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Softball On A Roll


As of late, the Softball team has been on a role and have won 12 games in a row.
            Their most recent win was over conference rival South Alabama. And anyone who knows about that rivalry knows that it doesn’t matter what your record going into that game is. Both teams will play it close no matter what, and that’s exactly what happened.
            Coming into that game, Troy was riding high on an eleven-game win streak, while South was struggling to try to get just their 3rd win in conference and 13th win overall.
            Troy had started off slow, but picked it up in the third inning with 3 runs with Kaylee Hussey and Bailey Taylor both picking up RBIs. But, that is where the scoring would stop for the Trojans as they would go on to finish the game only scoring those 3 runs.
            Fortunately for Troy though, they have freshman phenom pitcher Lenna Johnson. She pitched six shutout innings in a row and finished by giving up two runs in the 7th before shutting the South Alabama comeback down.
            Overall Johnson finished the game with 8 strikeouts and only allowed 3 hits and 2 earned runs, giving Johnson her 21st win on the season while giving the Trojans their 30th win on the season.
            And yes, you read that right. Johnson has 21 of the Trojans 30 wins on the year.
            And to top it off, this was the Trojans first win over the Jaguars in Mobile under Head Coach Beth Mullins.
            But now, the Trojans attention is turned towards the Georgia Southern Eagles who they take on this weekend.
            The Eagles so far on the year and are 18-19 on the season, and just 4-10 in conference play.
            But, I talked to Head Coach Beth Mullins before they played South, and she said, “We aren’t worried about the win streak. We are worried about our next opponent. Whoever it is.”
            And they weren’t worried about it against South, and I don’t see them being worried about it against Georgia Southern either.
            The Trojans are also playing for more history this weekend.
With a win against Georgia Southern Friday night, that would make the longest winning streak in program history with 13. And with a sweep this weekend,  that would give the trojans 3 straight sweeps in a conference series.
I’ll hopefully have a recap of the weekend series sometime next week, and have an interview with Coach Mullins.
Have a great weekend. Go Trojans!
 Trojans playing vs Alabama State
 Leanna Johnson pitching
Troy Softball Press Box

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