The Tuskegee University softball team struggled on the first day of the 2018 Cougar Classic hosted by Columbus State University in Columbus (Ga.). The Golden Tigers were defeated by No.7 North Georgia 14-0 in game one and later to Columbus State 15-0 in game 2.

Game 1
In game one, Jasmyne :Lawrence notched TU's only hit in game one going 1-of-2. Chelsea Mowry picked up the loss for the Golden Tigers surrendering 10 runs off of 10 hits with six of those being earned runs.  Mowry pitched for innings.

The scoring for North Georgia started when Marley Stowers hitting a double and an Alishia Frierson single to put a run on the scoreboard in the top of the first. Stowers kept her hot bat alive in the second, knocking a three-run homer over the fence in left field to extend the lead to four.

North Georgia continued to put runs up in the second as Lexi Duncan brought home two runs on a single in the gap in left center. A Sydney Sprague homer in the third and a Brittany Gilliam bomb in the fourth brought the game to the 8-0 run-rule limit after a scoreless fifth.

Kylee Smith earned her sixth win of the season with a four-inning performance, highlighted by six strikeouts.

Game 2
Peyton Sorrells allowed just three baserunners on the night and needed just 55 pitches to record the 20^th no-hitter in program history and the second of her career.
 
After the shutout in game one, the Lady Cougars poured it on early in the nightcap. CSU put a 13-spot on the board in the first inning and never looked back.
 
Elizabeth Perdue singled home the first two runs and Star added two more with a hit of her own. Tuskegee then helped the Lady Cougars out, allowing five more runs to cross the plate without a hit.
 
Star added three more RBIs in the first inning with a bases clearing double and JoJo Beyer finished off the frame with a RBI double of her own.
 
CSU was quiet over the next two innings until Keeli Waugh hit her first homer of the season in the fourth. Star then capped off a good showing at the plate with a sacrifice fly.
 
Star was 3-for-3 in the game with six RBIs. Twelve of the 13 Lady Cougars that stepped to the plate reached base in the win.