Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Due West, S.C. – After losing the first game 2 to 1, Erskine blasted Brevard in the nightcap 6 to 1 to earn a split in non-conference softball action at the Erskine College Softball Complex Saturday afternoon.

After crushing a solo home run to start the second inning, Brevard’s Brittany Jones laced a two-out single to score Ally Davenport for the Tornado second and winning run.  Davenport reached on an error to open the fourth inning and had moved up two bases, one on a groundout and another on a pass ball.  Brevard threatened again in the sixth inning with runners on second and third, but this time Erskine pitcher Kelsey Spurrier (Charlotte, NC, Butler High School) struck out Jones to end the inning. 

Spurrier tossed her second complete game of the season, surrendering the two runs on just three hits.  She did walk four and struck out four.

The Fleet (2-2) scored their one run in the first inning.  Senior Bailey Thornton (Pauline, SC, Dorman High School) drew a walk to start the game and promptly stole two bases.  Senior Morgan Purcell (Duncan, SC, Byrnes High School) hit a deep fly to left to score Thornton.

Despite surrendering the first inning run, Brevard Jamie Hrobak did not allow a hit until the seventh inning whenEricka McCarson (Travelers Rest, SC, Travelers Rest High School) connected on a double off the wall to lead off the seventh inning.  The Fleet failed to score the tying run as Hrobak forced three consecutive ground outs to preserve the 2 to 1 victory.

Hrobak picked up her first win of the season, throwing a complete game one-hitter.  She struck out six and walked five.

In the second game, Erskine scored five runs, only one earned, in the first three innings to cruise to the 6 to 1 win.  Senior Larissa Shannon (Newberry, SC, Newberry High School) scored in the first.  After ripping a base hit and moving up on Purcell’s single, Shannon scored on a pass ball.

The Fleet added another unearned in the bottom of the second.  With two outs, shortstop Whitney Brown (West Columbia, SC, Airport High School) reached and advanced to second on a Brevard fielding error.  The next batter, Thornton, singled to score Brown.

Erskine blew the game open in the next inning scoring three more runs, one on a rbi single by freshman Christine Long (Greer, SC, Greer High School).

The Fleet added another run in the fifth inning.  Ashlyn Hicks (Caycee, SC, Brookland-Cayce High School) singled and Colleen Gardner (Matthews, NC, Butler High School) crushed a double allowing Hicks to score from first.

Meanwhile, Kaylin White (Columbia, SC, White Knoll High School) and Katherine Mulzer (Donalds, SC, Dixie High School)combined to hold Brevard to just one run, unearned, on six hits through seven innings.  White made her first collegiate start, going four innings, giving up the one run while scattering six hits to earn her first collegiate victory.  She also struck out one and walked four.

After giving up two hits to start the fifth, Mulzer relieved White and promptly struck out the side to end the Brevard scoring threat.   Mulzer did not give up a hit over the final three innings while striking out six to earn her first save of the year.

Erskine hosts Peach Belt Conference member Augusta State University this Wednesday in a double header starting at 2:00 p.m.