For the second straight day, the Georgia Gwinnett College softball team split two games in its Grizzly Classic. First, the Grizzlies (5-3) defeated College of Coastal Georgia 2-0. Then, they lost in extra innings 8-7 to Bryan College (Tenn.) on Saturday at the Grizzly Softball Complex.

Junior Piper Wagner hit a two-run single in the fifth inning to produce the only offense in the Coastal Georgia contest. The hit drove in senior RaeQuinn Rossetti and junior Ruth Jones.

Sophomore pitcher Alexa Good got out of a jam in the top of the sixth inning as the Mariners (10-2) put runners in scoring position. However, the right hander struck out Bailey Harrison and then got Hayley Dickerson to ground out to end the threat. Good tossed a scoreless seventh inning to collect the save in the pitching circle.

Freshman Lara Ullmann scattered two hits across five scoreless innings in her first pitching appearance of the season.

The victory avenged a 5-2 loss to Coastal Georgia (10-2) in Friday's Grizzly Classic action.

In Saturday's second game for GGC, Bryan rallied from a 5-2 deficit to tie the contest behind a three-run sixth inning. The hosts would regain the lead following a RBI double by junior Holly Janco in the bottom half of the inning.

However, the Lions (3-5) would answer once again on a Brianna Nagelhout base hit to square the contest, 6-6. The visitors would push across two unearned runs in the eighth inning to pick up the extra-inning victory.

Sophomore Lea McFadden went 3-for-4, with two RBI, in the contest. The Grizzlies collected a season-high 14 hits in the setback.


  With runs at a premium, the Grizzlies sought a key at bat in the Coastal Georgia contest. They left the bases loaded in the second inning. Later, junior Piper Wagner delivered a hit up the middle to score the first runs of the game. That hit and offensive production would stand up as GGC picked up the 2-0 victory.
  Coastal Georgia Game
Bottom of Fifth
Piper Wagner hit a two-run single up the middle to bring home RaeQuinn Rossetti and Ruth Jones
 
Top of Sixth
Alexa Good got a ground out to third base to end the inning, with the Mariners having the potential game-tying run in scoring position
 
Bryan Game
Bottom of Second
Lea McFadden hit a RBI double to cut an early deficit to 2-1
 
Bottom of Fourth
Ruth Jones lined a two-run double to score Sydney Pelaez and Lea McFadden as the Grizzlies took a 3-2 lead
Holly Janco hit an infield single to bring home Ruth Jones and cap a three-run inning
 
Bottom of Fifth
Lea McFadden collected her third hit of the game, with a RBI single
 
Top of Seventh
Brianna Nagelhout singled to left field for Bryan to tie the contest, 6-6
 
Top of Eighth
A fielding error allowed a second run to score and gave the Lions an 8-6 lead
 
Bottom of Eighth
Josie Haulk hit a run-scoring single as GGC cut the deficit to one run, 8-7
 

• The Grizzlies collected 21 hits in the two games, highlighted by a season-high 14 hits against Bryan
• Sophomore third baseman Lea McFadden recorded seven defensive assists
• GGC recorded four stolen bases across the two games

• GGC stands 5-3 on the season; Bryan is 3-5; and Coastal Georgia is 10-2 this spring
• Georgia Gwinnett College was ranked No. 5 in the 2020 NAIA Preseason Poll; Coastal Georgia received votes in the same poll
• Saturday's second game marked the first extra-inning contest of the 2020 season
• The Grizzlies have won 19 of the 22 meetings all time against Bryan; GGC holds a 7-2 series edge versus Coastal Georgia

Georgia Gwinnett College is scheduled to host No. 7-ranked University of Mobile (Ala.) in a doubleheader on Sunday, Feb. 23, at 2 p.m. from the Grizzly Softball Complex.