Despite its slow start, the Georgia College softball team is attempting to build from the positives they have encountered. The Bobcats fell to 4-14 on the season after dropping a pair of games to Brevard College on Feb. 23.
The Bobcats did, however, pick up a pair of wins in six games over last weekend at the Charger Chillout, hosted by the University of Alabama-Huntsville.
Junior pitcher Sabrina Chandler was outstanding, pitching a complete game and allowing only one run on seven hits in a 2-1 victory over Florida Tech.
Junior catcher Anna Parker had a two-run homer to help propel the Bobcats.
Georgia College followed up with its second victory of the day, a 9-0 rout over Southern Indiana in five innings. Parker had a triple a pair of RBI, freshman outfielder Whitney Okvist and senior shortstop both had two hits apiece, and senior outfielder Kati Pickowitz went 3-for-3 with two RBI.
Freshman Chelsie Huffman picked up her first win on the mound, pitching five shutout innings, scattering four hits and fanning four on the day.
“I think we had an overall successful weekend. If we take the good from it and move forward from here, I think it will help,” Head Coach Jamie Grodecki said. “Again, we had some ups and downs, and I hope we will continue to minimize that disparity and work on consistency.”
“It really helps us a lot. We know that we have the ability to do it; we just have to start stringing everything together,” Parker added. “We have to put together hits, good pitching and defense. Everything has to work on the same day.”
In the first game against Brevard, Parker continued her recent offensive rampage, breaking a 1-1 tie in the third with a solo homer. After falling behind 3-2, the Bobcats scored three runs in the fifth to take a 5-3 lead.
The big hit in the inning was a two-run triple by junior designated hitter Haley Burnett. But the Tornadoes were able to score three runs of their own to rally for the 6-5 win. The Bobcats fell behind early in the second game and couldn’t recover, falling 5-3.
On Feb. 18, the Bobcats dropped a pair of games, falling 9-1 in five innings to Delta State and 7-4 to Indianapolis. The Bobcats had a tough day on Feb. 20 in the final day of the invitational, falling to Barry University, 7-2, and No. 9 Alabama-Huntsville, 13-1.
Along with playing several games over a short span of time, the Bobcats have been without senior Caitlin Duvall on the mound, who is unable to pitch because of an injury on her hand. Grodecki said being a pitcher short and playing so many games did have a negative impact.
“I do believe we were a little bit tired, which weighed on us mentally and physically, but unfortunately that’s the way it’s going to be all season,” she said. “I do think this was the toughest week we will have, so it should get easier, and we are going to continue to work on those factors throughout the spring.”
Parker said that despite the heavy schedule, the team isn’t discouraged.
“We have played a lot of games, but I think we’re used to it,” she said. “There’s nothing else we’d rather be doing right now than playing all the time.”
Georgia College returns to action Feb. 26, kicking off their PBC schedule when they host Francis Marion in a doubleheader beginning at noon. They will then host Lincoln Memorial for another doubleheader on Feb. 27 beginning at noon, and then will host Lander in another conference doubleheader March 1, beginning at 2 p.m.
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