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GW Softball Earns Thrilling 6-5 Comeback Victory Over Towson
Colonials Score Four Runs in Final Two Innings to Rally to Victory
Senior Lauren Wilson hit her second home run of the season on Wednesday as GW earned a 6-5 comeback win over Towson.
 
Senior Lauren Wilson hit her second home run of the season on Wednesday as GW earned a 6-5 comeback win over Towson.
  

March 7, 2012

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WASHINGTON – The George Washington softball team scored four runs in the final two innings of action to overcome Towson and earn a thrilling 6-5 comeback victory on Wednesday afternoon at Mount Vernon Field.

The Tigers (6-7) held a 5-2 lead through five and a half innings, but the Colonials (3-9) scored two runs in the sixth and added two more in the seventh to earn their second straight victory at home.

Down by three in the bottom of the sixth inning, freshman Victoria Valos singled to center field and advanced to second on an errant throw. Junior Julie Orlandi then smacked a RBI single to right field to plate Valos, while Orlandi advanced to second.

GW cut the lead to one after a single by junior Tara Fogarty moved Orlandi to third who then subsequently stole home.

After holding the Tigers scoreless in the seventh, the Colonials knotted the score at 5-5 when sophomore Chelsea Lenhart hit a RBI double to left field that scored freshman Samantha Dos Santos. With Taylor on third base and two outs on the board, Valos hit a RBI single up the middle to send Taylor home and lift GW to a come-from-behind victory.

Taylor led all scorers with two runs, as she slammed her fifth home run of the season to center field to put GW on the board in the bottom of the fourth. Senior Lauren Wilson notched her second homer of the season in the bottom of the fifth to cut Towson’s lead to 5-2.


 

 

Valos went 4-for-4 at the plate with a run and a RBI. Sophomore pitcher Courtney Martin picked up the save for the Colonials. Senior Kara Clauss opened the contest and struck out a season-high six batters while walking none.

GW heads to Auburn, Ala., for the War Eagle Classic at Auburn University from Friday, March 9 – Sunday, March 11. The Colonials face off with Presbyterian on Friday at 10 a.m.

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