CLINTON, S.C. – Utilizing the mercy rule for the third time in four games as they rolled past Western Carolina in Game 1, the Presbyterian College softball team shared victories with the Catamounts on Tuesday afternoon. PC slammed WCU in the first bout 9-1, unable to pull away the sweep in the nightcap (5-3).

Carried by senior Kendall Owens' four hits and four RBI in the doubleheader, the Blue Hose dealt Western the same fate as their two most recent wins (Rhode Island & N.C. A&T): leading by at least eight after five innings to close the game then and there.

Emma Yanes guided her first home run of 2025 to open the scoring in the first contest, and the rest of the lineup followed suit by scoring five runs in the bottom of the 3^rd.

The Scotsmen secured their eighth home W of the campaign by getting a dose of revenge on WCU from the previous weekend. Owens, Yanes, and junior Blair Darby made up six of the squad's eight hits in Game 1.


 
NOTABLES
 
- Announced as the Big South Player of the Week earlier in the day after batting .600 at a neutral tournament in Cullowhee, Kasey Wolfe seized her 15^th RBI of the young year and later delivered her team-leading sixth double.

- Five different Blue Hose notched at least one RBI in the two-parter, as the all-time series between the two schools has now reached 30 games.

- Junior pitcher Peyton Duncan outlined her sixth individual win of the season, striking out five and limiting the Catamounts to five hits over 21 at-bats.

- Yanes' second-inning dinger in the first affair was home run number 15 for head coach David Williams' crew, totaling 30 scores in the last three matchups where they took home the win.


 
GAME ONE – PC def. WESTERN CAROLINA, 9-1 (5 Innings)
 
- Approaching the 3^rd frame on top by one, Wolfe and Owens opened the floodgates with two straight run-scoring swings, bringing Yanes back to the plate where she distributed another RBI single that made it 5-0 PC.

- Darby (who left the yard three times last weekend while batting .500) brought in a couple more runs in the 4^th to snowball the lead up to eight.

- In that same inning, Owens put the cherry on top with an RBI-double (the fourth run that she was responsible for, either by her bat or her feet).

- Duncan's 15^th and final out came via a strike three with two runners on base, needing one more win to break a single-season personal record that she established as a rookie.


 
GAME TWO – WESTERN CAROLINA def. PC, 5-3
 
- WCU rebounded from the Game 1 beating by calculating 12 hits to end on a split, leading 5-0 before the Blue Hose found their first score of the game.

- Yet another Owens RBI in the 4^th provided PC with a chance to rally, trimming the deficit to a pair in the last stanza thanks in part to an infield error.

- Alas, a fielder's choice forced the last out with two runners left stranded. WCU's Amanda Fulton earned the victory in the circle, throwing all seven innings.


 
UP NEXT
 
- Just one multi-team tournament is left on Presby's schedule as the non-conference journey continues, headed to Rock Hill for a four-game slate on Friday and Saturday.

- Coach Williams' unit will battle Norfolk State twice and take on Boston University and Queens once each.