MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Auburn Montgomery softball team dropped a pair of games to Gulf South Conference foe Valdosta State on Friday afternoon, dropping game one 6-1 and game two 4-2 as the Blazers swept the doubleheader and the series over the Warhawks.
 
NOTES
• AUM falls to 12-9 on the season with a 7-8 mark in league play.
• VSU improves to 22-7 overall and 10-5 in the GSC.
• The Blazers earned a 2-0 victory over AUM in game one of the series yesterday.
• The Warhawks have now dropped four games in a row.
 
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
• Freshman Michaelyn Foster hit the first home run of her career in game two for AUM.
• Sophomore Jaycie Walker was 2-for-5 on the day, driving in one run.
• VSU's Jessica Mohl was 4-for-8 from the leadoff spot in both games, driving in three RBI.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED – GAME ONE
• The Blazers took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first when Mohl scored from third on a wild pitch.
• Hannah Dailey tied it up for the Warhawks in the bottom of the first, plating Parker Pinholster on a single up the middle to tie the game up at 1-1 heading to the second.
• VSU would score one run in each of the next five innings highlighted by a Brandy Morgan home run in the fifth to take a 6-1 lead into the seventh.
• AUM would be unable to rally late and would fall 6-1 to Valdosta.
 
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE – GAME ONE
• AUM scored one run on five hits committing two errors.
• VSU scored six runs on six hits with one error.
• Natalie Johnsey got the start and lasted 3.2 innings, allowing four runs (three earned) on two hits with one strikeout to fall to 2-4 on the season.
• Kathryn Carter earned the victory for the Blazers to improve to 7-2 on the season. Carter allowed one run on five hits with five strikeouts while tossing a complete game.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED – GAME TWO
• Catcher Abby Krueger would give AUM a 1-0 lead in the first, plating Morgan Duschell with a single to left.
• VSU's Logan Hill would answer in the top of the second, blasting a solo shot to left to tie the game at 1-1.
• Foster would answer in the bottom of the third with a solo homer of her own, giving AUM a 2-1 advantage.
• The Blazers would score two runs in the top of the fourth, plating runs on a Cassey Corneluis sacrifice fly and a Danielle Patterson single to left to take a 3-2 lead over the Warhawks.
• Centerfielder Taylor Hartenbach would give VSU an insurance run in the top of the fifth when she hit a sac fly to plate Morgan and give the Blazers a 4-2 lead.
• AUM managed only one hit over the final three innings to fall 4-2 to the Blazers.
 
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE – GAME TWO
• AUM scored two runs on four hits with no errors.
• VSU scored four runs on 10 hits with no errors.
• Foster got the start for AUM in game two and allowed four runs on nine hits while striking out four to fall to 3-1 on the season.
• Kasie Johnson was credited with the win for the Blazers to improve to 6-2 this year. Johnson pitched all seven innings striking out two.
 
UP NEXT
The Warhawks will host in-town rival Huntingdon College on Thursday in a doubleheader set to begin at 5 p.m. The games were originally scheduled for this coming Tuesday but were moved due to a scheduling conflict.
 
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