SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The USC Upstate softball team swept Western Carolina on Tuesday afternoon to pick up their 400^th all-time win inside Cyrill Softball Stadium.
 
USC Upstate (22-13, 9-3 Big South) is now 15-2 at home this season and picked up their first midweek sweep of the season since March 17^th against South Carolina State. The Spartans are now a perfect 15-0 against Western Carolina in games played inside the friendly confines of Cyrill Stadium.
 
In the first game of the afternoon, the two teams got into a bit of a pitchers dual, with zeros on the scoreboard through the first two innings of action. In the bottom of the third inning, Tiffany Domingue (York, S.C.) came through with an RBI groundout to break the scoreless tie. In the top of the sixth inning, Western Carolina tied up the game with an RBI single up the middle. The tie was short lived however, as Peyton Darnell (Fort Mill, S.C.) blasted a two-run bomb over the scoreboard in left field to give the Spartans the victory.
 
Savannah Brown (Mint Hill, N.C.) pitched 5.0 innings of shutout softball and surrendered just five hits on the day. The freshman pitcher also struck out a trio of Catamounts in the process. Reigning Big South Freshman of the Week Adison Yoder (Newton, N.C.) picked up her fourth win of the season in relief. Yoder pitched 2.0 innings and allowed just one run off two hits.
 
In the second game of the afternoon, the Spartans got off to an electrifying start as they plated four runs in the bottom of the first inning. In the second inning, Madison Lanoux (Fleming Island, Fla.) singled through the right side of the infield to drive in the fifth run of the ball game for USC Upstate. A wild pitch allowed Darnell to score from third and the Spartans held a 6-0 advantage. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Lanoux recorded her second RBI of the game and the Spartans led 7-0.
 
Mallie Brown (Stockbridge, Ga.) picked up her ninth win of the season after a complete game shutout against Western Carolina. The junior pitcher struckout five Catamount batters and she allowed just four hits on the night.    
 
Game One: USC Upstate 3, Western Carolina 1

Scoring Breakdown
 
Bottom 3^rd: Marisa Soterakis (Miramar, Fla.) began the inning with a hit by pitch and moved over to second on a single from Sarah Price (Landrum, S.C.). With one out in the inning, Domingue singled in the runner from third to give the Spartans the lead.
 
Top 6^th: Kailey McNeil drew a leadoff walk and moved over to second on a single by Myra Twitty. After a double steal moved McNeil over to third base, Jeralynn Wells singled up the middle to tie the game for Western Carolina.
 
Bottom 6^th: Lanoux doubled to right field to start the inning and came around to score on a one-out homerun from Darnell.

Notables
Price: 2-3
Domingue: 1-3, RBI
Darnell: 1-3, HR, 2-RBI's, run scored
S. Brown: 5.0 IP, 5 hits, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K's
Yoder: W, 2.0 IP, 2 hits, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

Game Two: USC Upstate 7, Western Carolina 0
 
Scoring Breakdown
 
Bottom 1^st: Price started the inning with an infield single to short and moved into scoring position after stealing second. With one out in the inning, Domingue singled through the right side to move Price over to third. Darnell singled through the left side break the scoreless tie. Following a Lanoux walk to load up the bases, Grigsby drove in another run on a fielder's choice. The Spartans added another run on a fielding error by the Catamounts and Hallie Mele picked up her first career RBI with a bases loaded walk.
 
Bottom 2^nd: Cooper singled back to the pitcher to start the inning and moved into scoring position after stealing second base. With one out in the inning, Darnell moved Cooper over to third with a single to right field. Lanoux cashed in the run with an RBI single through the right side of the infield. A wild pitch allowed Darnell to score from third.  
 
Bottom 4^th: Domingue singled up the middle to start the inning and stole second with one out in the inning to move into scoring position. Lanoux drove in her second run of the game with an RBI single through the left side of the infield.
 
Notables
Domingue: 2-4, 2 runs scored
Darnell: 2-4, RBI, run scored
Lanoux: 3-3, 2 RBI
M. Brown: W, 7.0 IP, 4 hits, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K's

UP next for the Spartans
The Spartans will be back at home this weekend against Gardner-Webb University.
 
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