CARROLLTON, Ga. – The Christian Brothers University softball team dropped a pair of contests at West Georgia, on Saturday, at University Field. The Wolves held on or a 5-3 win in the opener, and stormed back for a 15-7 (6) victory in the nightcap.

After seeing its original opening weekend canceled, this series was the first of the year for CBU.

GAME ONE:  UWG 5 (3-1, 1-0 GSC)  CBU 3 (0-1, 0-1 GSC)
 
GAME CHANGER:
- UWG took advantage of a pair of CBU miscues, scoring two unearned runs. 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
- Each team finished the game with six hits.
- Six CBU players had one hit.
- Bree Brady had an RBI triple and Gabby Shultz smacked the first home run of her CBU career.
- Memory Willingham drove in the other CBU run, via sac bunt.
- CBU left seven runners on base.
- Starting pitcher McKenna Rose pitched a complete game, allowing just three unearned runs on six hits.

KEY PLAYS:
- The sac bunt by Willingham put CBU up 1-0 in the first.
- UWG plated three in the second, when it took advantage of a CBU error.
- CBU got to within 3-2, in the third, when Brady's triple scored Willingham.
- UWG added a run in the fourth and the fifth.
- Shultz cut the UWG lead to 5-3, in the sixth, when she smacked a home run to left center. 
- The Lady Bucs left the go-ahead runners on board, as UWG pitcher Lexi Close got a strikeout to end the game.

GAME TWO: UWG 15 (4-1, 2-0 GSC)  CBU 7 (0-2, 0-2 GSC)
 
GAME CHANGER:
- After CBU scored four runs, to take a 6-4 lead, in the fourth, the Wolves responded with seven of their own.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
- The Lady Bucs were outhit 18-5.
- Kendall Westbrooks had three of the five CBU hits.
- Ashley Dyer reached base safely in all five trips, recording three walks and two hit by pitch. She also  scored a pair of runs.
- Memory Willingham drove in a pair of runs, via fielders choice and a ground out.
- CBU left 13 runners on base.
- Four CBU pitchers were used in the game.
 
KEY PLAYS:
- Dyer scored the first run of the game on an RBI groundout by Willingham.
- Trailing 4-2, in the fourth, the Lady Bucs used a pair of bases loaded walks, a fielders choice RBI and an RBI single by Westbrooks to take a 6-4 lead.
- UWG exploded for seven runs in the bottom half of the inning, taking advantage of a grand slam.
- After the Wolves added two more in the fifth, CBU finished its scoring with an RBI single by Caroline Gross.
- UWG ended the game with two more runs in the sixth.


UP NEXT:
The Lady Bucs are scheduled to wrap up the series with West Georgia on Sunday, Feb 21. First pitch is scheduled for 11 AM.