CHARLESTON, S.C. – The change from Friday to Saturday proved detrimental for the Presbyterian College softball team, unable to acquire a second straight Big South Conference series win at Charleston Southern after picking up a three-score W in round one. CSU flipped the script with back-to-back wins by margins of 11-2 and 9-1.

Neither outing made it to the 7^th inning as the Blue Hose dropped to 3-3 in league action and 18-15 altogether, finishing their first series of the season outside the friendly confines of Clinton.

PC hopes to erase the memory of Saturday's two losses by enacting another DH next Wednesday, taking on a school who is situated less than 30 minutes away from CSU: the College of Charleston Cougars.


 
GAME ONE – CHARLESTON SOUTHERN def. PC, 11-2 (5 Innings)
 
- Although Kendall Owens and Morgan Farthing synced up for four hits in as many at-bats, the Blue Hose couldn't keep pace with a Buccaneer foe who was determined to even up the series tally. Charleston Southern started the game with a 4-0 spurt and ended it with another sequence of 5-0.

- Senior Kelby Goodrum posted her first RBI since February in the top of the 2^nd to pull Presby within three, although a two-score single by the Bucs in the bottom of that same inning brought head coach David Williams' lineup back to square one.

- PC's only other glimmer came in the 3^rd, a base hit by Owens to bring freshman Audrey Burton around the diamond.

- Kasey Wolfe and Grace Kelley shared their time in the circle during the defeat, while CSU's Riley Lauffer went the distance for Charleston Southern and mostly quieted the Scotsmen.


 
GAME TWO – CHARLESTON SOUTHERN def. PC, 9-1 (6 Innings)
 
- Rookie shortstop Baxleigh Arnette filled up the stat sheet in the series finale, going two-for-two alongside a double, a walk, a stolen base, and a run scored. The problem for PC was the fact that the Bucs closed the contest on a 5-0 sprint for the second time in a row.

- Presbyterian fell into a 4-0 hole after four full innings, gaining a small piece of that deficit back thanks to a Burton RBI-single.

- Ultimately, an infield error by the Blue Hose caused the run-rule decision in the bottom of the 6^th. Peyton Duncan pitched the entire affair following her ninth victory of the campaign over CSU yesterday.


 
UP NEXT
 
- College of Charleston (PC's next challenger) finds themselves at a 1-1 split against Stony Brook in CAA territory, sporting a 13-17 record going into the third matchup with the Seawolves.

- Approaching that finale, the Cougars are 6-2 in league action and came out on top in their only other meeting against the Blue Hose a full decade ago.

- The two-parter is labeled for a 2:00 PM beginning on March 26, with PC concluding an 11-game sequence against schools from the state of South Carolina.