INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
GAME ONE:
Final: Florida Tech 12, Montevallo 4
Records: Florida Tech (1-0, 0-0 SSC) | University of Montevallo (0-1, 0-0 GSC)
Location: Gulf Shores, AL  

STATS OF THE GAME:

• A homerun by Montevallo in the first inning gave them the lead.
• Cheynne Nelson got things going in the bottom of the 1^st inning and scored on a wild pitch.
• Ella Gibson drove in a run and Miranda Schwartz followed with 2 RBI to put Tech on top 4-1.
• In the bottom of the 2nd inning, Mikayla Lewin drove in two more runs.
• Kelly McLaughlin singled scoring two more runs for an 8-1 lead at the end of the 3^rd inning.
• In the top of the 4^th, Montevallo started a rally scoring three runs.
• The Panthers bats continued to stay hot scoring three runs in the 5^th inning and one in the 6^th.
• Samantha Guider picked up her first win of the season on 50 pitches with five strikeouts.
• Mya Ogbodiewgu had herself a day with 2 hits including her first career homerun and 3 RBI.

GAME TWO:
Final: Florida Tech 4, West Georgia 3
Records: Florida Tech (2-0, 0-0 SSC) | University of West Georgia (0-2, 0-0 GSC)
Location: Gulf Shores, AL

STATS OF THE GAME:

• West Georgia got on the scoreboard first with one run in the bottom of the first.
• In the 6^th inning, Cheyenne Nelson singled to center field driving in Whitney Ellis and Layna Pollock to give Tech a 2-1 lead.
• West Georgia put up one run the bottom of the sixth on a homerun to tie things up at 2.
• With the score still tied at 2 at the end of seven innings, we would head to extras.
• In the 9^th inning, Nelson came in clutch with a timely hit to score one run.
• An error by West Georgia allowed Chloe French to score giving the Panthers a 2-run lead heading to the bottom of the ninth.
• West Georgia scored one run in the bottom of the ninth, but the Panthers would come away with the win.
• Freshman Madilyn Dutton earned her first win in the circle with the Panthers.
• Nelson went 3-4 at the plate with 3 RBI on the day.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:

• The Panthers now lead 2-0 in the all-time series against Montevallo and 7-3 against West Georgia.
• Panthers finished the day with 21 hits and 16 runs.

UP NEXT: Florida Tech continues at the Gulf Shores Invitational against University of West Alabama at 10 a.m. before facing #4 Auburn Montgomery at 3 p.m.
 
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