STATESBORO - Fifth-year Alia Booth hit a pinch-hit walk-off solo home run in the bottom of the seventh to give Georgia Southern a 3-2 win and a sweep of visiting Winthrop to kick off action in the 2021 Eagle Round Robin on Friday at Eagle Field. Georgia Southern won Friday's first game between the two teams, 8-2.
The Eagles improved to 3-7 on the season with the wins, while Winthrop falls to 7-8. The Round Robin continues with three games on Saturday, with Georgia Southern and Winthrop meeting at 11 a.m. Georgia Southern then plays the College of Charleston at 2 p.