GREENSBORO, N.C. –The UNCG softball team (17-10) blanked George Washington (9-9) Thursday afternoon in the first game of the Blue/Gold Challenge. Hagan Kiser went three-for-three with one run batted in for a career-high three hits in a game. Tory Wright also went three-for-four with a pair of RBI and her third home run of the season.

Alicia Bazonski earned the win tossing five scoreless innings. She allowed just two hits while striking out one and not walking a batter.

Danica Bishop threw two innings of relief allowing just one hit.

The Spartans took an early 4-0 lead in the bottom of the fourth inning. Danielle Vega reached on an error by which scored Lindsay Thomas from second. Wright singled through the right side a batter later for a 2-0 UNCG lead. Kendall McKinney hit a sacrifice fly to left field making it a three run game. It was then that Kiser hit a single up the middle with two outs for her first hit of the game and a 4-0 lead.

A single by Thomas in the bottom of the third scored McKinney who led off the inning with a six-pitch walk. Wright homered in the bottom of the fourth for the 6-0 Spartans lead.

UNCG threatened again in the bottom of the fifth but stranded bases loaded when Vega struck out swinging for the final out.

Bishop tossed a one, two, three top of the sixth inning. George Washington popped into a double play to end the game in the top of the seventh.

Bazonski improves to 10-2 overall while Jayme Costlow was handed the loss as she moves to 5-4 overall in 2016.

UNCG did not record and error in the field in the victory and tacked on 10 hits as a team with Kiser, Wright and Thomas all having multi-hit games.