Chapel Hill, North Carolina – On Friday afternoon, Georgia Tech softball (21-11, 7-3 ACC) lost to the University of North Carolina (21-7, 3-4 ACC) at Anderson Stadium, giving up five runs in six innings and hoping for a comeback. was destroyed.Sarah Beth Allen celebrates her 10th birthdayth In the top of the third inning, he hit his best HR of the season to make it 4-3, but the Yellow Jackets couldn't do anything else from there, and the game ended 9-3.
quick hit
- Allen hit a two-run homer in the third inning, bringing the team's total to 59, already the second-most in the Morales era and just two shy of the 2019 season (current Morales-era high).
- It was Allen's 10th He was the HR of the season and became the first Yellow Jacket in the Morales era to hit double-digit home runs in consecutive seasons since Hope Rush in 2012 and 2013.
- Allen became the third Jacket to reach double digits, joining Madison Dobbins (12) and Mallory Black (11). This is the first time since 2019 that Tech has had three players with a HR of 10 or higher.
- Allen's two-RBI home run gave him 26 RBIs for the season and 80 for his career.
- Tiffany Domingue had two hits today, her ninth multi-hit game of the season. This puts her tied with Paige Vukadinovic for the third-most multi-hit games this year and third behind Black and Ella Edgmon for the team-high.
- Jin Sileo had another RBI on a SAC fly to bring in Reece Hunter for the second inning.Sileo's 10th RBI of the year, 54th About her career.
- Sileo has now reached double digits in all four seasons at Georgia Tech.
- Hunter scored back-to-back goals for the third time this season.
- Chandler Dennis made his sixth start of the year and pitched all six innings. She held the Tar Heels to four scoreless innings, giving up only runs in the first and sixth innings.
- Dennis suffered his first loss of the 2024 season in his 15th season.th This is the most games played before his first loss in his career, beating his career best of eight games set in 2022.
- Tech fell to 5-2 in road games this year, but it was still the best start in seven road games in the Morales era.
- The Jackets had three walks today, bringing their season total to 125 walks, the most in the ACC.
how did it happen
North Carolina received hits from its first four batters in the bottom of the first inning, and only one pitch reached the outfield grass. The Tar Heels finished the inning with five hits, all singles, and scored four runs off two singles, a fielder's choice, and three dropped strikes to take a 4-0 lead. The Jackets loaded the bases in the top of the second inning with a single, a walk, and an error, and Sileo brought Hunter home with a SAC fly to give them one run. Dennis responded in the bottom of the inning, going 1-2-3 to keep the momentum going for the Jackets.
Tech hit a two-out offense in the top of the third inning. After Domingue reached base with a single, Allen hit 10 bases.th His home run of the season hit the scoreboard in the left field seats, cutting the lead to just 4-3. Neither offense posed much of a threat over the next three innings, with Dennis adding another 1-2-3 inning in the bottom of the fifth. Things changed in the bottom of the sixth when UNC singled the first two batters, one homered on an error, and the other homered on a third single to make it 6-3. With two outs, the Heels got the game started with a three-run home run to right-center field, leading 9-3 heading into the seventh inning. Jayden Gailey led off with a single in the seventh inning and hit her second pinch-hit home run of the game, but the offense couldn't get her to score, and the game ended 9-3.
next
The Yellow Jackets are scheduled to continue their series tomorrow at 1 p.m., with the game being streamed live on ACC Network Extra. Please visit ramblinwreck.com as severe weather is expected. @GaTechSoftball Please check with X for any potential schedule changes.
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