COLUMBIA, Ky. - Following two successful weekends in Alabama and Georgia, 25th-ranked Lindsey Wilson softball is back home in Kentucky to host No. 21 Georgia Gwinnett on Saturday, March 14 in a top-25 showdown.
The Blue Raiders and the Grizzlies met back on February 14 in Lawrenceville where the home team scored five runs in the fourth inning en route to a 9-2 victory. The win for then-No. 4-ranked Georgia Gwinnett extended its winning streak against Lindsey Wilson to five games, dating back to 2024.
Last week, the Grizzlies (12-13) went 4-3 across three different non-conference series. In a 7-3 defeat of No. 12 St. Thomas (Fla.) on March 8, Georgia Gwinnett hit 0.367 with 11 hits. It was the fifth time recording double-digit hits in a game this season.
Kaitlyn Crumley enters the weekend on a team-best seven-game hitting streak. The junior drove in two runs on an RBI-triple in the last meeting with Lindsey Wilson and is batting 0.333 through 15 games played. Infielder Savannah Jenkins provided two doubles and three RBIs against the Blue Raiders in February. She actively sports a 0.679 slugging percentage and a team-best 19 RBIs.
In the circle, Tatum Helsom and Kailyn Berry hold 2.39 and 2.76 earned run averages, respectively. The pair have a dozen complete games and 10 wins between them as opponents are hitting plus-0.250 against each.
Lindsey Wilson is riding a 10-game winning streak, its longest in five years. Over the course of the triumphant stretch, the Blue Raiders are outhitting opponents 0.301-0.216 and outscoring 50-27.
Kaiden Rodgers is up to a team-leading 0.441 batting average in this time frame, while
Sam Hartman and
Emerson McKinnis have each delivered seven RBIs.
Kayden Murray, who recently moved into sixth place on the program's career strikeout list, is 6-0 with two saves and a 1.62 earned run average over her last nine appearances, and
Hallie Roberts is 3-0 in her last three outings.
Saturday will mark the 11th and 12th all-time meetings between Lindsey Wilson and Georgia Gwinnett where both sides are ranked inside the top-25. The Grizzlies are 6-4 in such instances, but the Blue Raiders are 5-2 in the all-time series at home.
Live coverage of Saturday's doubleheader begins at 11 a.m. CT on the Lindsey Wilson Sports Network.
