Mercer Uses Late Homer To Rattle Georgia Southern

Wednesday, February 26

Macon, Ga.

6 p.m.

Mercer University

8-6

Georgia Southern

8-6

Georgia Southern

Mercer

Mercer Uses Late Homer To Rattle Georgia Southern

2/26/2025 9:26:00 PM | Softball

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By: Todd Anderson, anderson_t02@mercer.edu

MACON – Starter Katheryn Rearley and reliever Hannah Pitts delivered a 1-2 punch from the circle, and Sietske Drijvers delivered the knockout strike on a go-ahead homer with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning, to give the Bears a 4-2 win over visiting Georgia Southern on Wednesday evening at Sikes Field.

The result snapped a two-game series skid for the Bears (8-6) who nabbed their first win over the Eagles since a 5-1 triumph in Statesboro on April 19, 2023. It was just the second loss in the last eight series matchups for Georgia Southern (8-6) who had their four-game win streak snapped in the process as well.

Rearley was solid from the circle for the Orange & Black, striking out two and yielding just a pair of runs in 5-1/3 innings pitched before giving way to Pitts with one out in the sixth. Pitts (2-2) delivered with 1-2/3 innings of hitless relief. She also struck out two batters.

GAME SUMMARY
FINAL	Mercer 4, Georgia Southern 2
PITCHERS	WP: Hannah Pitts (2-2) LP: Bailey Holland (2-2)
RECORDS	Mercer 8-6 (0-0 SoCon); Georgia Southern 8-6 (0-0 Sun Belt)

KEY INNINGS
TOP 6	Faith Barth drew a one-strike bean ball to lead off the sixth, moved into scoring position on a sacrifice bunt and crossed the plate with the game-tying run on Kayla Christensen's 1-out double to the gap in right field one pitch later.
BOT 6	Laura Vigna led off the home half of the sixth with a seeing-eye single through the right side, and Mercer won the night two batters later when Sietske Drijvers hammered a 2-and-1 offering from GSU starter Bailey Holland over the fence in left field.

MU LEADERS	GSU LEADERS
Hallie Langford 2-4, R Laura Vigna 2-3, RBI Madi Wicker 1-2, BB, R Sietske Drijvers 1-1, HR, 2 RBI	Valerie Combs 2-3, 2 2B Kayla Christensen 1-2, 2B, RBI Faith Barth 1-2, R Kyla Maxwell 0-1, BB, SF, RBI

UP NEXT
The Bears will head to Tallahassee, Fla., this weekend to take part in the Florida State-hosted Dugout Club Classic. Mercer is scheduled to take on the 10th-ranked Seminoles on both Friday and Saturday. The Bears also have two games scheduled with the College of Charleston, as well as a Saturday tilt with Florida Gulf Coast.

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