Tayana Fernandez of GPS slides late into second base as St. Benedict’s Morgan Patrick tags her out during their game in Murfreesboro Tuesday.
Staff Photo by Jake Daniels, Chattanooga Times Free PressMURFREESBORO, Tenn. – A team that had a .500 record heading into last weekend’s best-of-three sub-state series has sent a message.
Don’t count GPS out of the state softball tournament just yet.
The Bruisers struck for two runs in the first inning in Tuesday’s opener at Starplex No. 3 and defeated St. Benedict 7-4.
GPS (16-13) advances to Thursday’s Division II winners-bracket final against the winner of today’s game between Baylor and Pope John Paul II at 11 a.m. EDT.
Morgan Lane, who went 6-for-7 with 12 total bases in the Bruiser’s sub-state sweep of Father Ryan, picked up where she left off and hit an RBI double in her first at-bat against the Lady Eagles. She ended up 2-for-2 with walks in her other plate appearances and had two RBIs and a run scored.