Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Due West, S.C. – The Erskine Flying Fleet (19-21, 11-7) split their final regular season doubleheader with conference champion Limestone Saints winning the first game 3 to 2 and dropping the nightcap 4 to 1 in softball action at the Erskine College Softball Complex.
 
Game One
 
Erskine pitcher Danica Newton (Mt. Pleasant, SC, Wando High School) held Limestone to two runs on five hits over six plus innings to pick up her sixth win of the season.  Kaylin White (Columbia, SC, White Knoll High School) relieved Newton in the seventh to earn her third save of the season.  After surrendering a run in the first, Newton held the Saints scoreless for the next five innings, allowing just three singles.  The Saints scored an unearned run off Newton in the seventh.
 
At the plate, freshman Sydney Smith (Seneca, SC, Seneca High School) accounted for all three Erskine runs.  In the first inning, Smith drove a ball to the wall for a double, scoring Brittany Reynolds (Seneca, SC, Seneca High School) who reached on a walk. 
 
Two batters later Smith flashed her base running savvy to tally the Fleet's second run.  Sophomore Lydia Trexler (Lexington, SC, White Knoll High School) hit a grounder up the middle that Limestone shortstop Tessa Faucette laid out to snag.  Faucette threw from her knees to first but the ball did not arrive in time for the third out.  Smith, who was off from second on contact, rounded third and sped home beating the throw from the first baseman.
 
Smith drove in the game-winning run in the fifth inning. Ericka McCarson (Travelers Rest, SC, Travelers Rest High School) drew a one-out walk and after stealing second, scored on Smith's base hit.
 
Smith finished 2 for 3 with two runs batted in and a run scored.  Trexler also had two hits while Mia Blochviak (Taylorsville, NC, Alexander Central High School) and Chandler Crawford (Williamston, SC, Palmetto High School) each hit a double.
 
Game Two
 
Limestone scored three runs in the last two innings to win 4 to 1 and split the doubleheader with the Flying Fleet.
 
Erskine and Limestone were knotted 1 to 1 through five innings.  Both teams scored their lone run in the first inning.  Erskine scored their run off of Smith's third home run of the season while Limestone's Bailie Mabry scored off teammate's Ericka Hansen's single up the middle.
 
After that big fly, Limestone pitcher Josie Weber limited the Flying Fleet to just two more hits over the next six innings to earn the complete game victory.  Trexler and McCarson had the Fleet's other two hits, both singles.
 
Erskine pitcher Candace Fitch (Cherryville, NC, Burns High School) was charged with the loss giving up three runs on two hits over three plus innings of work.  Fitch cruised through her first two innings, giving up just one hit while striking out three.  In the sixth, Limestone put together their two hits to take a 2 to 1 lead.  In the seventh, Limestone took advantage of two walks to score two insurance runs.

With the win, Erskine clinched the #4 seed in the upcoming conference tournament that begins Thursday.  Erskine will face #5 King University.