The Lee softball team earned a doubleheader split with No. 13 North Georgia on Tuesday afternoon on a sun-splashed afternoon at Butler Field. The Lady Flames took game one, 6-5 as Madison Barnett battled in the circle through early trouble to go the distance for the win.

Sydney Lee delivered the go-ahead run for Lee with a double to left center to score Taylor De Adder. Barnett (5-8) then went out for the seventh and went through the heart of the high-powered Nighthawks lineup to earn her fifth victory of the season. She allowed five runs on 11 hits and did not walk a batter.

The Lady Flames only had five hits in the contest but capitalized on eight North Georgia walks and four hit by pitches. Javaria Smith got Lee going with a run-scoring triple in the first. Bre Patton went 1 for 1 with an RBI and reached base all four times up to the plate.

North Georgia's big offense inning came in the third as Olivia Sinquefield, Madison Simmons, and Haley Cummings hit back to back to back home runs. Barnett shook off the rough inning however and allowed just one run over the next four innings.

Jordan Warzynski (0-1) was tagged with the loss as she allowed one run in 1.1 innings of relief. Kristen Davis started and worked two-plus innings, giving up a pair of hits and four runs. Tybee Denton was charged with one run on two hits through 2.2 innings. She struck out five but walked four before giving way to Warzynski.

GAME 2 – LEE 3 UNG 10
The Nighthawks regained their footing with a 10-3 victory over the Lady Flames in the nightcap. North Georgia broke things open with a four-run second inning.

Gracie Mixon, Georgia Blair and Jolie Lester all singled home runs in the big second inning for the Nighthawks. Blair homered to left in the sixth and Sinquefield hit her second long ball of the day in the sixth to wrap up the scoring. All totaled North Georgia slugged five homers in the doubleheader.

Annalyn Ormsby blasted a solo home run in the bottom of the second inning to get the Lady Flames on the board while Javaria Smith singled in a run in the fifth.

North Georgia busted out 16 hits with Cummings, Blair and Perry all collecting three hits each.

Warzynski started in the circle in game two and earned the win to move to 1-1. She went 4.1 innings giving up three runs on seven hits. Denton also came back into the circle for the nightcap and slammed the door, tossing 2.2 scoreless innings of relief. She walked one and struck out a pair.

Nyah Vogel (10-6) suffered her first loss in five starts as she gave up five runs on six hits over four innings. Alaina Watson came on in relief and yielded four runs on six hits before Caroline Pattison tossed the final two innings, allowing one run four hits.

The Lady Flames move to 16-14 on the season while the Nighthawks are now 27-11. Lee will travel to Shorter for a Gulf South Conference three-game series beginning Friday at 5 p.m.