LIVINGSTON, Ala. — The University of West Alabama softball team dropped a 2-1 decision to West Georgia in Gulf South Conference action on Friday at the UWA Softball Complex.  The game was halted in the seventh when heavy rains blew through the Livingston area. 

UWG (22-20, 3-8 GSC) had a 5-1 lead with the Tigers coming to bat in the bottom of the seventh, but due to official rules, the score reverts back to a complete sixth inning score of 2-1.  The two GSC foes played  a deadlocked scoreless game until the sixth when UWG’s Mary York cranked a home run to left field for the first run of the game.  The Wolves added a run on Paige Hanson’s RBI-single, scoring Tia Pollack who reached base with a base hit.

The Tigers (21-21, 1-10 GSC) lone run came off the bat of Angela Smith, who connected on her third home run of the season in the bottom half of the frame.  The Wetumpka, Ala. native has hit a round-tripper in three of her last six games.  UWA had scoring chances in previous innings, but could not get a key hit to post runs early in the game.  The Red and White had the bases loaded in the first with two away before Smith hit into a fielder’s choice inning-ender.  Freshman Valisha Fincher was in scoring position twice at second base in the third and fifth.  Wolves’ pitcher Kacie Crider went the distance, allowing just five UWA hits in the affair.

UWA starter Emily White suffered the loss in the shortened game.  White allowed just one hit until she ran into trouble in the sixth, allowing two runs off four hits.