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Thomas Softball (7-10) swept a Sunday afternoon double header, 7-5 & 10-7, away from the visiting College of Coastal Georgia Mariners (4-5) at Armory Field.

Senior starting pitcher Summer Rose (1-2, 2 R, 3 RBI, BB, HR) used her bat to break open the game early, hitting a three run first inning home run to give TU a 3-0 advantage after one. Thomas tacked on three more in the second and a single run in the third to open up what seemed to be destined for a one sided affair. Rose cruised, on the mound, thru four innings but ran into trouble in the top of the fifth. Coastal opened the inning with back to back base hits and loaded them when a CCG batter was hit by a pitch. A double to right center would clear the bases to make it a four run game but Rose would settle down and halt the rally. Single runs by Coastal, in the sixth and seventh, made it a two run ball game before Rose shut the door on the Mariners. Rose improved to 5-4 on the year, allowing five runs (four earned) on nine hits over the seven innings of work.

In game two, the Lady Night Hawks, once again, jumped ahead early. TU used three first inning hits and capitalized on a CCG error to plate three runs. The Mariners got a run back in the third but Thomas responded with two more runs in the bottom half of the inning, once again taking advantage of a defensive miscue by Coastal, to make it a 5-1 game. After Coastal-Georgia made it a 5-2 ball game after 5 ½ innings, TU struck back with two runs in the bottom half of the inning. Thomas, like in game one, was unable to secure the win, allowing another big inning by Coastal when the Mariners sent 11 batters to plate in the sixth to tie the game at seven. Thomas chose to not let this one slip away by responding in the bottom half of the inning. Sophomore pinch runner Alex VanWagner would come across with the eventual winning run on a fielder's choice and junior first baseman Carmen Nadal (3-4, R, 4 RBI, 2B) broke the game open with a double to give TU a 10-7 lead. Senior relief pitcher Aimee Johnson (1-5) picked up the win with two innings out of the pen.

The Lady Night Hawks remain at home for another non-conference tilt on Wednesday March 5^th, when they face Reinhardt College in a double header beginning at 12PM.