Softball Courtesy of Hampton Sports Information

Hampton Softball Falls To Georgia Southern 3-0

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The MEAC champion Hampton University softball team lost 3-0 to Georgia Southern on Saturday in the loser’s bracket of the Gainesville Regional in the Division I Softball Championships at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.

The Lady Pirates ended the season with a 34-26 record.

Sarah Purvis, the Southern Conference Pitcher of the Year, threw her second perfect game of the season, setting Hampton down in order in all seven innings and striking out six batters.

Georgia Southern (33-29) got on the board in the bottom of the first inning, taking a 1-0 lead after an RBI single to right field from Shelby Morrill to score Alexa Lewis.

Morrill added a two-run home run to right field in the fifth to put Georgia Southern up 3-0.

 

Jailynn Jackson, the MEAC Pitcher of the Year, struck out five batters in six innings of work, bringing her program-record season total to 255. She also walked two batters and scattered six hits.

Jackson ends the season with single-season program records in innings pitched (252.0), starts (39), and appearances (47). Her 26 wins are tied for the second-most in a season in program history, and Jackson’s 26 complete games are tied for third-most in program history.

 

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