Saturday, February 11
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Photo by: Jason Homan
Cimino's Walk-Off Lifts Lehigh Past Georgia Southern; Rematch With Alabama Rained Out
2/11/2023 4:57:00 PM | Softball
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Emily Cimino did it again. One day after her three-run seventh-inning double lifted Lehigh past No. 7/9 Alabama, Cimino drilled a two-run walk-off double to lead the Mountain Hawks past Georgia Southern 4-3 Saturday at Rhoads Stadium. Saturday's scheduled rematch between the Mountain Hawks and Crimson Tide was canceled due to inclement weather.
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Lehigh is headed home with a 3-0 mark and its first-ever top 10 win.
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The Mountain Hawks loaded the bases in the bottom of the first inning and took a 1-0 lead on a sacrifice fly by first-year Sydney Parlett that scored senior Carley Barjaktarovich.
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Georgia Southern (0-4) tied the game in the top of the second with a two-out rally that saw Emily Greek bring home the tying run with an RBI single.
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Senior Josie Charles put Lehigh back in front in the fourth inning with a single through the right side that plated junior Brooke Cannon.
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Lehigh maintained its lead into the top of the seventh when Georgia Southern capitalized on a Mountain Hawk error to put the tying and go-ahead runs aboard. Greek struck again with the tying RBI single and Olivia Creamer scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch.
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In the bottom of the seventh, Charles led off with an infield single, moved to second on a sacrifice and took third when first-year Lily Owens reached on an error. With two on and one out, Cimino drilled an 0-2 pitch into left center for a double, bringing home the tying and winning runs. Cimino is up to seven RBIs on the young season with her two Saturday following a five-RBI effort against Alabama on Friday.
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Lehigh out-hit Georgia Southern 8-3 and took advantage of four Eagle errors.
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Charles and junior Amanda Greaney both registered two hits.
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Junior Katelyn Young started in the circle and was charged with three runs (one earned) on three hits with a walk and six strikeouts. First-year Chloe Hess got the final out of the seventh inning and was credited with her second victory.
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The Mountain Hawks will head to Virginia next weekend for five games at the HU/NSU Tour Classic, Feb. 17-19 with games split between Norfolk and Hampton, Va.
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Lehigh is headed home with a 3-0 mark and its first-ever top 10 win.
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The Mountain Hawks loaded the bases in the bottom of the first inning and took a 1-0 lead on a sacrifice fly by first-year Sydney Parlett that scored senior Carley Barjaktarovich.
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Georgia Southern (0-4) tied the game in the top of the second with a two-out rally that saw Emily Greek bring home the tying run with an RBI single.
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Senior Josie Charles put Lehigh back in front in the fourth inning with a single through the right side that plated junior Brooke Cannon.
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Lehigh maintained its lead into the top of the seventh when Georgia Southern capitalized on a Mountain Hawk error to put the tying and go-ahead runs aboard. Greek struck again with the tying RBI single and Olivia Creamer scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch.
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In the bottom of the seventh, Charles led off with an infield single, moved to second on a sacrifice and took third when first-year Lily Owens reached on an error. With two on and one out, Cimino drilled an 0-2 pitch into left center for a double, bringing home the tying and winning runs. Cimino is up to seven RBIs on the young season with her two Saturday following a five-RBI effort against Alabama on Friday.
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Lehigh out-hit Georgia Southern 8-3 and took advantage of four Eagle errors.
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Charles and junior Amanda Greaney both registered two hits.
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Junior Katelyn Young started in the circle and was charged with three runs (one earned) on three hits with a walk and six strikeouts. First-year Chloe Hess got the final out of the seventh inning and was credited with her second victory.
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The Mountain Hawks will head to Virginia next weekend for five games at the HU/NSU Tour Classic, Feb. 17-19 with games split between Norfolk and Hampton, Va.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hess, Chloe (2-0)
L: Bailey Holland (0-2)
Batting:
RBI: Emily Greek 2
SH: Janai Conklin 1 ; Courtney Ball 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Janai Conklin 1 ; Olivia Creamer 2
SB: Olivia Creamer 1
Batting:
2B: Cimino, Emily 1
RBI: Cimino, Emily 2 ; Parlett, Sydney 1 ; Charles, Josie 1
SH: Barjaktarovich, Carley 1 ; Duenas, Crysta 1
SF: Parlett, Sydney 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Barjaktarovich, Carley 1 ; Owens, Lily 1 ; Cannon, Brooke 1 ; Charles, Josie 1
SB: Owens, Lily 2
Game Leaders
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