CONWAY, S.C. - Presbyterian College softball won the opener against Coastal Carolina, 6-2 but fell 4-2 in the night-cap to the Chanticleers.  The Blue Hose tacked on four runs in the eighth inning of game one to earn the hard-fought win.  The extra-innings victory is PC's first of the season.

Coastal (22-25, 3-8 BSC) grabbed an early lead with two runs in the first inning.  Those runs would be the Chanticleers final scoring of the game.

The Blue Hose (18-23, 2-12 BSC) answered with an equalizing pair of runs in the third frame.  A bases loaded walk to Morgan Durham brought Brittany Howell in to score.  The next batter, Taylor Staten, grounded to third base to plate Amanda Miller for PC's second run of the frame.

The both teams went scoreless down the stretch to send the game into extra innings. 

Staten opened the eighth inning placed on second base with the international tiebreaker rule.  A throwing error moved the runner over and put runners on the corners for Leslie Hensley.  The Blue Hose pitcher helped her cause by doubling in a run and moving Becca Caldwell over to third base.  Brittany Howell walked to load the bases before Rachel Hopper was hit by a pitch to bring in the second run of the inning to the plate.  Tera Powell cashed in the final two RBI to give PC a 6-2 lead.

Hensley stymied the Chanticleers in the eighth and took the win in the circle to improve to 8-10.  She went the distance holding Coastal to just two runs off six hits.

In game two, the Blue Hose opened with a run in the first inning to grab a quick 1-0 lead.  Staten mashed her team-high seventh home run of the season to center field to post the run.

Coastal covered in the bottom of the first with two runs to take the lead after just one inning.  The Chanticleers would add a run in the third and another in the fourth to go up by a 4-1 margin.

Hensley smashed a home run to left field in the fifth inning to draw PC back within a run at 4-2 with just two trips to the plate remaining.

With two outs in the sixth, Staten hit her second base hit of the game and PC's third of the game.  The hit would be PC's final of the game as no runners would make it past first base in the final two innings.

Howell was the starting pitcher for game two.  She was unable to get out of the first inning allowing two runs in stanza.  She recorded two outs and took the loss to fall to 3-7 on the season in the circle. 

The teams will play the rubber match of the series on Sunday afternoon starting at 1 p.m. from Conway.