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Post-Game Notes
South Carolina vs Georgia This is the 7th meeting between South Carolina and Georgia this year. UGA won 4 of the 7 games this year. The first 6 games this year were decided by one run. South Carolina leads the all time series 18-9. Georgia eliminated from regional play. South Carolina will play UCLA tomorrow at 12pm Eastern. South Carolina Debralee Troesh home run in the first inning was her first homer of the season. Troesh has had 3 hits or more in 4 games this year. Samantha Jennings homer was the 6th of the year for her. South Carolina has had 10 or more hits in 6 of their last 9 games. South Carolina has hit a home run in 7 of their last 11 games. This is the 6th time this year that South Carolina has hit 2 or more home runs in the same game.
Megan Matthews in the record books: The homer allowed by Megan Matthews in the 3rd inning was the first homer that she has allowed since April 28th, 2002 vs Alabama. Matthews in her last six games walked only one batter. Against Georgia she walked two. Jodi Fittro has a hit in 15 of her last 19 games. Meghan Cornett has hit safely in 11 of her last 14 games.
Georgia
Michelle Tyree's homer was the 8th of the season for her. The homer tied the UGA season record for homers; Kristen Bell in 2002 and Jamie Rausch in 1997. She now has 88 RBI's in her career which ranks 2nd in UGA history. The record for RBI's is 89 set by Jessi Cerra from 1997-1999. Tyree has 244 total bases which is 5 shy of the UGA total base record which Cerra also holds. The two errors made by Georgia is the most since April 27th, 2002 against Elon where they had 4. |