The No. 15-ranked Georgia Gwinnett College softball team split its fourth consecutive doubleheader, concluding the regular season by winning the first game 7-2 before losing 8-5 against USC Beaufort (South Carolina) Tuesday afternoon at the Grizzly Softball Complex.

The Grizzlies (32-18) scored in four of their first five offensive innings in winning the first game.

Senior Piper Wagner hit her 24th career home run with the two-run round-tripper in the first inning to give GGC a 2-1 advantage in the opener. One inning later, freshman Angelica Gallegos drove in a pair of runs with a two-out single.

Freshman Jane Hoover hit an inside-the-park home run when she hit a line drive to left-center field. The Sand Shark outfielder deflected the ball toward center field after sliding while attempting to make the catch. That opening allowed Hoover to score while standing up at home plate.

Sophomore Lani Trent gave the hosts a 7-2 lead with an RBI double in the fifth inning.

Junior pitcher Alexa Good struck out seven batters to pick up her 19th victory of the season.

In the second game, the Grizzlies scored three runs in the bottom of fourth inning to tie the contest at 3-3. Sophomore Josie Haulk hit a two-run single through the right side of the infield and later scored on a base hit from junior Sydney Pelaez.

However, USC Beaufort (20-26) scored three runs in the top of the third inning and then added five more runs in the sixth frame to pick up the road victory. Daryn Miller gave the Sand Sharks a 4-3 lead with a run-scoring single. Jazmin Ramirez added a two-run double during the visitors' big sixth inning.

The Grizzlies outhit USC Beaufort by an 11-10 margin in the second game. Pelaez, Gallegos and Haulk each collected two hits.


  The Grizzlies put runs on the scoreboard in four of the first five offensive innings to win the opener. Senior Piper Wagner hit a two-run home run in the first inning before freshman Angelica Gallegos drove in two runs with a single one inning later. An inside-the-park homer from freshman Jane Hoover provided the scoring in the fourth inning before two more runs came across in the fifth inning.
  First Game
Bottom of First
Piper Wagner connected on a two-run home run to right field to give the Grizzlies a 2-1 lead
 
Bottom of Second
Angelica Gallegos hit a two-run single with two outs
 
Bottom of Fourth
Jane Hoover legged out an inside-the-park home run to extend GGC's lead to 5-1
 
Bottom of Fifth
Lani Trent hit an RBI double to bring home Logan Oller for the team's seventh run of the contest
 
Second Game
Top of Third
Francie Gaskin opened the scoring with a two-out RBI single
Mackenzie Freeman connected on a two-run home run
 
Bottom of Fourth
Josie Haulk drove in a pair of runs for GGC with a single through the right side
Sydney Pelaez tied the game, 3-3, with an RBI single
 
Top of Sixth
Daryn Miller gave the Sand Sharks the lead, 4-3, with a run-scoring single
Jazmin Ramirez added a two-run double
 
Bottom of Sixth
Angelica Gallegos hit a two-run single to bring the Grizzlies within three runs, 8-5
 

• The Grizzlies tallied 19 hits across the doubleheader, led by 11 hits in the second game
• Freshman Angelica Gallegos drove in four runs on Tuesday
• Sophomore Logan Oller recorded a pair of stolen bases
• Junior pitcher Alexa Good picked up her 19th victory of the season

• GGC stands 32-18 on the season; USC Beaufort is 20-26 on the season
• The Grizzlies were ranked No. 15 in the latest 2022 NAIA Top 25 poll
• GGC has won five of the last six games to lead the series against the Sand Sharks by a 14-8 margin
• The team went 21-9 at the Grizzly Softball Complex during the regular season

Georgia Gwinnett College is scheduled to host the Continental Athletic Conference Softball Championship from May 5-7 at the Grizzly Softball Complex.