Golden Lifts Cougars Past Western Carolina, 3-2 and 2-1

Saturday, April 21

Patriot's Point

1 p.m.

College of Charleston

Western Carolina

Golden Lifts Cougars Past Western Carolina, 3-2 and 2-1

4/21/2007 4:00:00 AM | Softball

By: CofCSports.com

Jennifer Golden's walk-off homer ? her 12^th of the season ? in Game 1 capped a 3-2 win for the College of Charleston and her RBI-sac fly to center gave the Cougars a 2-1 Game 2 win over Western Carolina in Southern Conference softball action before 214 at Patriots Point on Saturday afternoon in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.

The College of Charleston (29-17, 11-3 SoCon), which tied the longest winning streak in school history with its 15^th straight win and 11^th straight conference win, will play the series finale on Sunday at 1 p.m.

The Cougars opened up series with a 2-run first inning in Game 1. With bases loaded, Golden reached on a miscue by Western Carolina's Heather Pritchard to score Amber Shifflett, and Shannon Howard's RBI-single up the middle scored Kristie Shifflett.

The Catamounts (21-29, 5-9 SoCon) evened the score, 2-2, in the top of sixth on an RBI-walk by pinch Beth Hauser, followed by Danielle Reese's RBI-single through the left side.

Terri Mesko (15-7), who scattered four hits and yielded two runs, struck out eight and issued seven walks for the win.

Western Carolina's Savannah Filley (4-7) gave up five hits, fanned one and yielded a run in 4 2/3 innings of work for the loss.

Howard went for 2-for-3 with an RBI to lead the seven-hit offensive attack, and Izmena Cabrera, A. Shifflett, K. Shifflett, Golden and Kolby Schooley each had a hit apiece.

Mendy McKenzie, Stephanie Beatty, Filley and Reese each had a hit for the Catamounts.

Katie Sansouci (8-3) pitched seven strong innings in Game 2, giving up three hits, a walk, and a run and striking out one.

Western Carolina scored the first run of Game 2 in the top of the fifth when Jamie Swank, who singled down the right field line, was driven in by McKenzie's RBI-single through the left side.

The College of Charleston would put up the final runs of the game in the bottom of the fifth behind A. Shifflett's RBI-single up the middle to score Darla Roberson and Golden's sac fly to score Cabrera.

A. Shifflett went 2-for-3 with an RBI to pace the Cougars in Game 2. Cabrera, K. Shifflett, Howard and Brittany Small each had hit.

McKenzie, Beatty and Swank had a hit apiece for the Catamounts. McKenzie (9-15), who struck out five and issued a walk, yielded two runs for the loss.