STATESBORO - Coastal Carolina's softball squad overcame a 4-2 deficit with solo home runs over the final three innings to take a 5-4 Sun Belt Conference victory over host Georgia Southern on Saturday afternoon, evening the weekend series at one game apiece.
The two teams will decide the series at Noon Sunday at Eagle Field. The Chanticleers (22-5, 4-1 SBC) have now won nine of their last 10 games, while Georgia Southern (14-12, 1-4 SBC) will be looking for its first Sun Belt series win of the year on Sunday.
Coastal Carolina scored twice to open up the contest in the second inning, getting an RBI single from Mackenzie Beyer and a suicide squeeze bunt RBI from Chelsea D'Avilar to take a 2-0 lead.