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Georgia Tops UAB Softball in Five Innings
2/21/2016 12:00:00 AM | Softball
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ORLANDO, Fla. – No. 10/12 Georgia’s Chelsea Wilkinson tossed a perfect game through five innings to lead the Bulldogs to a 10-0 victory over UAB softball Sunday at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in the final game of the Diamond 9 Citrus Classic.
“We saw the caliber of play the No. 10 team in country brings,” said head coach Marla Townsend. “If our pitching staff can learn from Wilkinson’s ability to successfully mix speeds then we can learn from this game. We didn’t perform well at the plate and gave up double-digit hits, but this the type of competition we want to be playing.”
Wilkinson (5-0) struck out six Blazers and allowed no runners on base en route to a five-inning perfect game.
Georgia (9-0) capitalized on two key extra-base hits that drove in multiple runs to top the Blazers (3-8) in five innings, 10-0.
The Bulldogs scored the 10 runs off 10 hits while sophomore Megan Smith struck out three Georgia batters.
Smith moves to 1-4 on the season after being tagged with the loss. The sophomore pitched three innings allowing seven runs off eight hits. Junior Cara Goodwin pitched two innings of relief allowing three runs off two hits.
“It was a successful tournament,” Townsend added. “We faced three team ranked in the Top 15 and came away with two wins over quality programs as well. We are going to have a few days this week to practice and work on the fundamentals before heading down to Florida State.”
UAB continues tournament action next weekend at the Unconquered Invitational hosted by No. 13/15 Florida State in Tallahassee, Fla. The Blazers open the tournament on Friday with doubleheader action against Bradley and Hofstra.
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