Spring Break
Georgia softball's Goler ties SEC RBI record
ZACH DILLARD
Issue date: 5/22/09 Section: Sports
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With her two home runs in No. 6 Georgia's 6-4 Super Regional win over Ohio State, the Bulldog's third baseman hit for her 78th and 79th RBI this season. Goler, a sophomore from Frankfort, Ill., has now tied the SEC single-season record with 79 runs batted in this year.
"I think (Goler's first home run in the fifth inning) was a huge hit, but we count on players up and down the lineup," said Georgia head coach Lu Harris-Champer. "(Goler) had two great at-bats, and the great thing about it was that she learned from her first at-bat."
Goler tied the mark in the bottom of the sixth inning on a lead-off home run over the trees in right-center field, her second homer and third hit of the night.
"It's a great honor," said Goler, who already owns Georgia single-season records in RBIs and home runs. "Charlotte Morgan is a great hitter and she really came into the SEC and set the precedent."
Morgan, now a junior at Alabama, broke the previous SEC RBI record of 77 in 2008 as a sophomore - she led the nation in RBIs and became a first-team All-American that season.
Goler, who hit her 22nd and 23rd home run against Ohio State, also has legitimate shot at breaking the SEC single-season home run record of 25 set by Alabama's Kelly Kretschman in 1998.
She will get the chance to pursue both records in Game 2 against Ohio State in the Athens Super Regional, which starts at 4:30 on Friday at the Georgia Softball Complex.
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