Zips Close Black & Gold Tournament with Fourth Straight Win

BOXSCORE- Game 5 vs. Fort Wayne

MONTGOMERY, Ala.- The Akron Zips softball team won its fourth consecutive game on the final day of the Alabama State Black and Gold Tournament with a 1-0 shutout victory over Fort Wayne on Sunday morning.

Akron improved to 5-5 overall and has won four of its last five games. Fort Wayne fell to 0-6 on the season.

"Lexi (Handley) pitched a great game," said Zips' head coach Julie Jones. "We were able to get our first shutout of the season. It's good to know we can win a one-run game. I would have liked to see a little more offense, but we did enough to win. I thought we made some good plays. Cassie (Gillespie) made a great play at first base bottom of the seventh,…