College of Charleston
Charleston Southern
Bucs Take Doubleheader Sweep over Cougars
2/15/2010 1:00:00 AM | Softball
Erin Kegley went five-for-seven with two RBI and a home run to lead the Charleston Southern Bucs to the 6-4 and 4-2 doubleheader wins over the College of Charleston softball team in front of 109 fans at Patriots Point Field in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
The Cougars fell to 0-2 on the year after having its opening-season tournament in Columbia, S.C. canceled due to snow, forcing CofC to add two games with the Bucs. CSU evened its early season record to 2-2.
Charleston tied the game at two in the third inning of the first game off a two RBI single by Katie Forbes (Odessa, Fla.), her only hit of the doubleheader. Amanda Lonergan (Pembroke, Fla.) led the Cougars with a two-for-five effort, including a two-RBI home run in the sixth inning of the first game that knotted the game at four heading into the seventh inning.
In the top of the seventh, Kegley doubled to center field, driving in Shayla Cullum for the eventual game-winner for the Bucs. Kegley scored on the next play after Kristin Kelleher singled to give the Bucs an insurance run. Sondra Vetter, who earned the win pitching a complete game for CSU, retired the Cougars in order in the bottom of the seventh as the Bucs took the first game 6-4.
After Charleston Southern spotted two runs in the top of the third inning of the second game, Kristi Shifflett (Virginia Beach, Va.), who went two-for-four with an RBI, doubled in the bottom of the third to score Kristi Woodall (Huntersville, N.C.) to cut the margin to one, 2-1.
Charleston Southern responded with two runs in the top of the fourth to go up 4-1, before the Cougars staged a comeback in the seventh after Amber Shifflett (Virginia Beach, Va.), who went three-for-eight today, homered to left center to cut the margin to 4-2. That would be as close as Charleston would get after the next two batters went down in order, giving Charleston Southern the 4-2 victory and CSU's Kimberly Hobbs the win with a complete game performance.
Stephanie Saylors (Easley, S.C.) picked up the loss for the Cougars in game one, while Terri Mesko (McDonough, Ga.) earned the loss in the second game.
Charleston is next in action when it hosts the CofC Cougar Classic Feb. 19-21 with the Cougars facing Akron in their first game Friday at 4 p.m.
Charleston Southern 6, Coll. of Charleston 4 (Feb 14, 2010 at Mt. Pleasant, S.C.) (Game 1)
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Charleston Southern. 002 011 2 - 6 11 0 (1-2)
Coll. of Charleston. 002 002 0 - 4 5 1 (0-1)
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Pitchers: Charleston Southern - Vetter, Sondra and Kegley, Erin. Coll. of Charleston -
Kasie Meeks; Stephanie Saylors(6); Alexa Datko(7) and Katie Pesature.
Win-Vetter, Sondra(1-1) Loss-Stephanie Saylors(0-1) T-1:47 A-109
HR COFC - Amanda Lonergan.
Weather: Clear, 50s, winds WNW at 10mph
Meeks faced 1 batter in the 6th.
Game: COFC2141
Charleston Southern 4, Coll. of Charleston 2 (Feb 14, 2010 at Mt. Pleasant, S.C.) (Game 2)
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Charleston Southern. 002 200 0 - 4 6 1 (2-2)
Coll. of Charleston. 001 000 1 - 2 7 0 (0-2)
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Pitchers: Charleston Southern - Hobbs, Kimberly and Kegley, Erin. Coll. of Charleston -
Terri Mesko; Alexa Datko(4) and Amanda Maurer; Courtney Clark.
Win-Hobbs, Kimberly(1-1) Loss-Terri Mesko(0-1) T-1:53 A-106
HR CSU - Cullum, Shayla; Kegley, Erin; Matthews, Jana.
HR COFC - Amber Shifflett.
Weather: clear, 50s, winds WNW 10mph
Game: COFC2142
