ALBANY, Ga. – Clark Atlanta softball went to in-state conference rival Albany State and was swept in a three-game series. CAU will have just two more games on the3 road for the remained of the season.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Friday: Albany State 11-1; Clark Atlanta 1
Saturday Game 1: Albany State 17; Clark Atlanta 9
Saturday Game 2: Albany State 11; Clark Atlanta 2
Record: Albany State (15-14; 11-2 SIAC), Clark Atlanta (11-19; 7-5 SIAC)
Location: Lady Rams Park | Albany, Ga.

HOW IT HAPPENED (FRIDAY):
Albany State opened the game with six unanswered runs in the first three innings. Clark Atlanta picked up the fourth hit of the game in the top of the fourth inning with a single to left field from Tatianna Kelly to score Chase Gray-Still who led the inning with a walk.
 
The Panthers were undone by five errors in the game.
 
Ajada Cofield pitched the full games surrendering 11 hits and 11 runs – all unearned – while walking two batters.
 
Kelly connected on two hits while Jessica Vason and Lakimia Terrell each had one hit.

HOW IT HAPPENED (SATURDAY GAME 1):
Clark Atlanta led early with two runs in the first inning and later tied the game 9-9 with a five-run fourth inning before ASU scored the final eight runs of the game.
 
Terrell provided a double in the first inning to score Kelly and Gray-Still.
 
Kayla Montague added a second-inning RBI double scoring Sharnitra Woods.
 
The fourth inning had Cailla Williams triple with the bases loaded to score Terrell, Kelly and Vason. Williams later scored on a single from Sharnitra Woods who would later cross home with a walk to Montague with the bases loaded.
 
Kelly, Terrell and Sharnitra Woods each picked up three hits in the game with Kelly scoring three times.
 
Shalonda Woods (3-7) pitched the complete game yielding 23 hits and 16 earned runs.

HOW IT HAPPENED (SATURDAY GAME 2):
Kelly collected two of the three Panther hits with a third inning two-run homerun from Gray-Still providing the only runs for CAU in the game.
 
Cofield (7-8) tossed her 12th complete game of the season in the effort with 12 hits allowed and 11 runs – eight earned – allowed and one strikeout.

UP NEXT:
Clark Atlanta will play the next 10 games from home beginning with a weekend series with Claflin starting on April 1 at with a doubleheader (1:00 P.M. and 3:00 P.M.) and ending with a game on April 2 at 1:00 P.M.