1
Georgetown
GEORGETO
10-23
2
Winner
George Mason
GEORGE M
12-26
Georgetown
GEORGETO
10-23
1
2
George Mason
GEORGE M
12-26
Winner
Score By Periods
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
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H |
E |
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Georgetown
GEORGETO
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
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George Mason
GEORGE M
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0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
W: Tallman, Jordan (3-5)
L: J. Parker (5-10)
FAIRFAX, Va. – For the second year in a row, the George Mason softball team (12-26, 3-9 A-10) walked-off Georgetown (10-23, 1-11 Big East) in extra innings at the George Mason Softball Complex. The Patriots won 2-1 in the bottom of the eighth inning thanks to a Maddy Myers home run.
PATRIOT HIGHLIGHTS
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Carly Cooper struck out a career-high 10 batters today, beating her 2022 record of seven.
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Maddy Myers hit her first-career walk-off home run in the bottom of the eighth inning.
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Elyssa DeRosa, Emily Lampela and Sydney Bales recorded doubles.
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Jordan Tallman secured her third win of the season after coming in for relief in the top of the eighth inning and pitched a perfect 1-2-3 inning.
GEORGE MASON 2, GEORGETOWN 1 (8 INNINGS)
Wednesday afternoon's game was a low-scoring affair that needed to go to extras to be decided. Mason's starting pitcher Carly Cooper (7.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 10 K) went seven innings and struck out a career-high 10 batters. It was also the second time this season in which Cooper did not allow a walk in the game.
The first run of the game was scored in the bottom of the second inning by the Patriots. After Emily Lampela (1-3, R, 2B) doubled to left center, Sydney Bales (1-3, 2B, SB) put the ball in play to the right side, where Georgetown's second baseman, Brooke Rebhan (1-3, R), committed a fielding error. The ball rolled into right field and Lampela was able to score from second.
Georgetown's offense were stifled by Cooper's pitching and Mason's defense, as they would be held scoreless for the first five innings. However, in the top of the sixth, the Hoyas had runners on second and third after back-to-back singles to start the inning. Third up to bat was Emily Strittmatter (1-2, RBI), who hit an RBI sacrifice fly to left field to score Rebhan from third. That would be the only run scored in the inning, as the next out was a fly out and the last would be Cooper's career-high eighth strike out.
The senior from Seneca Rocks, Wva., would strike out the next two batters to start the seventh to get to 10 on the day.
The score would remain at one run a piece going into the top of the eighth inning, where Jordan Tallman (1.0 IP, 0 R) would toss a 1-2-3 perfect inning on eight pitches. In the bottom frame, leadoff hitter Maddy Myers (1-4, R, RBI, HR) hit her first-career walk-off home run to left field. Tallman would be credited with her third win of the season and the Patriots snap a five-game losing skid.
UP NEXT
Mason will be on the road again this weekend, as they will head up to Amherst, Mass., to take on the UMass Minutewomen on April 13-14. The Saturday doubleheader will begin at noon, with the second game starting at 2:30 p.m., and Sunday's series finale will be scheduled for noon as well.
