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Winner Marshall MAR 41-9, 15-5 SBC
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Georgia Southern GS 17-32, 6-16 SBC
Winner
Marshall MAR
41-9, 15-5 SBC
4
Final
0
Georgia Southern GS
17-32, 6-16 SBC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Marshall MAR 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 7 0
Georgia Southern GS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1

W: Sydney Nester (24-7) L: Barnard, Alana (1-10)

Game Recap: Softball |

Marshall Notches 4-0 Win Over Georgia Southern Thursday

Thundering Herd take first game of Sun Belt series; game two Friday at 6 PM

STATESBORO - Marshall's Sydney Nester hurled a three-hit shutout and the visiting Thundering Herd collected a 4-0 Sun Belt softball victory over host Georgia Southern on Thursday evening at Eagle Field.

Marshall improves to 41-9 overall and 15-5 in the Sun Belt with the victory, while Georgia Southern falls to 17-32 overall and 6-16 in the league with the loss, the 10th straight for the Eagles. The series continues on Friday with a 6 p.m. contest at Eagle Field.

The Thundering Herd scored a single run in the fourth inning on an RBI double by Camryn Michallas. The lead extended to 2-0 in the fifth on a sacrifice fly by Autumn Owen, then Marshall capped the scoring in the sixth on a two-run single by Bub Feringa.

Nester (24-7) retired 11 of the last 12 batters she faced in collecting the three-hit shutout, walking two while striking out five. Alana Barnard (1-10) took the loss for the Eagles in the circle, giving up seven hits and four runs in five-plus innings of work, walking one while striking out five.
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