Skyhawks Swept by Brewton-Parker to Conclude Regular Season
WEST POINT, Ga. – The Point University Skyhawks' 2026 softball campaign reached its end on Friday afternoon with the Brewton-Parker Christian University Barons taking 2-1 and 8-6 victories against them at West Point Park.
Game One (2-1 L):
The Skyhawks and Barons put up a defensive showcase with Taylor Gajdik and Brewton-Parker starter Samantha Mathews not having to manage much traffic on the bases. Gajdik gave up just three hits on two runs in the seven innings. Matthews' complete game included four hits and one run let in.
The fifth inning was all the Barons needed to set the stage for their win. After Mathews walked, Ayzsa Wooten belted a long home run to left field for a 2-0 lead.
The Skyhawks came close to tying it in the sixth after Alexa McCoy doubled into the gap and gave Gajdik plenty of time to come home and make it 2-1. McCoy was stranded at second in the next at-bat as the tying runner. The seventh inning was a carbon-copy situation for Point with Sarah Hinely's two-out double being followed by a game-ending flyout.
The Skyhawks had a 4-3 edge in hits and BPCU was charged with the lone error of the game.
Game Two (8-6 L):
Brewton-Parker struck first in the opening inning on Anna Green's two-run home run, but Point answered quickly. The Skyhawks scored twice in the bottom of the first, one of those runs aided by an error, to even the game at 2-2. Point then took control in the second with a four-run outburst. Taylor Gajdik delivered the biggest hit of the inning, ripping a two-out, three-run double that pushed Point in front 6-2.
That advantage held only briefly as Brewton-Parker began to chip away. Green singled home Tori Wright in the third to trim the margin to 6-3. In the fourth, Brewton-Parker scored twice, once on a throwing error and again on an RBI groundout by Madisyn Hallar after Hannah Rust helped spark the rally. Morgan Willingham's run-scoring double in the fifth tied the game 6-6, completing the comeback after Point had been in control early.
The Barons avoided extra innings with Emma Warnock pushing across a pair of runs in the seventh inning. Raley Thorn reached on an error for the Skyhawks with the team down to their last two outs, but Maeleigh Burns finished her impressive day in the pitching circle where one run was tagged against her. She worked six innings while allowing five hits.
Point finished with eight hits, led by Sarah Hinely, who went 3-for-4 and scored a run. Gajdik drove in three runs with her second-inning double and was hit by a pitch twice. The Skyhawks, though, were unable to add to their total after the second inning and left nine runners on base.
The Skyhawks will take part in the 2026 SSAC Softball Championship, with their first-round matchup scheduled for this Thursday, April 30 vs. Thomas University at 11:00am EDT. The tournament will be played at the Wilson Morgan Softball Complex in Decatur, Alabama.
