DUE WEST, S.C. – The Erskine College softball team (3-2) defeated Concord University (1-5) by a score of 5-4 at the Erskine Softball Complex on Friday afternoon in the Fleet's 2023 home opener and first game of the Fleet/Bearcat Tournament this weekend.

THE ESSENTIALS 
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HOW IT HAPPENED
Concord manufactured a run in the first inning and took an early 1-0 lead, but the Fleet responded with a couple of massive swings. In the second inning, freshman Summer Nelsen gave Erskine the lead with her first collegiate home run that flipped the game on its head and gave the Fleet a 2-1. Starting pitcher, Kaley Ingle, settled in and preserved that lead through her next two innings of work. Following a Brooke Patterson single to lead off the fourth inning, Kenzie Eagleman roped a two-run home run over the right field fence to give Erskine some cushion, 4-1. Concord scored twice in the top of the fifth, but a Maddie Ingram RBI single in the bottom half made it a 5-3 game. A Mountain Lions solo home run got the visitors back within a run, but Ingle got the final four outs of the game and finishing off a 5-4 win.

THE PLAYER
Kenzie Eagleman went 2-for-3 with 2 RBIs at the plate, including an opposite field home run in the fourth inning.
 
WHAT'S NEXT?
Erskine wraps up the Fleet/Bearcat Tournament with a tall test on Saturday, as they take on No. 15 Lincoln Memorial University (13-3) at 2 p.m.

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