Tucker smokes a ball that curves just left of the foul pole. Azua ends up walking her. Abby McKinnis pinch runs for Tucker. Leschber flies out to shallow left. McKinnis advances on a wild pitch. Hunter singles to right field. Williams juggles the ball before the throw, and McKinnis makes it home. Jayden Gailey pinch hits and smokes a two-run home run to put Georgia Tech up 4-1.
Zarate leads off the sixth with a double. Bass lays down a sacrifice bunt, putting the go-ahead run on third base. Bubela strikes out swinging. Kelnar steps to the plate with two outs. She grounds out to strand Zarate at third.
Azua gets Simon to foul out. She gets Reagan Wall to pop out to second. Willer gets her third hit of the day on a shallow single to right field. Medina grounds it right to Coleman at first for the third out.
Harvey pops out to shallow left. Williams lines a single into center field. Vestal grounds into a fielder’s choice; Williams is out at second base. Coleman fouls out.
Leschber lines out to right field. Hunter rips a single into left field. Hood snags a hard liner for the second out. Infielder Madi Duffel pops out to end the fourth.
Coleman strikes out looking. Zarate mashes a ball past the first baseman for a single. Bass hits another single into the shallow right field gap. Bubela pops out on the first pitch she sees. Kelnar comes through, driving home Zarate on an RBI double to left field. Johnson strands two runners on a groundout.
Bubela picks up a bunt attempt and smoothly throws it to first for an out. Willer launches a pitch over the center field wall, giving Georgia Tech a 1-0 lead. Azua records two flyouts to end the third.
Kelnar leads off the third with a double. Infielder Sami Hood lays down a sacrifice bunt, advancing Kelnar to third base. Outfielder Sydney Harvey lines out, not quite far enough for Kelnar to run home. Williams works a full count. She draws a walk. She advances to second when the catcher fumbles a pitch. Vestal pops out to strand two runners.
B2 — Texas State 0, Georgia Tech 0
Outfielder Paige Vukadinovic drops a bunt, but catcher Megan Kelnar rifles a throw into the outstretched glove of Zarate at second base to get the lead runner. Azua fields a grounder to get the second out at first. Infielder Emma Simon goes down swinging.
Infielder Katarina Zarate flies out to left field. Karmyn Bass and infielder Kate Bubela pop out to end the top of the frame.
Georgia Tech outfielder Alyssa Willer leads off with a double. She advances to third as outfielder Holly Medina grounds out. Azua curves a ball into the zone to strike out infielder Gracyn Tucker. Infielder Addison Leschber grounds out to strand the runner.
Texas State infielder Keely Williams pops out. Johnson battles with outfielder Harley Vestal, who eventually draws a walk. Infielder Aiyana Coleman lines out to first base, and Vestal is tagged out for the unassisted double play.