Baylor wins state softball championship over rival GPS

May 22, 2015 at 6:35 p.m. | Updated May 22, 2015 at 6:53 p.m.

by David Uchiyama

Baylor players celebrate in the pitcher's circle with pitcher Kayla Hughes, center, after their 6-4 win over GPS in their D-II AA state softball tournament championship game Thursday, May 21, 2015, at the TSSAA Spring Fling in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Baylor players celebrate in the pitcher's circle with pitcher Kayla Hughes, center, after their 6-4 win over GPS in their D-II AA state softball tournament championship game Thursday, May 21, 2015, at the TSSAA Spring Fling in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Baylor won their fourth Division II-AA state softball championship in the past five years on Friday.

The Lady Raiders defeated cross-town rival Girls Preparatory School 6-4 at the StarPlex Complex and avenged their loss to GPS in the finals one year ago.

Kayla Hughes recovered from allowing the first three GPS batters to score on a homerun by Haley Smith and earned the win.

Senior Lauren Lewis delivered a homerun in the bottom of the first. Kamrie Rich scored two with a single. Mari Gardner hit her first homerun of the year and Cheyenne Lindsay delivered the final Baylor run.

See Saturday's Times Free Press for more coverage.

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