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Saturday, February 1, 2003
FIU and No. 17 Georgia tangle
for Diamond Sports championship
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17 Georgia and host FIU advanced to Sunday's 1:00 p.m. championship
game of the Diamond Sports Fun & Sun Softball Classic at
University Park. Illinois State will face Kentucky in the consolation
game starting at 10:30 a.m.
The Golden Panthers (2-2) sent 10 batters to the plate in
a five-run fourth inning en route to a 7-3 win over Illinois
State (1-3) Saturday night. Cindy Turek and Amber Gill
each had two-run singles to highlight the inning.
FIU added a pair of insurance runs in the fifth on Marleah
Stapf's first home run of the season and Amanda Nealer
picked up the pitching win with five innings of work, allowing
three runs on five hits and two strikeouts.
The Bulldogs (4-0) stayed undefeated in classic play, beating
SEC foe Kentucky (1-3), 5-2, and Illinois State, 1-0. Against
Kentucky, Ashley Godfrey who went 3-for-3 with three runs
scored. Bulldog hurlers Nichole Urban and Lacey Gardner
combined to limit the Wildcats to just one hit, a first-inning
RBI single by Amy Kendall.
Michelle Green singled home Courtney Knight in
the bottom of the sixth inning for the only run of the game against
Illinois State. Green (2-0) also pitched her second complete-game
shutout in two days, allowing two hits with nine strikeouts and
one walk.
Earlier in the day, Kentucky's Ingrid Lochelt broke
a 2-2 tie with a sixth-inning leadoff solo home run in the Wildcat's
3-2 win over FIU. Amy Kendall went the distance in picking
up the pitching victory for the Wildcats, allowing eight hits
but only one earned run. Stephanie Wolter and Jennifer
Owens had two hits each for the Golden Panthers in the loss.
SUNDAY'S SCHEDULE
10:30 a.m. Kentucky vs. Illinois State (Consolation)
1:00 p.m. No. 17 Georgia vs. FIU (Championship) |