Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Faulkner nearly pulled off a sweep Wednesday before losing game two in extra innings to split with Brenau in its final non-conference series of 2022.

FAULKNER 5, BRENAU 4

Faulkner took a 5-0 lead in game one and had to hold on to seal the victory. Nicole Morrison singled in Tara Ammons to open the scoring in the fourth. Ivey Hill ripped a two-run single in the fifth to plate Caity Jo Lee and Shelbie Burbage, stretching the advantage to 3-0. Morrison added to the advantage with a single to left that drove in Erika Mitchell. Lee singled in the sixth to plate Kaileigh Harrison to move the lead to 5-0.

Brenau rallied for two runs in the sixth and two more in the seventh to cut the deficit to 5-4. Julianna Thames recorded the final out of the game to strand the tying run and give Katelynn Inness the win. Inness struck out four over five and two-thirds innings of work while allowing two earned runs.

BRENAU 6, FAULKNER 5 (8 innings)

The Lady Eagles fell behind 4-0 in the second game of the doubleheader before surging all the way back to a 5-4 lead. Faulkner got the bats going in the third when Caity Jo Lee singled to drive in Brianna Cagle. Gracie Pittman launched a solo homer in the fourth to cut the deficit to 4-2. Tara Ammons matched the feat in the fifth to narrow it to 4-3. The Lady Eagles appeared poised to win the game after taking the lead on a two-run Ammons single in the seventh that plated Lee and Courtney Haynie. Faulkner then loaded the bases with just one out but failed to add to the lead. Brenau scored a run in the seventh to keep the game alive and another in the eighth to walk off with the win.

Faulkner (24-16) returns to the state of Georgia Friday and Saturday to close out the regular season with doubleheaders against Brewton-Parker and Middle Georgia State.