TROY, Ala. – Austin Peay State University's softball team got into a 6-0 hole to host Troy, Sunday, before falling 9-3 in the final day of the Trojan Warrior Tournament.
The Lady Govs (2-7) only trailed the Trojans 1-0 after three innings, but Troy broke the game open with a five-run fourth inning using five hits, a hit batter and one APSU error.
Austin Peay rallied in the top of the fifth inning, with Chandler Groves and Kacy Acree opening the inning with back-to-back singles, followed by a Danielle Lierman double into the left-center field gap to cut the Trojans (11-4) lead to 6-2. Groves and Acree led Austin Peay with two hits each, while Rikki Arkansas and Kendall Vedder added doubles.
Troy responded with three runs in the bottom of the inning to extend its lead back to 9-2, before Austin Peay closed out the game's scoring in the top of the sixth inning on an RBI single by Acree.
Austin Peay is off until next weekend when they travel to the University of Georgia to play in the 13th Annual Georgia Softball Classic.
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