Live Updates: No. 3 Georgia Tech vs No. 2 Florida Atlantic, NCAA Regional Score

Today marks the start of the 2025 NCAA Softball Tournament and regional play will begin in Gainesville (FL) with a matchup between Georgia Tech and Florida Atlantic. The Yellow Jackets were one of the last teams included in the field this season, but will look to get a win today to start the Tournament off on the right foot.

To begin Regional play, Georgia Tech (27-22, 10-11 ACC) will take on No. 2 seed Florida Atlantic (44-10, 23-4 AAC) on Friday at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium in Gainesville, Fla.

As one of 33 at-large selections in the 64-team field, the Yellow Jackets will make their 13th NCAA appearance in program history and their second under head coach Aileen Morales. Morales was also on staff as a student assistant in Tech’s lone NCAA Super Regional appearance in 2009 before serving as an assistant coach in three straight NCAA Regional appearances from 2010-12.

The Yellow Jackets and Owls are joined by top Regional seed and host Florida (43-14, 14-10 SEC) along with No. 4 seed Mercer (38-24, 11-9 SoCon), who will also square off in the opening round. With double elimination format, the victors of day one will advance to the winner’s bracket while the defeated will drop into the loser’s bracket. The eventual winner of the Regional must avoid losing twice throughout the competition to advance to a Super Regional on May 22-25 at a location determined by Regional results.

Here is how Georgia Tech is lining up for today's game.

1. DH Eliana Gottlieb

2. LF Alyssa Willer

3. 1B Addison Leschber

4. 3B Gracyn Tucker

5. 2B Grace Connelly

6. CFPaige Vukadinovic

7. C Reese Hunter

8. SS Emma Simon

9. RF Ella Edgmon

Sophia Voyles is the starter today for Georgia Tech.

Top of the 1st

GT gets one single, but no runs. Game is tied 0-0 heading to the bottom of the 1st

Bottom of the 1st

Voyles pitched a scoreless inning and it is 0-0 heading to the 2nd

Top of the 2nd

GT gets two runners on, but cannot take advantage. Game is tied 0-0 headed to the bottom of the 2nd

Bottom of the 2nd

FAU gets a solo home run to take the lead, but that is all. The Owls lead 1-0 heading to the 3rd

Top of the 3rd

Yellow Jackets draw a walk, but no hits or runs. FAU leads 1-0 going to the bottom of the 3rd

Bottom of the 3rd

A scoreless 1-2-3 inning for FAU. Owls lead 1-0 heading to the 4th

Top of the 4th

Connelly gets a leadoff double, but no runs for GT. FAU leads 1-0 heading to the bottom of the 4th

Bottom of the 4th

Voyles pitches another scoreless inning. FAU leads 1-0 heading to the 5th

Top of the 5th

Another scoreless inning for GT. FAU leads 1-0 heading to the bottom of the 15th

Bottom of the 5th

Another solo home run gives the Owls a 2-0 lead heading to the 6th

Top of the 6th

Two singles put a pair of runners on and an RBI single cut the leada to 2-1. A 2-RBI double from Simon gave Georgia Tech a lead for the first time, 3-2, heading to the bottom of the 6th

Bottom of the 6th

FAU takes the lead back with a pair of runs to make it 4-3 heading to the final inning.

Top of the 7th

Leschber hits a two-out home run to tie the game!

BIG COUNTRY GOES YARD ☝️

T7 | GT 4 - FAU 4

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— Georgia Tech Softball 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 (@GaTechSoftball) May 16, 2025

Bottom of the 7th

GT pitches a 1-2-3 scoreless inning and we are headed to extra innings

Top of the 8th

Simon and Edgmon singled, but no runs for GT. Game is tied 4-4 heading to the bottom of the 8th

Bottom of the 8th

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