CLINTON, S.C. – The next 48 hours will denote the last home series for six Presbyterian College softball seniors, as the Blue Hose prepare for their first action in a week against the Buccaneers of Charleston Southern.

Game One of this Big South Conference set is planned for 5:00 tomorrow, with Senior Day festivities taking place before Saturday's doubleheader which starts at 1:00. ESPN+ will be streaming the entire series.

Morgan Farthing, Maddi Wood, Peyton Duncan, Gracie DeCuir, Blair Darby, and Molly Mattas will each be recognized in their final home appearance, a group that has amassed 78 total wins together and hopes to clinch a spot in the league tournament with two-plus more.

PC is riding high after a two-games-to-one triumph at Gardner-Webb last weekend, a series that climaxed with a nine-inning thriller and an 11-10 victory. Presbyterian picked up 19 hits in the finale, their second-most in a single outing all-time.

Head coach David Williams' group is tied for fifth-place in the latest league standings, meaning that a series win over CSU would go a long way towards their first postseason ticket in four years (the Big South qualifies five of the seven institutions to the bracket).


 
GAMEDAY INFO – FRIDAY, APRIL 17

Presbyterian (17-26, 5-7) vs. Charleston Southern (7-36, 2-10)

WHERE / WHEN: PC Softball Complex | 5:00 PM

WATCH (GAME 1): ESPN+

LIVE STATS (GAME 1): Stat Broadcast


 
GAMEDAY INFO – SATURDAY, APRIL 18

Presbyterian (17-26, 5-7) vs. Charleston Southern (7-36, 2-10)

WHERE / WHEN: PC Softball Complex | 1:00 DH

WATCH (GAME 2): ESPN+

LIVE STATS (GAME 2): Stat Broadcast

WATCH (GAME 3): ESPN+

LIVE STATS (GAME 3): Stat Broadcast


 
SCOUTING THE BUCS

 
- It's been a very up-and-down season for PC's Palmetto rival, with Charleston Southern realizing a one-run victory over Notre Dame back in February although they've been on the wrong side of all but one of their last 11 attempts.

- The Buccaneers were broomed by both Winthrop and Gardner-Webb (two schools that the Scotsmen won four out of six against). CSU was last seen in a Tuesday twinbill at Furman, losing both by respective scores of 5-4 and 8-5.

- Although Charleston Southern could not win their last conference series against Radford, they were still able to salvage Game Three by a 1-0 count after a sixth-inning triple from Maddie Lee. It was the second shutout of the spring by senior pitcher Riley Lauffer.

- CSU has hit just six home runs in 43 contests, holding a 3-15 mark when playing away from their home site. This is the sixth season for head coach Christi Musser.


 
LAST TIME OUT

 
- After dropping the first bout 2-0 and seeing their Big South Tournament hopes beginning to dwindle, Presbyterian flipped the script with two straight W's at Gardner-Webb.

- Starting with a solo home run from Mattas and ending with a fielder's choice by Hali Duke that scored Avery Fielden, PC successfully came back from a 7-2 deficit to win the series in Boiling Springs.

- Duke and rightfielder Ava Coggins were voted as the Big South Player and Freshman of the Week respectively, the third weekly award from the league that Duke has acquired.

- Coggins extended Game Three when PC was down to their last out in the 7^th, rifling a two-run single to solidify her first three-hit effort. Sophomore Kylie Rast then sat down her last six batters in extra innings to finish the job.

- The Blue Hose are in possession of the second-lowest ERA among all Big South squads (4.39). Duke's 12 doubles and .475 on-base percentage each rank second in the division.


 
SENIOR DAY '26

 
- Below is a comprehensive list of each senior that will be recognized on Saturday and their Blue Hose accomplishments:
 
 

• Farthing has missed just two games in her final campaign, a career .244 hitter who has started 110 times. A native of Pennsylvania, Morgan is one of nine Presbyterian players to have hit at least three triples. She has scattered 12 extra-base hits in her four years at PC, stealing 16 bases and batting in 40 runs. Farthing has also drawn 23 total walks, contributing to an OBP of .302.

 

• Wood came to the Blue Hose from nearby Clinton High and has appeared in 76 games with 55 starting nods. She had her most productive season as a junior, hitting three of her five career homers and manufacturing 12 of her 22 career RBI. Overall, Maddi has reached base 43 times and holds a .342 slugging rate.

 

• Duncan was selected as the Big South Pitcher of the Week for the first time in her career back in February, currently ranking 4^th in Presbyterian history for both strikeouts (302) and wins (30). Her 66 starts and 28 complete games are the 5^th and 6^th most of any PC pitcher respectively, while she has thrown a grand total of 414.2 innings. Peyton was a member of the 2025 Big South All-Academic team and has garnered 10 K's on three separate dates.

 

• None of PC's five senior position players have suited up in more games than DeCuir, a native of Moncks Corner who has been penciled in to the starting lineup 154 times. Gracie has registered 83 hits and 11 doubles as a collegian, batting in 28 runs and scoring 49 herself. She has earned 26 free passes and has successfully stolen 12 bases.

 

• Darby hails from Spartanburg and graduated from Dorman High, bouncing back from a 2024 preseason injury that sidelined her for that entire year to make 85 starts since. Blair holds a solid slugging percentage of .406 during her time in Clinton, responsible for 14 doubles and six homers. She has knocked in 42 runs on 72 hits, resulting in a .345 on-base ratio.

 

• Transferring to PC after a sole season at Newberry, Mattas has seen the field in 75 games over the past three years. A potent extra-base threat, Molly has combined for six doubles and five home runs while batting in 27 scores altogether. She is slugging .396 as a Blue Hose and has also drawn 10 walks.