Emory freshman pinch hitter Catherine Norman's ground out RBI in the eighth inning scored Dana Goodenough with go-ahead run and gave the Eagles 5-4 victory over LaGrange College in the first contest of a double header on Tuesday. The win was Emory's 12^th straight and raised its overall record to 39-2-1 while the Panthers slipped to 20-16.

Emory finished with 15 hits and was led by junior catcher Jessica Boni and senior left fielder Brittany Boeshore, each of whom picked up three safeties.  Freshman Megan Light collected a pair of RBIs while Goodenough hit safely twice and scored a pair of runs.  Freshman pitcher Lena Brottman, who started the game, re-entered the contest in a relief role and picked up the win, her 17^th of the year, tossing 1 1/3 innings in her second stint after tossing two innings in a starting capacity.

Emory jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first after a single by Light scored freshman Claire Bailey who opened the game with a walk.  The Eagles put up another run in the second when Goodenough scampered across the plate following a single by Boeshore.   Emory added to its advantage the following frame when Boni singled with one out and, when following a fly out, she advanced to second when Goodenough singled.  Senior Nikki Perez drove in the run with a single.  After LaGrange countered with a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning, Emory upped its advantage to 4-2 in the fourth when a sacrifice fly by Light, her 59^th RBI of the year, scored Bailey.   LaGrange crept back to within one run in the bottom half of the frame by scoring an unearned run.  The Panthers knotted the game in their half of the seventh when they generated a two-out rally that was culminated by an RBI single by Courtney Beshel.