LEBANON, Tenn.—Cumberland softball closes out the regular season with a win over Georgetown with timely hitting and clutch pitching on the backend from Bailey Griffith.

Cumberland (24-16, 13-11 MSC) will likely end up as the No. 5 seed in the Mid-South Conference tournament slated to start next week in Bowling Green. The Phoenix collected nine hits in the game. Ashley Evans went 2-for-3 with an RBI. Kenzie France notched two hits as well. Maddie Koczersut went 1-for-3 with a two-RBI double.

Both teams stranded a runner on second in the top of the first. Cooper had a three up, three down inning in the second. 

Abby Chappell led off the inning with a single and moved up on a wild pitch. Hatfield followed with a single to left to put runners on the corners and Koczersut drove them in with a double in the gap. Later in the inning, Ashley Evans singled home Koczersut for a 3-0 lead. 

Georgetown scraped across one in the third. The Phoenix turned a 1-3-2 double play to strand runners in scoring position and hold the Tigers to just one. 3-1 Cumberland after three. 

In the fourth, Kenzie France led off with a single. Two batters later, Ashley Evans slashed a single up the middle. With two outs, Ashtyn Blair delivered a clutch RBI-single to push the lead to 4-1. 

Georgetown scored two in the fifth on a two-RBI double from Ashley Shelton to cut it to 4-3 and draw the end of the day for Cumberland starter Emily Cooper. 

Bailey Griffith recorded the final six out allowing just one hit and one walk to get the save, her second save of the season. 

Cooper earned the win in the circle to improve to 11-5 on the season. She gave up four hits and allowed the runs. 

The Phoenix will wait for the conclusion of all the Mid-South Conference regular season games for their seeding in the 11-team tournament.