Story Courtesy Georgia Southern sports information
CHARLESTON, SC - Georgia Southern pounded out 15 runs and sophomore Logan Free (Sandpoint, Idaho) tossed a one-hitter to complete a softball sweep of Charleston Southern Tuesday at the CSU Softball Field. The Eagles won game one 10-1 and game two 5-1.
GSU improves to 14-18 on the season and begins Southern Conference play this weekend, traveling to Appalachian State Saturday for a doubleheader. Charleston Southern is now 7-27-1.
Georgia Southern 10, Charleston Southern 1
Senior Gina Sterchi (Chattanooga, Tenn.) and junior Aurora Johnson (Macon, Ga.) each had two hits and three runs batted in while sophomore Melissa Laliberte (Cobourg, Ontario, Canada) held the Lady Bucs to just three hits.
The Eagles put three runs on the board in the first inning, taking advantage of two Charleston Southern errors. All three runs were unearned and Georgia Southern left the bases loaded.
The Lady Bucs answered with a run in the bottom of the first on a triple and a wild pitch, but GSU kept pace with a run in the second.
In the fourth, junior Heather Smith (Williamson, Ga.) and Sterchi walked, bringing up Johnson, who ripped a three-run homer down the left field line to put the Eagles up 7-1. GSU completed the scoring in its final at-bat with three more runs, all unearned, with two coming off the bat of Sterchi thanks to a two-run single.
Laliberte (6-5) went the distance, giving up three hits and one earned run while striking out three.
Georgia Southern 5, Charleston Southern 1
Free (5-5) made quick work of CSU, allowing the one hit, a third-inning double, and struck out a season-high 10 batters.
GSU jumped out on top with a four-run second inning, receiving a two-run triple from freshman Carrie Mixon (Statesboro, Ga.) and added two more on a groundout and an error. The Eagles added an insurance run in the fourth on a single by Smith.
Story Courtesy College of Charleston sports information
South Carolina 8, College of Charleston 7
South Carolina 7, College of Charleston 0
COLUMBIA, SC - The College of Charleston dropped a two-game series to South Carolina Tuesday night at Beckham Field by the scores of 8-7 and 7-0 in softball action.
Charleston falls to 15-17 with the two losses while USC improved to 21-10 on the season. Pitchers Amber Havnar (7-8) and Shannon Howard (8-9) were credited with the losses for the Cougars.
CofC dropped game one of the double header after taking a 6-2 lead into the bottom of the sixth. In that half inning the Gamecocks exploded four six runs on five hits as the Cougars committed two costly errors. Charleston would attempt a comeback in the top of the seventh as they scored a run to cut the lead in half but could not finish the would-be comeback. South Carolina took game one 8-7.
The Cougars scored seven runs on 15 hits committing three errors in the game while the Gamecocks scored eight runs on ten hits committing two errors in the win. This marked the seventh time this season that CofC has lost despite out-hitting their opponents.
In game two Charleston fell behind early and could never recover as CofC gave up three runs in the second, three runs in the fourth, and one in the fifth to earn the win. The Cougars had five hits committing two errors in the game two shutout with USC scoring seven runs on nine hits with no errors in the game.
On the day Leshe Russell batted for a .571 average going four for seven at the plate with a double, a run batted in, and two runs scored. Amber Shifflett was three for seven on the day with three RBI’s.
Jacksonville 3, Elon 0
Elon 11, Jacksonville 0