SALISBURY, N.C. - The Augusta University softball team won the first game of a doubleheader with Catawba 6-5 before falling 9-0 in the second game of the day. AU will return to Peach Belt Conference Play when they travel to take on No. 1 North Georgia March 8-9.
 
Game 1

• A solo shot over the fence from Bobbi Poff started scoring in the first inning. Singles from Lauren Evens and Cadence Winder in the dame inning moved the score to 3-0.
• After Catawba scored two runs in the second inning, AU used a bases-loaded walk for its fourth run in the third inning.
• Paige Patterson blasted a home run over the left field fence in the fifth inning before Catawba used two doubles to take a 6-5 lead.
• In the sixth inning, Bailee Roberts hit a single that plated Poff and evened the game 6-6. A wild pitch gave Augusta the final, winning run
• Roberts paced the Jags, going 3-for-4 with 2 runs and 1 RBI. Bobbi Poff drove in two runs
• Madalyn Spinks (4-2) pitched all seven innings, allowing nine hits for six runs while striking out two batters.

 
Game 2

• The Jags offense was stagnant in the second game, only carding two hits in the contest.
• Poff and Roberts both turning in a single hit
• Ansley Gibson (3-4) took the loss for the Jags, tossing 4.1 innings

 
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