Game 1 Box Score (.pdf)

Game 2 Box Score (.pdf)

Jacksonville, Fla. – The USC Upstate softball team closed out a six-game road trip on Wednesday evening splitting a non-conference doubleheader with the Jacksonville Dolphins at the Debbie & Fred Pruitt Softball Complex.

USC Upstate is now 18-6 on the season while the Dolphins are 12-13 overall.

The Spartans won the first game 4-0 and Jacksonville earned a 3-2 victory in game two.

GAME ONE – USC UPSTATE 4, JACKSONVILLE 0

Scoring Breakdown

• Top 1^st – USC Upstate jumped out to an early 3-0 lead scoring on RBI base hits from Brittany Case, Alyssa Oakes and Megan Obier. Case started the scoring driving in Makenna Helton, who doubled the previous at-bat. Case then scored on Oakes' single and Obier followed two batters later with a double.
• Top 6^th – Kristen Wright extended the Spartans lead to 4-0 on her RBI single to right center field. Riley Sheehy, who was pinch-running for Alicia Dorgan after she walked, scored from second on the base hit.

Notables

• Christina Biggerstaff (11-1) picked up the win throwing a complete game shutout while striking out nine on seven hits and four walks.
• Haley Holloway (2-3) suffered the loss allowing four runs on nine hits, three walks and two strikeouts in seven innings of work.
• Helton led USC Upstate offensively with three hits in four plate appearances.
• Case and Obier both collected two hits.
• Case, Obier, Oakes and Wright all contributed one RBI.
• Kassidy Cross had a team-high three hits for the Dolphins.

GAME TWO – USC UPSTATE 2, JACKSONVILLE 3

Scoring Breakdown

• Top 3^rd – Case and Oakes gave the Spartans a 2-0 lead as Case recorded an RBI triple to left center field and Oakes an RBI sacrifice fly to center field. Helton reached on a fielding error and scored on Case's triple. Case then came home on Oakes' sacrifice fly.
• Bottom 4^th – Jacksonville cut its deficit down to 2-1 when Holloway reached on a fielding error with one out.
• Bottom 5^th – The Dolphins tied the game at 2-2 after Carolyn O'Neal drove in Seana Mora on a USC Upstate error.
• Bottom 6^th – Cross put Jacksonville ahead 3-2 on her two-out RBI single to center field.

Notables

• Erin Hill (6-5) took the loss pitching six innings and gave up three runs (one earned) on eight hits, two walks and three strikeouts.
• Alyssa Bilodeau (6-5) received the win after tossing a complete game while surrendering two runs (none earned) on three hits, three walks and seven strikeouts.
• Case posted a team-high three hits and contributed one RBI.
• Oakes also had one RBI.
• Cross recorded three hits for the Dolphins and collected one RBI.

UP NEXT

• The Spartans host Presbyterian this weekend, March 16-17, at Cyrill Stadium in their first-ever Big South Conference series.

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