BOONE, N.C.  – After slipping into a 9-0 hole and waiting for an hour and 49-minute rain delay, Appalachian State University softball dropped game three to Georgia Southern in six innings 11-2 at the Sywassink/Lloyd Family Stadium in Boone on Saturday afternoon.

App State (12-27, 0-15 SBC) racked up four hits against the Eagles (21-19, 11-7 SBC) in the conference series finale and Katie Mathewson bombed out her eighth home run of her career. Also, Megan Walker was perfect on the day going 2-for-2 slamming out her first triple of the season.

In the circle, Kenzie Longanecker (8-10) grabbed her eighth start of 2017 tossing out six strikeouts to put her season total at 103, which secures the No. 6 spot on the single-season record list. In relief was Annaleise Kennedy who pitched two scoreless frames in 3.1 innings.

Game Three: Georgia Southern 11 , App State 2 (6 innings)

After securing a 4-0 lead at the end of the second, GS exploded out to a 9-0 advantage in the top of the third adding on two runs and accompanied that with a three-run jack.

At the bottom half of the inning, Walker blasted out a triple in the leadoff spot to strike up some momentum, but the rain came pouring down pausing the conference showdown for almost two hours before action resumed.

With Walker on third and Sidney Russell sitting on first after drawing a walk, the Apps were in scoring position, but the next Mountaineer batters couldn't find the right pitch to bring them home.

After Kennedy had pitched a scoreless frame in the top of the fourth, Mathewson sent a rocket over the left field fence to shrink the Eagles' lead to 9-1.

In the fifth inning, Kennedy kept the Eagles off the scoreboard for a second time, and Walker started the inning off hot with a single up the middle on the first pitch. Then the North Carolina native advanced to second on a wild pitch and ended up on third after Mackie Chandler induced an error by the shortstop to put two on the corners with no outs. Up next was Russell who stepped up to the plate and knocked in Walker to cut the Eagles' lead to 9-2.

Then in the sixth, Georgia Southern tacked on two more runs which put away the game, 11-2.

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The Black and Gold will stay on the Mountain to host NCCU for a midweek doubleheader Wednesday, April 19 at 4 p.m.

— appstatesports.com —