted two of her 10 strikeouts with a line out to short between them to retire the side. The Badgers rode the momentum to three unearned runs in the fourth and three more in the sixth, two unearned, after two Wildcats errors in each frame for the runs needed to complete the win.

All-SIAC Shakerra Geter throws out a Spring Hill runner in the second inning.

With the loss, FVSU moves into the SIAC Tournament Loser's Bracket where it will take on SIAC East runner-up Benedict College in a 10 a.m. Friday morning contest back at Albany's Gordon Sports Complex.

Making her return to the lineup after missing the last two weeks of the regular season, Tamani Owens went 3-for-3 with two singles to center field and she legged out an infield hit. and Buggs accounted for the Wildcats other two hits with their double and single to begin the fourth inning.

paced Spring Hill with 3-for-3 game where she had a two-run and two-run double to go with a single, two runs, four RBI and a walk. Brenton fanned 10 hitters without a walk over six innings of work.

In the other three games played the First Round, Lane defeated Benedict, 8-5, and Tuskegee prevailed, 6-1, over Clark Atlanta in the noon games. Kentucky State outlasted Albany State, 3-0 in eight innings, in the other 2 p.m. pitch.

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