Golden Eagle softball tops Winthrop in extras, fall to Harvard
ATLANTA, Ga. – Tennessee Tech earned a split on Saturday in two close games at the Bob Heck Classic in Atlanta as the Golden Eagles took an extra-innings victory over Winthrop, winning 4-3 in the day’s second game. Tech (7-4) dropped the opener 5-3 to Harvard. The Golden Eagles play Harvard again at 8 a.m. Central on Sunday, then take on the host Georgia State Panthers at 1 p.m.
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By Thomas Corhern, TTU Sports Information
ATLANTA, Ga. – Tennessee Tech earned a split on Saturday in two close games at the Bob Heck Classic in Atlanta as the Golden Eagles took an extra-innings victory over Winthrop, winning 4-3 in the day's second game.
Tech (7-4) dropped the opener 5-3 to Harvard.
The Golden Eagles play Harvard again at 8 a.m. Central on Sunday, then take on the host Georgia State Panthers at 1 p.m.
Mac Fitzgerald came across to score the first run over Winthrop in the first inning as she came home on a wild pitch. Tech extended the lead to 2-0 in the second as Olivia Evans singled in Brooklyn Stewart with a ball to short.
Winthrop knotted the game in the bottom of the third on a two-run double down the left field line, but Carmen Betts gave Tech the lead back in the fifth frame with a single to third. The opposing Eagles tied the game with an RBI double in the bottom of the seventh, then Sydney Kirby came through the heroics in the extra frame as she drove in Abby Shoulders on a 2-2 single to center field.
Emily York picked up her third victory of the season in relief, going four innings as she allowed one run on two hits, walking one and striking out three. Peyton Wagner had a solid start, allowing two runs on five hits with two walks and four strikeouts.
In the day's opener against Harvard, Meaghan Houk opened the scoring in the second inning as she hit a home run to right center. The Crimson scored four runs in the third with a sacrifice bunt plating one, then a three-run home run to left doing the rest of the damage.
Houk scored Tech's second run in the fourth on a wild pitch, then scored again in the sixth on Jordan Key's RBI single to right. Harvard had a second home run in the fifth inning for insurance.
Lennon Spicer took the loss, allowing four runs on four hits, walking one and striking out two. Faith Rush threw the final two innings, allowing one run on two hits with two strikeouts.
