Softball Chargers split doubleheader with Chattanooga State

February 24, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com

Georgia Highlands College softball split a home doubleheader on Tuesday with the Chattanooga State CC Tigers. The Chargers won the first game 4-3, but dropped Game 2, 5-4.

In the opening game, Emily Ferro (Villa Rica) tossed a complete game, Gracie Azpeitia (Chamblee)  homered, and the Chargers scored single runs in the second through the fifth innings on Tuesday for a 4-3 win over visiting Chattanooga State CC.

Ferro allowed just two earned runs on seven hits and three walks. She struck out six.

Azpeitia (solo home run, double) and Anslee Logan (double) each had two hits for the Chargers. Emma Darrow, Alivia Fannin, Athens Hudson, and Hailey Love (double) each contributed one hit.

In Game 2, Chattanooga State led 4-0 in the middle of the fourth, but the Chargers rallied to tie with two runs in the fourth and single runs in the fifth and sixth.  The game extended into an eighth inning, but it was the Tigers who pulled out the win by pushing across a run in the tie-breaker with a sacrifice bunt and an RBI single.

Athens Hudson (5 IP, 1R, 0ER, 3H, 4K) was saddled with the pitching loss for GHC in relief of starter Haley Curtis (3 IP, 4ER, 5H, 2BB, 2K).

Despite the loss, Georgia Highlands outhit Chatt State thirteen to eight. 

CeCe Williams (Covington) led the Chargers with three hits, including two doubles and one RBI. Linley Hayes, Ahmani Green (double), Emily Ferro (RBI), and Emma Darrow (RBI) each contributed two hits. Gracie Azpeitia (RBI) and Mary Catherine Kimball added one hit.

The two-game split left Chattanooga State with a 13-5 record.

Georgia Highlands (7-7) hosts a doubleheader with Georgia Military College, and will entertain Northeast Alabama CC next Wednesday.