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TROY, Ala. – Kennesaw State softball made history in its 16-7 victory over Furman, breaking the single-game hits record in the Division I era. It was an offensive explosion as the Black and Gold scored the second-most runs in program history as well.
 
Alora Bevily and Hannah Harvey became the first pair of Owls to record four hits in a single game since 2024.
 
Ana Gore and Macie Howes led the way with three RBI. Gore became the first player in program history to record two sacrifice flies in the same game.
 
The second game of the scheduled doubleheader against Troy was canceled.
 
How It Happened
The fireworks started in the first inning as the Owls hung three runs. Howes sparked the two-out rally by going yard for her second homer of the season. After Bevily and Ava Guzowski got on base and moved into scoring position, Jojo Johnson singled them home. Furman responded with two runs of its own in the bottom frame.
 
KSU added two more runs in the second with two outs on the board. Gore hit a deep fly ball to bring home Ava Brooke Strickland and Howes doubled to score Harvey.
 
A four-run fourth inning put the Black and Gold up seven. Howes recorded her third-straight extra-base hit to add one run. Bevily beat out the throw to first and recorded an RBI two batters later. An error by the Paladins made it 9-2.
 
It looked as though the Owls could end the game in five innings after going up eight, but Furman scored three runs to extend the game.
 
The Black and Gold batted around the order in the top half of the sixth, tacking on six runs. Rylee Limberger tallied her first RBI as an Owl. Strickland and Harvey each knocked in two runners in back-to-back at bats. Gore added the final run.
 
Furman scored two in the bottom of the sixth for the final 16-7 score.
 
Notes from the Diamond

• The Owls totaled 20 hits, the most hits in a single game during the DI era. The previous high was 19 against Northern Kentucky on March 15, 2014.
• KSU's 16 runs is tied for the second-most in program history. It last reached that mark against Tennessee Tech during the 2023 season.
• Alora Bevily and Hannah Harvey each tallied four hits, setting new personal bests. They are the first pair of Owls to achieve that feat since Ty Hardeman and Stella Henry did it against FGCU (May 3, 2024).
• The Black and Gold batted around the order in the top of the sixth. It's the first time they had done so since Georgia Tech back on April 23, 2023.
• Ana Gore recorded two sacrifice flies. She's the first player in program history to do so in one game.
• Ava Brooke Strickland scored three runs for the first time in her career.
• Rylee Limberger recorded her first at-bat as an Owl, knocking in an RBI in the sixth.

 
On Deck
The Black and Gold will wrap up the Trojan Invitational tomorrow against Omaha. The game is scheduled for 10 a.m.
 
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