DUE WEST, S.C. – The Erskine College softball team (4-2) defeated No. 15 Lincoln Memorial University (14-4) by a score of 5-4 at the Erskine Softball Complex on Saturday afternoon in the Fleet's second and final game of the Fleet/Bearcat Tournament this weekend. Erskine scored three runs in the fifth inning, including Amber Clark scampering home on a wild pitch, which proved to be the difference.

THE ESSENTIALS 
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HOW IT HAPPENED
A Summer Nelsen sacrifice fly canceled out an LMU run in the top of the first. In the third inning, the Railsplitters regained the lead, but Kyndall Chandler immediately answered back with an RBI single to tie the game again. In the fifth inning, Lincoln Memorial hit a pair of solo home runs and took a 4-2 lead. But, as they did all game, Erskine wasted no time making up the deficit. Savannah Koester led off the frame with a walk, and Hayden Bradley followed with a single to set up the Erskine threat. Freshman Amber Clark slapped a single the other way, scoring Koester and making it a one run game. Then, it was Chandler again, who came through with another RBI single to tie the game. But, the Fleet weren't done there as they employed a delayed double steal with Clark and pinch runner Hailey Watson, with Clark swiping home to put Erskine ahead, 5-4. And starting pitcher Kaley Ingle saved her best innings for the most important ones, putting up zeroes in the sixth and seventh, and finishing off a huge win over a ranked team.

THE PLAYER
Kyndall Chandler went 2-for-3 at the plate with a pair of RBI singles in the Fleet victory.
 
WHAT'S NEXT?
Erskine stays home for its first traditional doubleheader in Due West of the season, taking on Coker University (9-3) on Wednesday at 1 p.m. 

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