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Wisconsin's loss means tough road ahead to keep alive softball season

UW's Kayla Konwent singles against Michigan on May 6 at Goodman Diamond. The program's all-time home run leader has a team-best .384 batting average this season.

KAYLA WOLF, STATE JOURNAL

The University of Wisconsin softball team dropped its first game of the 2022 NCAA Tournament with a 2-1 loss to Georgia Tech on Friday afternoon in Gainesville, Florida.

The Yellow Jackets (38-16) recorded one run in the bottom of the second and third innings, but the Badgers (28-20) cut the deficit in half in the fourth on Lauren Foster's RBI single.

The Badgers, who left four runners on base, recorded only three hits against pitcher Blake Neleman (15-8), who finished with a nine-strikeout complete game.