MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- The domination by Baylor and GPS in Division II softball continues.
GPS rolled past Briarcreest Christian, 10-1, Thursday night in the losers bracket final.
On Friday night at 8 eastern, the Bruisers (25-12) will face rival Baylor (39-5) for the II-AA championship. If GPS wins, another game will be played Saturday.
GPS and Baylor have combined for 11 of the last 14 Division II state tiles.
Bailey Davenport ws 3-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored against Briarcrest.
Taylor Battle, Morgan Lane, Kelby Crownover and Abbey Anderson had two hits each in GPS's 16-hit attack.
Corey Swafford earned the win, giving up five hits and striking out five.
"I told the girls great job coming back to get to the championship game,'' GPS coach Susan Crownover said.
Lauren Provence had two hits for Briarcrest, which ended its season 37-7.
BOXSCORE
Girls Preparatory 10 (25-12) Briarcrest Christian 1 (37-7)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Taylor Battle cf........... 4 1 2 0 Blake Andres ss............ 4 0 0 0
Madi Stanley cf........... 1 0 1 0 Kyndal Sanders cf.......... 3 0 0 0
Bailey Davenport 2b........ 4 2 3 1 Lauren Provence c.......... 3 0 2 0
Madison Boyd rf............ 4 0 1 0 Alex Parrish pr........... 0 0 0 0
Katy Richardson c/3b....... 2 2 1 0 Leigh Moss 3b.............. 3 1 1 0
Morgan Lane 1b............. 3 1 2 1 Lexxus Coleman lf.......... 3 0 1 0
RichardsonH. 1b........... 1 0 1 0 Gracie Taylor 2b........... 2 0 1 1
Kelby Crownover ss......... 4 1 2 1 Mallory Scruggs dh......... 3 0 0 0
LeeAnn Jackson lf.......... 4 1 1 2 Kaitlyn Jones 1b........... 3 0 0 0
Stephanie George 3b........ 2 1 0 0 Karmen Williams rf......... 3 0 0 0
Mackenzie Hobbs c......... 1 0 0 0 Taylor, G. p............... 0 0 0 0
Abbey Anderson dh.......... 4 1 2 1
Corey Swafford p........... 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 34 10 16 6 Totals..................... 27 1 5 1
Score by Innings R H E
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Girls Preparatory... 103 060 0 - 10 16 2
Briarcrest Christian 000 100 0 - 1 5 3
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E - George 2; Andres; Provence; Taylor. LOB - Bruisers 8; Lady Saints 6. 2B -
Stanley. SH - Taylor.
Girls Preparatory IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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Corey Swafford W.......... 7.0 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 27 28 6 10
Briarcrest Christian IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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Taylor, G. L.............. 7.0 16 10 7 5 3 0 0 0 0 34 39 8 7
PB - Provence.
Strikeouts - Battle; Davenport; George; Andres; Scruggs 2; Williams 2. Walks -
Davenport; Boyd; Richardson 2; George.
(E-mail Stan Crawley at wscrawley@earthlink.net)