The No. 8-ranked Georgia Gwinnett College softball team won its sixth straight game, sweeping a doubleheader against No. 15 Truett-McConnell University (Georgia) 3-2 and 3-1 Saturday evening at the Grizzly Softball Complex.

Junior Piper Wagner hit a walk-off single in the eighth inning to score the winning run in the opener before tossing a complete game in the pitching circle during the second contest.

The Grizzlies (24-8) took a 2-0 lead in the third inning of the opener following run-scoring base hits from sophomore Lea McFadden and freshman Kloey Goins. Goins' double allowed McFadden to score from first base.

However, Truett-McConnell (24-10) answered with two runs in the fourth inning to tie the game.

Keeping the Bears in check the rest of the way was sophomore pitcher Alexa Good, who tied a school record with 14 strikeouts. She also had the same total in a performance against Asbury University on February 23.

In the second game, GGC pushed across three runs in the fourth inning and rode Wagner's strong pitching to pick up the victory.

Freshman Josie Haulk tied the game, 1-1, with a run-scoring single. Then, McFadden followed with a RBI single to score junior Brooke Parker. A sacrifice fly by Goins gave the Grizzlies the decisive 3-1 lead.

GGC collected eight hits in both games, led by McFadden's 5-for-7 performance at the plate. She went 3-for-3 in the second contest. Goins and Parker each tallied multiple hits during the opening extra-inning victory.
 
Sophomore pitcher Alexa Good did not allow the inherited baserunner to score from the international tiebreak situation in the eighth inning. With a runner placed at second base in a 2-2 game, Good was able to keep the base runner from advancing or scoring. Then in the bottom of the inning, facing the same extra-inning situation, freshman Kloey Goins and junior Piper Wagner had hits to bring home the winning run to begin the doubleheader.
 
First Game
Bottom of Third
Lea McFadden gave the Grizzlies a 1-0 lead with a run-scoring single
Kloey Goins followed with a RBI double to score Lea McFadden
 
Top of Fourth
Katherine Kozlowski hit a RBI single to cut the deficit in half
Lauren Barrett tied the game, 2-2, with a sacrifice fly
 
Bottom of Eighth
Piper Wagner hit a walk-off, extra-inning single to score Lea McFadden
 
Second Game
Bottom of Fourth
Josie Haulk tied the game, 1-1, with a run-scoring single
Lea McFadden added a RBI single to bring home Brooke Parker
Kloey Goins hit a sacrifice fly to cap the team's three-run inning
 

• The Grizzlies recorded eight hits in both games Saturday
• Sophomore Lea McFadden went 5-for-7 and drove in two runs and scored twice during the doubleheader
• Sophomore Alexa Good recorded 14 strikeouts in the opener for the second time this season; that strikeout total ties the school record

• GGC improves to 24-8 in 2021; Truett-McConnell drops to 24-10 this spring
• The Grizzlies were ranked No. 8 in the latest NAIA Top 25 poll; Truett-McConnell stood No. 15 in the same poll
• GGC has won all four meetings with the Bears this season, with all of the games taking place in Lawrenceville
• The team has won six straight games

Georgia Gwinnett College is scheduled to play No. 22-ranked University of Mobile (Alabama) on Monday, April 12, at 1 p.m. from Faulkner University in Montgomery, Alabama.