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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Athletics

Sierra Lipton
Calan Gizelbach
2
Georgia College GCSU 1-5
7
Winner Embry-Riddle (Fla.) ERAU 3-3
Georgia College GCSU
1-5
2
Final
7
Embry-Riddle (Fla.) ERAU
3-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Georgia College GCSU 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 6 2
Embry-Riddle (Fla.) ERAU 1 0 6 0 0 0 X 7 9 1

W: Morse, Shelby (2-1) L: S. Garrett (1-2)

Game Recap: Softball | | Clayton Barefield

Embry-Riddle Soars Past Georgia College with 7-2 Win on Sunday

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Embry-Riddle softball moved to .500 on the season with a strong showing in the finale of the 2026 Eagle Classic on Sunday afternoon.

The Eagles scored a season-high seven runs on nine hits to soar past the Bobcats with a five-run advantage, led by Sierra Lipton's three hits.

RECORDS
Embry-Riddle: 3-3
Georgia College: 1-5

ALL-TIME SERIES
  • Embry-Riddle is 2-0 against Georgia College.
  • Sunday's result is the largest margin of victory against the Bobcats.
HOW IT HAPPENED
1st Inning:
  • Leah Oberkehr opened the game for ERAU with a leadoff single and captured her 80th stolen base of her career shortly after.
  • An RBI double from Shelby Morse pushed in Oberkehr for the early one-run lead.
3rd Inning:
  • After a scoreless second frame, the Eagles busted the game wide open with six runs in the bottom of the third, utilizing five hits and two errors.
  • Sierra Lipton, Oberkehr and Emma Wood all knocked in singles in the first three at-bats of the inning.
  • Wood notched an RBI single for the two-run lead.
  • Mattea Martin drove in two to help move ERAU's lead to 5-0 alongside an error which was followed by Addison Orr 's sacrifice fly to score the sixth run of the game.
  • ERAU finished the frame with an RBI base hit from Lipton to lead by seven.
4th Inning:
  • Georgia College got one run back with two hits, including an RBI single.
  • GCSU was pressuring the Eagles' defense, leaving two runners stranded.
7th Inning:
  • GCSU produced three-straight two-out singles to eventually push home a run for a 7-2 deficit.
 
INSIDE THE STATS
  • Lipton finished the game 3-for-3 from the plate with one RBI.
  • Martin went 2-for-4 with two RBI followed by a 2-for-3 outing from Oberkehr.
  • As a team, ERAU batted .333 (9-of-27).
  • Shelby Morse pitched for 6.0 innings, allowing just three hits and one run.
  • Morse finished with a walk and four strikeouts to move to a 2-1 record on the season.
NEXT UP
  • Embry-Riddle sets aim for the Panther Invitational on Feb. 13 with a doubleheader against No. 12 Auburn-Montgomery and No. 13 Angelo State in Melbourne, Fla.
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