CONWAY, S.C. — The Coastal Carolina softball team secured the series victory against the Georgia State Panthers with a 3-1 win in game two on Saturday afternoon at St. John Stadium. 

Delaney Keith set the tone early in the bottom of the first inning, blasting her 17th home run of the season over the right-field wall to give the Chanticleers a 1-0 lead.

The Panthers responded in the top of the third, tying the game at 1-1 with a well-executed squeeze bunt.

The score remained at 1-1 until the bottom of the sixth, when Georgia Hood and Keirstin Roose launched back-to-back home runs, marking the sixth time this season the Chanticleers have gone back-to-back, to give Coastal a 3-1 lead.

Georgia State threatened in the top of the seventh inning, loading the bases with no outs. However, Nicolette Picone entered the circle and escaped the jam by inducing a double play and a groundout to secure the 3-1 victory for the Chants.  

Abby Henderson earned the win to improve to 10-5, while Picone recorded her fifth save of the season. 

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