Game One (PDF) | Game Two (PDF)
ATHENS, GA.– The Panthers opened up the day with a victory over Western Carolina 6-2. In the second game of the day against Georgia, the Panthers fell 4-0. The Panthers are now 8-6 on the season
Tomorrow EIU will face Boston College at 9:30 Est. The Panther's second game is against Western Carolina at 5:30 Est. On Sunday EIU will play its last game of the tournament against Boston College.Â
Game 1
In the first game for the Panthers, Jade Montgomery got the start in the circle and the win. Taylor Florea came in in the seven-inning and finished the game. Montgomery finished the first game with five strikeouts and one walk.
The Panthers got out to a quick lead as Kayla Bear led off with a one-run home run to start off for the Panthers. Eastern continued that into the second inning as Taylor Jones scored off a fielder error. Western got on the board in the second inning as well making the score 2-2 with a Perilla two-run RBI double.
No runs were scored until the fifth inning. Megan Burton hit a two-run home run scoring Kendyl McKeough to make the score 4-2. The Panthers polished off the game with a run scored in the sixth inning by Hannah Cravens and one in the seventh by a Haley Mitchell home run.
The Panthers finished with six runs off of 15 hits and one error. Bear, Cravens, Mia Davis, and Haley Mitchell all led the Panthers with three hits.
Game 2
In game two the Panthers took on the number 18 team in the country Georgia. Montgomery got the start against the Bulldogs and pitched 2.1 innings with one strikeout and one walk. Florea came in and pitched 3.2 innings with one earned run.
The Panthers kept the Bulldogs to no runs in six of the seven innings. In the fourth inning, the Bulldogs scored four runs. Mosley had two RBI's while Kuma and Fincher had one RBI each.
The Panthers ended the game with no runs on two hits and two errors. Bear and McKeough had the two hits for the Panthers.
Georgia was led by Lacey Fincher at the plate with two hits. Avant had a record setting day in the circle for the Bulldogs with 15 strikeouts passing her previous record of 12. The Bulldogs finished with four runs off of six hits and one error.
