To become a championship caliber team, consistency is key.
The Georgia Bulldogs softball team hoped to find that consistency both at the plate and in the circle Wednesday night under the lights in Gainesville, Fla., as they took on the No. 8 seed Ole Miss. The Bulldogs brought a historic offense into Gainesville, slugging a school record of 100 home runs in the regular season, surpassing the 2010 Bulldog squad that hit 99 home runs (led in part by Shiloh High School graduate and Gwinnett sports Hall of Famer Megan Wiggins).
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