Yellow Jacked Up
Fansided

Georgia Tech Softball: Jackets shockingly fall to Santa Clara on Sunday

ByDylan Callaghan-Croley|
CONSUELO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - AUGUST 20: A Close up of tattered baseballs and softballs the players use to practice with on August 20, 2003 in Consuelo, Dominican Republic. Consuelo, which has ten programs for youths to learn and play baseball, is about 50 miles east of Santo Domingo. Of the ten programs, two provide housing for the players. One of which is Latin Baseball Academy, which was set up ten months ago by Luis Silvestre, a taxi driver in the Bronx, New York. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
CONSUELO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - AUGUST 20: A Close up of tattered baseballs and softballs the players use to practice with on August 20, 2003 in Consuelo, Dominican Republic. Consuelo, which has ten programs for youths to learn and play baseball, is about 50 miles east of Santo Domingo. Of the ten programs, two provide housing for the players. One of which is Latin Baseball Academy, which was set up ten months ago by Luis Silvestre, a taxi driver in the Bronx, New York. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

The Georgia Tech softball team fell to one of the worst teams in the country on Sunday, when Santa Clara defeated the Jackets 7-6.

The Georgia tech softball team looked to pick up their fourth win of a five-game weekend tournament in the 2018 Matador Classic. The only thing standing in the Jackets way was the 4-22 Santa Clara. On Saturday, the Jackets defeated the Broncos 11-0 and sent ace Emily Anderson to the mound on Sunday.

Anderson would get through the first two innings fairly easily but struggled in the third inning allowing four runs, three of them earned. Naomi Dickerson came on in relief of Anderson on Sunday but struggled herself allowing three runs on eight hits over three innings.

Offensively, the Yellow Jackets picked up seven hits and quickly got off to a 5-0 lead by the end of the third inning. Sophomore third baseman Crosby Huckabay was the star offensively for the Jackets as she hit a home run and picked up four RBIs. She was the only Yellow Jacket to pick up an extra-base hit on Sunday.

In the end, the Jackets fell to Santa Clara and are now 19-11 on the season. The Yellow Jackets don’t have an easy week coming up either which makes the loss to Santa Clara that much worse. Georgia State will come to visit the Jackets on Wednesday, the Panthers are 15-15 on the season are a coming off a series loss to South Alabama over the weekend.

Next: Jackets sweep Saturday double-header

Next weekend, ACC foe Florida State comes to town and the Seminoles have been hard to beat all season. The Seminoles are 26-6 on the season and are 6-0 in ACC play. The Seminoles are also winners of 14 straight.