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Maddi Welch launched a walk-off homer in the bottom of the seventh to lift the Lady Bucs to an 8-7 win over West Georgia Sunday afternoon.
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West Georgia UWG 4-13, 5-4 GSC
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Winner Christian Brothers CBU 12-6, 1-8 GSC
West Georgia UWG
4-13, 5-4 GSC
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Final
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Christian Brothers CBU
12-6, 1-8 GSC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
West Georgia UWG 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 7 9 1
Christian Brothers CBU 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 8 8 0

W: Cotter, Jenna (1-4) L: Danielle Easterly (2-2)

Game Recap: Softball | | Eric Opperman

Welch's Walk-Off Homer Lifts Lady Bucs to 8-7 Win

MEMPHIS-Christian Brothers University junior infielder Maddi Welch (Munford, Tenn., Munford HS) hit a walkoff homer to lead off the seventh inning and lift the Lady Bucs to a dramatic 8-7 win over West Georgia Sunday afternoon for their first Gulf South Conference win of the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
• The Wolves (12-6, 5-4 GSC) scored twice in the first on two doubles and a single.
• UWG added another run in the second on two singles, a walk and a sacrifice fly.
• The Lady Bucs (4-13, 1-8) exploded for seven runs in the bottom of the second. Savannah Roesvear-Goetsch started the inning with a one-out walk. After moving to second on a passed ball, she scored on a Sierra Anderson (Olive Branch, Miss./Lewisburg HS) single. With two out, Ashlyn Hinton (Anniston, Ala./White Plains HS) worked a walk, and Holly Oyhenart (Menifee, Calif./Paloma Valley HS) followed with her second triple of the game to score Anderson and Hinton. Maddi Welch (Munford, Tenn./Munford HS) singled Oyhenart home. After an Amber Johnson (Somerville, Tenn./Fayette Academy) single, Olivia Parsels (Germantown, Tenn./St. Benedict HS) brought singled Welch home, and an error brought both Johnson and Parsels in to give CBU a 7-3 lead.
• A Lexi Close homer in the third shaved a run off the CBU lead.
• The Wolves tied it with three two-out runs in the second on a single, a walk, a pair of stolen bases, a sacrifice fly and a two-run homer by Peyton Stallworth.
• Welch homered on a 2-2 pitch to start the seventh, launching a fly ball over the fence in straightaway center.

KEY STATS:
• Welch finished 2-for-4 with a homer, two runs and two RBI.
• Oyhenart went 2-for-4 with two triples, a run and two RBI.
• Johnson was 20for-3 with a stolen base and a run.
• Jenna Cotter (Collierville, Tenn./Houston HS) earned the win with three and a third perfect innings of relief, retiring all 10 batters she faced with one strikeout.

WHAT'S NEXT:
The Lady Bucs continue their 10-game homestand Wednesday afternoon at 1 p.m. as they step out of GSC play for a doubleheader against Williams Baptist.
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