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KENNESAW, Ga. – Kennesaw State fell 4-0 to visiting Georgia Tech before a Bailey Park overflow crowd of more than 600 fans during the annual the annual Lexi's Day Game.
 
The Owls (25-23) managed just three hits and two walks against Yellow Jackets starter Jenna Goodrich (9-15), who yielded singles to Kara Chambers, Courtney Sutter and Kira Czyrklis.

"We had a great crowd and raised a bunch of money for a great cause tonight," head coach Tory Acheson said. "Everything about Lexi's Game was a success and I'm proud of our players for contributing their time and money to the cause. Thank you to everyone who contributed."
 
Georgia Tech took the early lead scoring two runs in the top of the fourth as they took advantage of an error and two hits, with Colleen Darragh producing a two-run single.
 
Logan Viers (11-7) started for the Owls and suffered the loss after pitching four innings, allowing two runs (one earned), four hits and striking out four.
 
The Yellow Jackets added a pair of unearned runs in the fifth and seventh inning to extend their lead.

"This is gut-check time for this team. We are playing very poorly at a time of year when we need to be elevating our game," Acheson said. "We are all frustrated by our lack of offense, but we have to keep working to fight our way out of it.And because we are struggling to score runs, it really magnifies all the other areas of the game. Our pitchers continue to fight to keep us in games but we are not supporting them offensively or defensively.

"We will go back to work on Thursday and get ready to play a very good South Alabama team on Saturday," Acheson added.
 
Kennesaw State travels to Mobile, Ala. this weekend for its final two non-conference games of the season when it visits South Alabama for a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 1 p.m. (ET).
 
NOTES 
• Tuesday marked the ninth annual Lexi's Day game where the Kennesaw State softball program partners with the Alexis Kaiser Foundation in an effort to assist local young people who suffer with a neuromuscular disease. The 2016 honoree, selected by the Alexis Kaiser Foundation, was 11-year old Tyler George, son of David and Tracey Britt George, who played for Whitlock from 1991-94 and earned NAIA All-American honors in 1994. Tyler, who suffers from cerebral palsy, received a tricycle that will help improve his quality of life.
 
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