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Walk-Off Single Allows to Georgia Tech to Push Past Pack, 5-4
3/8/2025 7:19:00 PM | Softball
ATLANTA – Graduate Payden Bordeau smashed two homers Saturday afternoon at Georgia Tech to lead the Pack offensively, despite dropping game two of the series, 5-4.
The game marked the first of her career where she hit two homers.
How it Happened
The Wolfpack will remain in Atlanta and play the final game of the series on Sunday, March 9. First pitch is set for 1pm and the game will be streamed on ACCNX.
The game marked the first of her career where she hit two homers.
How it Happened
- Junior infielder Teagan Thrunk recorded the first hit of the afternoon for the Pack in the top of the first when she singled to shallow left field.
- With one out on the board and one on base, graduate designated hitter Payden Bordeau went rogue and smashed a ball to the scoreboard in left field to put NC State on the board, 2-0.
- Tori Ensley and Michele Tarpey added hits to the board before the Yellow Jackets were able to pick up the final out of the top of the second frame.
- Georgia Tech responded in the bottom of the second after a single up the middle allowed one to score and minimize the Pack's lead to one (2-1).
- Freshman Kendall Simmers led off the third inning with a single up the middle and Thrunk would later add a single to left to move the team's hit total to six through three innings.
- In the bottom of the fourth, Tori Ensley picked up a huge first out with a diving catch in foul territory in left field.
- Graduate Hannah Goodwin led off the top of the sixth with a walk and freshman Kam Munson entered to pinch run.
- After falling behind in the count, 1-2, Bordeau smashed her second homer of the outing with a hard hit ball to right center. The Pack ended the inning with a 4-2 lead over the host.
- Goodwin started a 5-4-3 double play to end the sixth inning and keep the Yellow Jackets off the board.
- Simmers led off the seventh inning with a single to left field to get the Pack going. With one out on the board, Thrunk secured her third hit of the outing with a single up the middle. Goodwin would then reach on a fielder's choice as Simmers was tagged out at third.
- Bordeau worked a 3-1 count before being thrown ball four to load the bases with two outs and Tori Enslet stepping into the box. The Yellow Jackets ended the Pack's opportunity for insurance runs and forced the bottom of the seventh.
- The Yellow Jackets saw three different Wolfpack pitchers in the bottom of the seventh and got out of a bases loaded situation by scoring on a throwing error and then winning the game with a walk off single.
- The Wolfpack moves to 15-9 overall and 0-2 in conference play.
The Wolfpack will remain in Atlanta and play the final game of the series on Sunday, March 9. First pitch is set for 1pm and the game will be streamed on ACCNX.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Makayla Coffield (5-3)
L: Inscoe, Madison (2-3)
Batting:
HR: Bordeau, Payden 2
RBI: Bordeau, Payden 4
Base Running:
RUNS: Thrunk, Teagan 1 ; Munson, Kam 1 ; Bordeau, Payden 2
SB: Tarpey, Michele 1 ; Thrunk, Teagan 1 ; Goins, Ellie 1
Batting:
2B: Eliana Gottlieb 1
RBI: Grace Connelly 1 ; Gracyn Tucker 1 ; Reese Hunter 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Eliana Gottlieb 2 ; Alyssa Willer 1 ; Gracyn Tucker 1 ; Paige Vukadinovich 1
SB: Alyssa Willer 1
Game Leaders
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