No. 2 seed Texas State posted consecutive shutouts over No. 10 seed Georgia State and No. 6 seed UT Arlington in the opening rounds of the Sun Belt softball tournament in Troy, Ala.
The Bobcats and Panthers (16-29, 3-18 Sun Belt) kept each other scoreless through the first four innings of Wednesday night’s meeting. Georgia State, which upset No. 7 seed Georgia Southern, 4-1, in the play-in round of the tournament on Tuesday to earn its spot in the game, blinked first in the fifth inning. Junior designated player ArieAnn Bell hammered a solo home run to centerfield for the first score of the game.
“Well, during my first at bat, I was really worked up and not seeing the ball well,” Bell said in a statement. “So, when I went up there during my second at bat, I was focused on seeing the ball deep and just relaxing and it worked out for me.”
