Tag: Troy softball

Senior catcher Kaylee Hussey posted several hits in the series against Appalachain State. Hussey drove in one run in game two, connecting on a double to left center. Hussey also posted a hit in the 2-1 loss in game three.   Hanna Cooper Staff Writer Troy took its fifth consecutive series for the first time in program history, but fell in the finale, 2-1, to Appalachian State Saturday afternoon at the Troy Softball Complex. The series started off with a doubleheader on Friday night in which Katie Webb hit a…

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Hanna Cooper Staff Writer The Trojan softball team finished up its eight-game homestand with a series sweep over Georgia State.  A late-game offensive push powered Troy past Georgia State, 3-1, to extend its win streak to nine games Friday afternoon at the Troy Softball Complex. Back-to-back doubles by Stephanie Snyder and Kaylee Hussey put Troy on the board first in the bottom of the sixth inning. Kaylee Chapman singled to right field to score two more and solidify the win for the Trojans. Georgia State tried to answer in the…

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Hanna Cooper Staff Writer The Troy softball team extended its win streak to seven games aftersweeping UT-Arlington for the first timein program history. Kaylee Hussey smashed a walk-off double in the bottom of the eighth inning to give Troy the extra innings win over the Mavericks in game one of the Sun Belt Conference series last Friday afternoon at the Troy Softball Complex. Hussey hit a double to deep left center which scored Madeline Porter, who led off the inning with a single down the third base line. UT-Arlington got…

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Hanna Cooper Staff Writer The Troy softball team traveled to Coastal Carolina last weekend and snapped its five-game slump with a series sweep.  Troy’s offense shined, recording 12 hits to power past Coastal Carolina, 11-3, in six innings last Friday afternoon at Charles Wade-John Lott Field. Leanna Johnson’s shutout performance matched the booming offense to down the Chanticleers. Johnson sat down eight batters, scattered seven hits and only gave up one walk.  Troy’s offense continued to dominate, recording 17 hits to down Coastal Carolina, 10-4, in the Sun Belt series-clinching…

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Hanna Cooper Staff Writer The Troy Softball team just concluded a tough weekend in Louisiana where it fell to No. 8 LSU before dropping all three games in the series to No. 10 Louisiana.  LSU scored 11 runs from nine hits to power past Troy in a midweek nonconference matchup Wednesday night at Tiger Park. LSU struck first in the bottom of the first inning, scoring two runs off a double by Amanda Sanchez and a single by Shemiah Sanchez. The Tigers offense kept rolling in the bottom of the…

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