STATESBORO - Georgia Southern softball opened up Sun Belt Conference play on Saturday with a doubleheader against ULM. The Warhawks won game one, 5-3, with four runs in the seventh, then outlasted the Eagles, 11-9, in eight innings in the nightcap that was played under protest.
ULM moves to 10-12 overall and 4-1 in the Sun Belt with the results, while Georgia Southern falls to 5-11 overall and 0-2 in the Sun Belt. The final game of the series will take place at 11 a.m. on Sunday.
GAME ONE: ULM 5, Georgia Southern 3
ULM led off game one with a solo home run by Korie Kreps, but the Eagles quickly tied things up in the bottom of the first on a sacrifice fly by Janai Conklin.