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Lander LANDER 22-24
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Winner Augusta AUGUSTA 29-25
Lander LANDER
22-24
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Final
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Augusta AUGUSTA
29-25
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Lander LANDER 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 3
Augusta AUGUSTA 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 2

W: A. Gibson (11-8) L: Geddings, Mattye (4-3)

Reagan Hill
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Game Recap: Softball | | Hailey Franklin - Assistant Sports Information Director

Late Error Sinks Lander in Series Opener at Augusta

AUGUSTA, Ga. - Despite a fast start and a solid outing from starter Paige Sherman, Lander fell 3-2 to Augusta on Friday evening in a three-game Peach Belt Conference series opening at Jaguar Field.

The Bearcats (22-24) plated two early runs in the top of the first, capitalizing on a pair of RBI opportunities from Naya Jones and Samantha Bumgarner. 

However, Augusta (29-25) clawed back with two runs in the second and completed the comeback in the bottom of the seventh, aided by a costly Lander error.

Sherman pitched four strong innings, allowing two runs on six hits before turning things over to Mattye Geddings (4-3), who was tagged with the loss despite a gritty performance in relief. 

Lander had nine hits on the night, with Reagan Hill and Raquel Camuglia each notching two apiece. Gracie Derrick also contributed a pair of base knocks for the Bearcats, who stranded 11 runners on base.

Augusta's Abby Gibson (11-8) earned the win in relief, throwing 6.1 scoreless innings while allowing just five hits and striking out two.

Lander will look to even the series when the two teams meet again on Saturday.

UP NEXT 
Lander wraps up its Peach Belt Conference series with a doubleheader at Augusta on Saturday, with first pitch set for 1 p.m.
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play LANDER AUGUSTA
LANDER TOP 1st N. Jones singled through the left side, RBI; K. Vonachen advanced to second; R. Camuglia advanced to third; R. Hill scored. 1 0
LANDER TOP 1st S. Bumgarner walked, RBI; N. Jones advanced to second; K. Vonachen advanced to third; R. Camuglia scored. 2 0
AUGUSTA BOT 2nd N. Ross singled to center field, RBI; P. Terrell scored. 2 1
AUGUSTA BOT 2nd K. Scaffe flied out to rf, SAC, RBI; G. Bailey advanced to second; N. Ross scored. 2 2
AUGUSTA BOT 7th B. Roberts reached first on an error by ss, RBI; S. Tener advanced to third; K. Scaffe scored. 2 3

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