Maggie Peeler
Sophomore Candace Fitch

Softball

Erskine snaps skid with split against Flagler

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Due West, S.C. – After losing the first game 6 to 0, the Erskine Flying Fleet (6-8) snapped a four-game losing skid with a 7 to 2 victory over the Flagler College Saints (5-14) in the nightcap of today's non-conference softball doubleheader at the Erskine College Softball Complex.
 
Game One
 
Flagler's Haleigh Corbally and Rachel Hudson combined to toss a four-hit shutout to win game one 6 to 0, sending the Fleet to a fourth straight loss.
 
Corbally went four innings allowing two hits while striking out three and walking five.  Hudson pitched the final three innings to earn her first save of the season.  She surrendered two hits.
 
Erskine had bases loaded twice but could not push a run across the plate.  In the first inning, the Fleet benefited from two walks to load the bases but Corbally gotChristine Long (Greer, SC, Greer High School) to ground out to end the threat.  The Fleet loaded the bases again in the fourth.  Corbally enduced a pop fly to short for the second out then induced a ground ball to end the inning.
 
FreshmanSydney Smith (Seneca, SC) had two of the Fleet's four hits with Jill Sprague (Charlotte, NC) and Brittany Reynolds (Seneca, SC) accounting for the other two singles.
 
Erskine's Danica Newton (Mt. Pleasant, SC, Wando High School) took the loss giving up four runs, just two earned, in four innings pitched.
 
Game Two
 
Freshman Gabby Keisler (Gilbert, SC) went 4 for 4 and drove in three runs while sophomore pitcher Candace Fitch (Cherryville, NC, Burns High School) pitched a complete game, giving up two runs on six hits, to win game two 7 to 2 and snap the Flying Fleet's four game losing skid.
 
The Fleet bats tacked on four runs in the first three innings.  Freshman Chandler Crawford (Williamston, SC) drove in Mia Blochviak (Taylorsville, NC) with a double in the first and sophomore Jill Sprague (Charlotte, NC) singled home Brittany Rhinehardt (Clover, SC) in the second inning.  In the third inning, Keisler crushed her third home run of the season, a two-run shot, in the third.
 
In the sixth, Erskine added three more insurance runs to clinch the victory.  With two outs, Reyonds hit the first of three singles.  Crawford got hit by a pitch to force in the first run and after an rbi single by Keisler,Ericka McCarson (Travelers Rest, SC, Travelers Rest High School) drew a bases loaded walk for the Fleet's third run in the inning.  Flagler's Hudson relieved Tinsley Smith to get the final out.
 
For Fitch, it was her first complete game and her third win of the season. 
 
Flagler's Erin Anderson took the loss, her fifth of the year.
 
Erskine travels to play archrival Anderson University on Tuesday.  The first game starts at 4:00 p.m.
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Players Mentioned

Candace Fitch

#29 Candace Fitch

P/UT
5' 5"
Sophomore
Christine Long

#25 Christine Long

1B/3B
5' 7"
Junior
Ericka McCarson

#11 Ericka McCarson

3B/2B
5' 3"
Senior
Danica Newton

#13 Danica Newton

P
5' 7"
Sophomore
Mia Blochaviak

#00 Mia Blochaviak

OF
5' 3"
Freshman
Jill Sprague

#2 Jill Sprague

OF
5' 2"
Freshman
Gabby Keisler

#5 Gabby Keisler

INF/P
5' 9"
Freshman
Brittany Reynolds

#8 Brittany Reynolds

SS
5' 7"
Freshman
Chandler Crawford

#14 Chandler Crawford

INF/P
5' 10"
Freshman
Brittany Rhinehardt

#16 Brittany Rhinehardt

OF
5' 7"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Candace Fitch

#29 Candace Fitch

5' 5"
Sophomore
P/UT
Christine Long

#25 Christine Long

5' 7"
Junior
1B/3B
Ericka McCarson

#11 Ericka McCarson

5' 3"
Senior
3B/2B
Danica Newton

#13 Danica Newton

5' 7"
Sophomore
P
Mia Blochaviak

#00 Mia Blochaviak

5' 3"
Freshman
OF
Jill Sprague

#2 Jill Sprague

5' 2"
Freshman
OF
Gabby Keisler

#5 Gabby Keisler

5' 9"
Freshman
INF/P
Brittany Reynolds

#8 Brittany Reynolds

5' 7"
Freshman
SS
Chandler Crawford

#14 Chandler Crawford

5' 10"
Freshman
INF/P
Brittany Rhinehardt

#16 Brittany Rhinehardt

5' 7"
Freshman
OF