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Emily Woodruff
Matt Reynolds
0
Tennessee State TSU 9-19, 2-6 OVC
10
Winner Jacksonville State JSU 21-8, 5-0 OVC
Tennessee State TSU
9-19, 2-6 OVC
0
Final
10
Jacksonville State JSU
21-8, 5-0 OVC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Tennessee State TSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Jacksonville State JSU 2 4 4 0 X 10 13 1

W: West, Taylor (7-2) L: Taylor Green (5-9)

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Tennessee State TSU 9-20, 2-7 OVC
4
Winner Jacksonville State JSU 22-8, 6-0 OVC
Tennessee State TSU
9-20, 2-7 OVC
0
Final
4
Jacksonville State JSU
22-8, 6-0 OVC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Tennessee State TSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Jacksonville State JSU 2 2 0 0 0 0 X 4 8 0

W: Green, Logan (8-2) L: Amber Galyon (2-7)

Game Recap: Softball |

Gamecocks Shut Out Tigers In Twinbill Sweep

JACKSONVILLE Freshman Emily Woodruff was perfect at the plate, while Taylor West and Logan Green held Tennessee State off the scoreboard to lift Jacksonville State to a twinbill sweep of the Tigers on Saturday.

Woodruff homered and doubled twice in her 4-for-4 day that also saw her walk and get hit by a pitch, while West shut out the Tigers (9-20, 2-7 Ohio Valley Conference) in a 10-0 win in the first game and Green held them scoreless in a 4-0 win in the nightcap.

The Gamecocks (22-8, 6-0 OVC) tossed their sixth-straight shutout of the Tigers and extended their streak of scoreless innings against JSU pitching to 40 and two-thirds. The last TSU run against Jax State came in 2013.

At the plate, JSU went 21-for-47 (.447) as a team, homering three times and doubling seven. Senior Sara Borders belted her 40th career homer in the first game of the day, tying Chrissy ONeal for second on the JSU career homers list and becoming just the third player in school history with 40 round trippers.

Borders also eclipsed the 150-RBI mark in her career with her two-RBI day. The Alexandria, Ala., native now has 151 career RBI, tying Nikki Prier for second on that career list.

In the first game of the day, JSU rattled off 13 hits, six of which went for extra bases. Woodruff went 3-for-3 and had two of the Gamecocks four doubles, while Taylor Sloan and Borders homered. Sloans four RBI led JSU in that category.

Borders 40th career home run was the first blow of the day and bounced off the tin roof of the batting cages beyond the right field line. She became the third payer in school history to reach the 40 home run mark and gave JSU the early 2-0 lead in the process.

They got four more in the second, thanks to RBI doubles from Taylor Sloan and Whitney Gillespie, an RBI single from Ella Denes and a sac fly off the bat of Woodruff.

Sloan made it a 9-0 game in the third with a three-run homer to right center. The sophomores first homer of the year easily cleared the wall and sailed past the batting cages. Denes drove in the 10th and final run of the game later in the inning with a single to left that scored Borders, who walked earlier in the frame.

West (7-2) held the TSU bats in check to earn her first complete game shutout of the year. The Anniston, Ala., native allowed five hits and struck out two in her five-inning outing.

TSUs Taylor Green (5-9) was tagged with the loss after surrendering all 10 runs on 11 hits in just over two innings of work. Jasmine Matchen entered in relief in the second and tossed two scoreless innings, holding JSU to just two hits and striking out two.

Danica Gleason went 2-for-2 to lead TSU at the plate in the first game.

In the second game, Woodruff kept swinging a hot bat. The true freshman from Albertville, Ala., drove TSU starter Amber Galyons third pitch over the wall in left for a leadoff homer to put JSU up 1-0 in the first. Jamie McGuire made it 2-0, when her bases loaded line sac fly to right plated Borders.

Jordan Bullock laced a two-out double down the left field line to make it a 4-0 JSU advantage in the second. Stephanie Lewis, who started the rally with a two-out double into the left centerfield gap, and Woodruff, who walked to bring Bullock to the plate, both scored on Bullocks two-bagger.

The Tigers went back to Matchen at that point, and she picked up where she left off. She held JSU off the board for the final four innings, holding the Gamecocks to just three hits and striking out two. Galyon (2-7) took the loss after giving up four runs on five hits and two walks in two innings.

Green (8-2) held the Tigers scoreless on five hits in seven innings, her first complete-game shutout of the year, to earn the win.

Woodruff reached all three times she stepped to the plate, homering, walking and being hit by a pitch. Eight Gamecocks had on eight in the eight-hit output.

The Gamecocks and Tigers will wrap up the three-game series on Sunday at 1 p.m. The final game of Military Appreciation Weekend, all active military, veterans and their families will receive free admission.
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