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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – The Jacksonville State softball team got two more gems in the circle and plenty of support at the plate on Saturday to sweep and Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader at Austin Peay.
 
Senior Tiffany Harbin tossed a two-hit shutout in a 13-0 win in the first game of the day before freshman Logan Green followed with a four-hitter in a 5-0 win in the nightcap. Their battery mate, junior Savannah Sloan, led the charge at the plate by going 6-for-9 and hitting for the cycle over the course of the two games. She singled, tripled and homered in the second game after a pair of singles and a double in the opener.
 
Harbin and Green teamed up to toss the Gamecocks' fourth and fifth straight OVC shutout, respectively, extending JSU's streak of consecutive scoreless innings against league foes to 35.1 innings. Harbin has thrown 23.1 consecutive scoreless frames against league hitters and hasn't allowed an earned run to an OVC opponent in her last 25.2 innings. Green has tossed two-straight shutouts in conference play, extending her streak to 14.1 innings.
 
Sloan, a native of Reynolds, Ga., had six hits on the day for the Gamecocks (26-9, 10-2 OVC), the same number as the Lady Govs (16-20, 5-6 OVC) managed to muster as a team on Saturday. They had just one extra base hit and struck out 14 times, 11 against Harbin.
 
Sloan also drove in four runs on the day, as did fellow junior Sara Borders, who went 4-for-9 over the twinbill. The Alexandria, Ala., native was 3-for-5 with a triple and three RBI in the first game.
 
In that first game, JSU got on the board early, thanks to a leadoff triple from sophomore Ella Denes and Sloan's first RBI of the day. Hayden Crawford drove in Amanda Maldonado with a one-out triple in the second, setting up a three-run homer from Denes that gave Harbin an early 5-0 advantage.
 
She got one more in the third on a Jamie McGuire grounder before the Govs held the Gamecocks off the board for the first time in the fourth inning. Borders singled in one in the sixth and delivered the big blow, a two-run triple, in a six-run seventh.
 
Harbin, a native of Hazel Green, Ala., improved to 10-5 on the year and pushed her school-record wins total to 69. Her 11 strikeouts add to her school record in that category, giving her 818 in her four years at JSU. She retired the first nine batters she faced and didn't allow a runner past first base until the seventh inning.
 
Sidney Hooper (3-5) took the loss after surrendering five runs on six hits in 1.1 innings in the circle for APSU. Taylor Mills allowed six on five hits and six walks in 4.2 innings, while Allie Blackwood was tagged for the last two runs in one inning of work.
 
Green, a native of Hebron, Md., also got an early lead in the second game of the day, thans to a one-out triple from Sloan and an RBI single by Borders immediately after. Sloan's second homer of the season came in the third to put JSU up 3-0, and a two-run single from junior Melanie Steer capped the scoring in the fourth.
 
Steer, a native of Scarborough, Ontario, went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBI in the nightcap after walking twice and scoring twice in the first game of the twinbill.
 
Mel Pavel, who had one of the Govs' two hits in the first game, had two of their four hits in the second one. She led off the fourth with a double, APSU's lone extra base hit of the day, but was stranded at third.
 
Green (7-2) struck out three and didn't issue a walk, and threw just 97 pitches in her seven-inning shutout of the Govs. Peay ace Lauren de Castro (11-7) was touched for five runs on nine hits in seven innings, while walking one and striking out five in the loss.
 
The Gamecocks head to Murray, Ky., where they will take on Murray State in a doubleheader on Sunday. The first game will begin at 1 p.m. CT, and both games will be broadcast live on the Gamecock Sports Network on 91.9 FM, www.jsugamecocksports.com or on the TuneIn Radio app by searching for WLJS. MSU will also be streaming video for free at ovcdigitalnetwork.com.