FARMVILLE, Va. – It was a doubleheader that could be categorized by a tale of two games for the Presbyterian College softball team, shutting down Longwood in the first half of a Saturday doubleheader for a 6-1 win and one-all series tie only for the home side to come roaring back in the finale for an 8-0 mercy rule result.

Sophomore Peyton Duncan commanded the Blue Hose defense to atone for the team's Game 1 loss less than 24 hours earlier, limiting Longwood to only one hit through the first six innings and picking up one of the most impressive wins of her young career.

Presby's bats ensured there was no doubt as they knotted up the series, witnessing a solo home run from first baseman Jillian Hewes and a three-RBI performance by Kendall Owens for good measure.

Taking two out of three against Winthrop two weeks ago, Presbyterian was given the same sequence by the Lancers over the weekend which gives the Scotsmen a 3-3 mark in Big South Conference affairs.

Just four more series remain within the division, although head coach David Williams' group now gets the luxury of an eight-game home streak starting in four days. They'll match up with South Carolina State this Wednesday for a 3:00 PM twinbill.

 
GAME ONE – PRESBYTERIAN (12-22, 3-2) def. LONGWOOD (10-20, 3-2) – 6-1
 
- The Blue Hose gathered eight hits among a lineup that stayed consistent throughout the affair, although Duncan was the star of the show on a day where she faced 26 batters and inched ever-so-close to a shutout.

- Freshman Kasey Wolfe was ushered into the circle for the game's final out, putting the exclamation on Duncan's work where she kept the Lancers silent for six and-and-a-half innings and personal win number three on the year.

- Shortstop Emma Yanes wasted no time in putting PC ahead for good in the top of the 1^st, bringing Kaitlyn Tucker around the diamond on a base hit, the first of three runs on the afternoon from Presby's second baseman.

- That immediately registered as the sixth straight game where the Georgia State transfer has reached base at least once, a stretch that ended in the second clash.

- Owens and Hewes chipped away at Longwood starter Er'ron Burton, securing their next four runs via extra-base swings (the aforementioned HR by the latter and consecutive doubles from the former).

- Going down as the ninth time in a 10-game span where Owens batted in at least one run, the junior amassed her second-ever showing with two doubles in a sole appearance (joining a similar heater versus Tennessee Tech back in February).

- Maddi Wood delivered Presbyterian's sixth and final score on a sacrifice fly that wrangled in pinch runner Morgan Farthing, a cushion more than large enough to seal the squad's 12^th W of the campaign.

- Duncan is now one personal victory away from hitting double digits nearing the halfway point of her Blue Hose tenure, while Wolfe added an individual trinket by collecting her first PC save.

 
GAME TWO – LONGWOOD (11-20, 4-2) def. PRESBYTERIAN (12-23, 3-3) – 8-0 (5 INNINGS)
 
- For the second straight league set involving the blue and garnet, Game 3 loomed with the series hanging in the balance. The Lancers compiled 12 hits on their way to a one-sided finish, granting Maggie Chapin her 11^th win of the year.

- Lead-off leftfielder Kelby Goodrum and Tucker touched base in the quick defeat, the latter improving on what's already a school-record by acquiring her 95^th career walk.

 
UP NEXT
 
- Presbyterian will aim to reestablish some momentum against an opponent who they've historically had their way with, battling an SC State foe who has tasted defeat at PC's hands 11 times out of 12 meetings.

- The Blue Hose have held the Bulldogs to a single run in each of their past three duels, the last of which was a 6-1 decision in 2022 (the same margin as Saturday's triumph in Farmville).

- It hasn't been an easy digestion for SCSU in 2024, dropping 18 of their 22 games after losing to Morgan State over the weekend via 6-0 clip in the first half of a two-parter.

- ESPN+ will have coverage of Wednesday's DH, scheduled for a 3:00 PM first pitch.