Game1 : Box Score (PDF) | Box Score (XML)
Game 2: Box Score (PDF) | Box Score (XML)

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Maddie Roth and Kira Czyrklis homered, and Alley Cutting struck out 10 in six scoreless innings to lead the Kennesaw State softball team to a 7-0 victory and split of a doubleheader with Florida Gulf Coast Saturday in Fort Myers.
 
The Owls (30-14, 9-2) let a 3-0 lead slip away in the opener as Florida Gulf Coast (30-13, 4-4) took advantage two sixth-inning errors to score three unearned runs to tie the score, before completing the come-from-behind victory with a run in the seventh.
 
Roth put Kennesaw State ahead 1-0 with a first-inning home run and Czyrklis connected for a two-run shot in the second inning to lead the Owls in game two. Czyrklis went 3-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBIs, while Roth had a pair of hits, two runs scored and drove in two runs.
 
Cutting (10-7) turned in a solid outing in the circle, limiting the Eagles to three hits and striking out 10, while not walking a batter before giving way to Hailey Andrews, who pitched a scoreless seventh.
 
In the opener, Lauren Bennett went 3-for-3 with a run scored and RBI, and Roth and two hits and two RBIs to help the Owls take a 3-0 lead into the bottom of the sixth.
 
Abigail Green (14-5) was a tough-luck loser as she pitched 6 2/3 innings, allowed six hits, four runs (one earned), walked one and struck out six.
 
Kennesaw State will go for series win when it concludes the weekend with a 12 p.m. contest on Sunday.
 
To keep up with the latest Kennesaw State softball news follow the team on Twitter @KSUOwlNation and @KSUOwlsSB or by liking Kennesaw State University on Facebook. You can also follow head coach Pete D'Amour at @KSUSBCoach.

To learn more about The Owls Fund visit www.ksuowls.com/theowlsfund.
 
 

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