DECATUR, Ala. – No. 2 seed Middle Georgia State defeated Mobile 11-0 (5) two win the 2023 SSAC Softball Championship, presented by Buffalo Wild Wings. The Knights earn an automatic bid to the 2023 NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round.
It is the first SSAC Softball Championship for the Knights.
How It Happened
- The Knights erupted for 10 runs in the fourth inning on the strength of eight hits. Alexis Cosgrove started the scoring in the inning with a RBI double and after a sacrifice, nine-straight Knights reached base
Inside The Box Score
- Seven different Knights had a hit or drove in a run in the game
- Summer Lawrence and Cosgrove each went 2-for-3 with two RBIs
- Madisyn Riggins tossed a one-hit shutout over four innings for the win
- Kristen Black went 2-for-3 at the dish for the Rams
No. 1 Mobile def. No. 4 Stillman 4-0
- The Rams scored the four runs between the 4th-6th frames
- Avery Harrell tossed a complete-game, three-hit sutout for the Rams
- Kristen Black and Caitlin McRee had two-hit days for Mobile
- Taylor Roland went 2-for-2 for Stillman