[Softball] No. 3 SXU Softball Tops No. 2 Georgia Gwinnett, 4-2

Lawrenceville, Ga. – No. 3 seed and No. 25 ranked Saint Xavier University softball (37-6, 21-1 CCAC) defeated No. 2 and host Georgia Gwinnett College in the first game of the NAIA Opening Round Tournament Lawrenceville Bracket Monday afternoon at the Grizzly Softball Complex in Lawrenceville, Ga. The win advances SXU in the winners' bracket of the double-elimination tournament. Senior catcher Brittany Schultz (New Lenox, Ill./Lincoln-Way Central) hit an RBI double, finished 2-for-4 and started a two-run rally in the top of the 6th with a lead-off base hit. Freshman pitcher Julianne Claas (Menomonee Falls, Wis./Hamilton) improved her record to 16-2 in the circle, pitching 7.0 innings with six hits, two runs, a walk, a hit batsman and three strikeouts.