AMERICUS, Ga. - The Georgia Southwestern softball team is now 17-11 overall after splitting with Emmanuel College (10-9) on Tuesday at Lady Canes Field.

The Lady 'Canes landed on the wrong side of a 15-4 score in Game 1 and turned it around in Game 2 to win 1-0.

Erin Steele reached base four times between the two games and scored twice.

GAME 1: GSW 4, EC 15

Emmanuel jumped to an early one run lead in the first off a throwing error by the catcher. GSW took the lead with two runs in the bottom of the first; Steele scored off a single from Joshlyn Martin and Ella Hawkins scored off a walk.

The Lady Lions pushed six across home plate in the third off a RBI double, four singles and a walk and scored another in the fourth off another RBI double to lead 8-2.

Graysen Sanders scored off a walk in the fourth and Rebekah Davis crossed the plate off a wild pitch to trail by four runs.

Emmanuel pushed seven more across home plate in the top of the fifth off three errors and a three-run double to win 15-4 and end the game in a run rule.

GSW finished with three hits, four runs, three RBIs and four errors.

Kaley Sikes (L, 1-3) pitched 2.2 innings, had eight hits, seven runs, walked four and struck out none.

Savannah Carlisle pitched 1.1 innings, had three hits, four runs, walked three and struck out one.

Haley Goodson pitched one inning, had two hits, four runs, walked one and struck out none.

GAME 2: GSW 1, EC 0

The game went scoreless until the bottom of the sixth when Steele scored the lone run for GSW. The Lady 'Canes defense held off Emmanuel to take a one run win.

GSW finished with three hits, one run and one RBI.

Haley Goodson (W, 6-5) kept Emmanuel off the scoreboard for all seven innings. She had two hits, no runs, walked one and struck out four.

The Lady 'Canes are away on Wednesday to play a conference doubleheader against Columbus University starting at 4 p.m.

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