ATHENS, Ga. – The No. 12 Georgia Bulldogs defeated in-state rival Georgia State, 9-1 (5 inn.), on Wednesday night at the Jack Turner Stadium. Georgia moves to 18-5 on the season on the cusp of conference play.
 
SOFTBALL | vs. Georgia State | W, 9-1 (5 inn.)
Winning Pitcher: Ada Little (2-0)
Losing Pitcher: Briana Bower (2-3)
 
Fast Facts:

• RHP Presley Harrison made her fourth start of the season in the circle. She worked 1.1 innings with three hits, one earned run and a strikeout. LHP Ada Little entered to pitch in the top of the second frame going the distance for the win in a one hit, four strikeout performance.
• Senior Jaydyn Goodwin scored the Bulldogs first run off an RBI-walk in the bottom of the first. In the bottom of the third, senior Tyler Ellison drove Goodwin in for her second run of the day before Goodwin lasered a three-run home run to left field in the bottom of the fourth. On the day, Goodwin was 3-3 with three runs and three RBIs.
• Junior Delani Sullivan sealed the run-rule win on a bases-clearing triple in the bottom of the third. She ended the day 2-3 with three RBIs and a triple.
• The Panthers scored their lone run off an infield RBI-single in the top of the second inning.
• Georgia moves to 23-4 all-time against Georgia State.

 
Key Quote:
Georgia Head Coach Tony Baldwin
On the game…
“I’m proud of the team effort. When you look at the score and the run rule, it’s going to have the appearance that it was an easy game when it was anything but. I thought Georgia State really competed, and they played good softball. It took some moments where we had to really dig in, and we had some quality at-bats when we needed to. I thought Ada [Little] really calmed things down and took control of the game from the circle. Defensively, we settled in and ultimately put bat to ball.”
 
Up Next:
No. 12 Georgia travels to face No. 9/7 Arkansas this weekend in Fayetteville, Ark. to kick off SEC play. All games will stream live on the SEC Network+. 
 
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