West Georgia Tech softball sweeps Chattahoochee Valley

CARROLLTON, Ga. – The West Georgia Tech softball team was impressive in its spring home debut as they swept Chattahoochee Valley Community College 2-0 and 4-3 Sunday afternoon in Douglasville.

The Knights improved their spring record to 4-2. Chattahoochee Valley was playing its first contests of the season.

Blair Byrom had another outstanding outing in the circle in game one. Byrom pitched a complete game one-hitter allowing no runs with four strikeouts over seven innings of work. 

West Georgia Tech only scored two runs on five hits, but that was all they would need. Casey Bucy (2-for-3) and Kayla Castle (2-for-2) had two hits each for WGTC.

The Golden Knights held off a late Pirate rally to win the nightcap 4-3.

Katie Stone was the only Golden Knight with multiple hits with a 2-for-3 night.

Casey Bucy picked up the win on the mound with a complete-game seven-hitter. She allowed just one earned run.

West Georgia Tech had a 3-1 lead in the top of the fifth before allowing a single run to make it a 3-2 game. The Knights then responded with a run in the bottom-half of the inning to give them a 4-2 cushion.

Chattahoochee Valley scored a run in the top of the seventh to get within a run at 4-3 and had the tying run on base. But a fly out to centerfield ended the game.

West Georgia Tech returns to action next Thursday as they travel to Albany to take on Darton State College with a doubleheader scheduled to start at 1 p.m.