CLINTON, S.C. - After falling behind early, Presbyterian College softball rallied throughout and ultimately fell, 14-9 to Charleston Southern in the final of the weekend series.  The Blue Hose fall to 13-12 on the season and 1-7 in the Big South while the Buccaneers improve to 20-19-1 and 4-4 in league play with series sweep.  Katie Anderson had five RBI in the game, bringing at least one run home in each of her four at bats.

The Bucs sent 12 hitters to the plate and returned with nine runs off five hits.  Charleston Southern's 9-0 advantage after the first half inning put PC in a hole but not an insurmountable hole.

PC responded with three runs in the bottom of the first inning with two outs.  Taylor Staten doubled and scored off Katie Anderson's single to left field.  Brittany Howell's single to left took Anderson over to third and Howell went into scoring position on the throw.  Amanda Miller hit a ground ball to shortstop for what looked to be the third out.  Instead, an errant throw allowed both Howell and Anderson to score as PC knifed the margin to 9-3.

Starting pitcher Leslie Hensley settled down after a rocky first inning for three consecutive open frames in the second, third and fourth innings.  She helped her own cause to open the bottom of the second with a home run over the left field fence.  Her second bomb of the season made the score 9-4.

Anderson notched her second and third RBI of the game with her first home run of the season in the third inning.  Her shot to left center also brought Staten home and cut the lead to 9-6. A pair of errors and a wild pitch brought Howell home for the second time in the game and cut the margin to just two runs at 9-7.

In the fourth inning, Anderson notched her fourth RBI with a two-out single down the left field line.  She plated Krysten Handy and made the lead just one run.

However, in the top of the fifth, CSU erupted for four runs to take a commanding 13-8 lead.  The first three runs of the inning ended the outing for Hensley.  She exited after four and a third innings and gave up 12 runs off eight hits while striking out four batters.  She was relieved by Mary Gordon who tossed the final two and two-thirds allowing two runs off five hits.

The Blue Hose bats brought another run back in the bottom of the sixth with Anderson's fifth RBI to bring Handy home for the second time in three innings.  The run was both team's last scoring and set the final score at 14-9.

Hensley took the loss to fall to 4-7 on the season while CSU's Vetter earned the relief win, working the final four innings and holding PC to two runs off three hits.

The Blue Hose continue the string of 12 straight league games with a home meeting with Gardner-Webb.  The season series finale between the Runnin' Bulldogs and Blue Hose gets underway from Clinton at 3:30 on Wednesday.