The No. 3-ranked Georgia Gwinnett College softball team got back to its winning ways in a pair of Senior Day shutout victories, by 2-0 and 5-0 scores, against Tennessee Wesleyan University on Saturday afternoon at the Grizzly Softball Complex.

Junior pitchers Kailyn Berry and Annalise Jarvis each went the distance inside the circle to keep the Bulldogs (7-6) off the scoreboard in both games. Berry scattered three hits and struck out five batters for her first shutout of the season. Jarvis then had 11 strikeouts to complete the doubleheader sweep.

"Kailyn has pitched really well in her last two outings. The Middle Georgia State game was phenomenal (an unearned run resulted in a 1-0 loss on Tuesday). When she concentrates on one pitch at a time she's very, very good inside the circle," said Head Coach Kat Ihlenburg, whose team improved to 13-1 at home, including eight straight victories at the Grizzly Softball Complex.

The Grizzlies (18-7) struck for two runs on a single by junior Makenna Talcott in the fourth inning of Saturday's first contest. The base hit to center field brought home juniors Jane Hoover and Haley Robinson.

Senior right fielder Kendall Parks recorded six putouts as Berry limited Tennessee Wesleyan to soft contact batting efforts across the seven-inning pitching performance.

GGC plated a pair of unearned runs in the third inning of the nightcap after TWU pitcher Bailee Phillips dropped a pop up inside the circle with two outs. The defensive miscue allowed senior Logan Oller to score. Robinson followed with an RBI single up the middle that brought home senior Kloey Goins.

A few innings later, the hosts added three insurance runs as freshman Angelina del Pozo hit an infield run-scoring single to plate junior Lindzie Owen. A passed ball allowed freshman Sophie Sisk to score from third base during the fifth inning. Then, del Pozo scored on a sacrifice fly by Robinson to extend the lead to 5-0.

Jarvis picked up her ninth win of the season and tossed her fifth shutout this spring.

Prior to the contests the program honored the senior outfield trio of Goins, Oller and Parks for their contributions over the past four seasons.


  "It is nice to come back to the friendly confines of the Grizzly Softball Complex and earn two hard-fought victories. We trust our process. It was nice to see different pieces come through," said Head Coach Kat Ihlenburg.
  GGC took advantage of a defensive error to score a pair of unearned runs in the third inning of the nightcap. TWU pitcher Bailee Phillips dropped a pop up inside the circle with two outs in the frame. That mistake allowed senior Logan Oller to score. Robinson followed with an RBI single that scored senior Kloey Goins with the second run of the inning.
  First Game
Bottom of Fourth
Makenna Talcott hit a two-run single to shallow center field to provide the team's only runs of the game
 
Second Game
Bottom of Third
Logan Oller scored following a dropped pop up inside the pitching circle with two outs
Haley Robinson lined a run-scoring single up the middle
 
Bottom of Fifth
Angelina del Pozo hit an infield single that scored Lindzie Owen
Sophie Sisk scored following a passed ball to give the Grizzlies a 4-0 lead
Haley Robinson hit a sacrifice fly that brought home Angelina del Pozo
 

• GGC recorded four hits in both games of Saturday's doubleheader sweep
• Senior right fielder Kendall Parks recorded six putouts in the opener
• Junior Lindzie Owen successfully stole three bases, with two steals coming in the nightcap
• The Grizzlies tallied their seventh and eighth shutouts of the season

• GGC improves to 18-7 on the season; Tennessee Wesleyan falls to 7-6 this spring
• The Grizzlies were ranked No. 3 in the first NAIA Top 25 poll of the regular season
• Georgia Gwinnett College has won all seven meetings all-time against the Bulldogs
• The team is 13-1 at home and has won its last eight games played in Lawrenceville

Georgia Gwinnett College is scheduled to travel to No. 25 Reinhardt University (Georgia) on Tuesday, March 19, at Waleska, Georgia, starting at 4 p.m.