No. 3 Georgia Edged by No. 21 Virginia Tech, 5-4

Friday, February 23

Athens, Ga.

5:30 p.m.

University of Georgia

9-1

Virginia Tech

10-2-1

Virginia Tech

Georgia

February 23, 2024 | Softball

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ATHENS, Ga. – The third-ranked Georgia softball team was dealt its first loss of the 2024 season on Friday, falling to No. 21 Virginia Tech, 5-4, at Jack Turner Stadium.

Georgia is now 9-1 on the season.

Sydney Chambley scattered two hits to lead the Bulldog offense in the game. Freshman Emily Digby knocked her first career home run in the bottom of the seventh inning. Sydney Kuma drove in two runs, a single in the fifth to put Georgia ahead.

Lilli Backes worked two innings in her start, allowing two runs on three hits. Shelby Walters (3-1) suffered the loss in the circle, allowing three runs on six hits.

The Hokies (10-2-1) jumped on the board with a solo home run in the first inning to go ahead 1-0. Another solo home run in the second inning widened the lead to 2-0.

Ellie Armistead used a double to the right-center gap in the home half of the second to drive in Chambley and cut the Hokie lead to 2-1.

With bases loaded and two out in the bottom of the fifth, Kuma singled through the left side of the infield to drive in two runs and go ahead 3-2 on Virginia Tech.

A two-out, two-RBI single in the top of the sixth put VT back in front, 4-3. The Hokies bolstered the lead with a solo home run in the top of the seventh, 5-3.

Digby led off the bottom of the inning with her first home run, cutting the lead to one, 5-4. A two-out walk to Lyndi Rae Davis put the tying run aboard, but was stranded to end the game, 5-4.

Georgia is back in action on day two of the Georgia Classic. The Dogs will take on Virginia Tech at 12:30 p.m. and then the Radford Highlanders at 3 p.m.