April 6, 2003
Box Score
FAIRFAX, VA... Kim Braxton went 3-for-4 and delivered the game-winning hit in the bottom of the seventh inning as the George Mason softball team completed a weekend sweep of Drexel with a 6-5 victory Sunday afternoon. The Patriots are now 17-12 overall, 3-0 in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA), while Drexel drops to 8-14 on the season and 0-3 in the conference.
Braxton's game-winning double to right-center scored Missy Hartman, who started the inning with her own double, and it completed a comeback win for the Patriots who were down 5-0 before they even had a chance to bat.
The Dragons scored five runs in the top of the first, but Mason started to chip away with a three-spot in the bottom of that frame and scored once in the second, fifth and seventh innings.
Dianna Austin, who gave up just one earned run, got the win after allowing six hits, all singles. She also had six strikeouts and issued three walks.
Elizabeth Fuller pitched a complete game for the Dragons, scattering ten hits and giving up six earned runs. She also had six strikeouts and hit three Mason batters.
Drexel opened the scoring with back-to-back RBI-singles from Rachel Levinson and Debbie Botke and the Dragons scored three more runs on a Mason error and a rash of wild pitches from Austin. Levinson finished the contest with two hits for the Dragons, the only Drexel player to generate a multi-hit game.
Mason countered with its three runs in the bottom of the first when Tasha Galecki produced a two-run single and Austin chipped in with an RBI-single.
Jen Clawson started the bottom of the second with a triple and scored when Stacy James singled to center, and Amanda Ayers knocked in the tying run with a two-out single over third in the bottom of the fifth that plated Braxton. Ayers finished the game 2-for-2 at the plate.
Mason takes to the road for its next on-field encounters, traveling to George Washington Wednesday (2 p.m. start) and Towson this weekend for a three-game series over the course of Saturday and Sunday. Both of those days begin with a noon first pitch.
