CHARLESTON, S.C. - Charleston Southern started off with a pair of wins at the Low Country Invite, taking 5-2 and 8-1 wins over Presbyterian College and Dayton, respectively. The Bucs posted 21 hits on the day, led by Shayla Cullum's four hits and five RBIs. With the wins, CSU (9-8-1) secured a spot in the championship game tomorrow at 3:30 p.m.

Erin Kegley had a team high five hits through the two games, to go along with a double and a RBI. Megan Hall also had a big day, tallying four hits, four runs scored and two RBI. Megan Lombard chipped in with three hits and three runs scored.

In game one vs. the Presbyterian Blue Hose (7-4), the Bucs got on the board in the first inning and held on the lead for the remainder of the game. Lombard singled to start the game, and would later score on a Kegley RBI hit. With home teams being decided by a coin flip, CSU was ahead 1-0 in the top of the first.

The Bucs added one more in the top of the third, using a Cullum RBI triple to take a 2-0 advantage. The Blue Hose answered with a run of their own in the bottom of the inning, pushing the score to 2-1 through three innings.

Two blank innings from both teams would follow, before CSU exploded for three runs in the sixth. After back-to-back hits from Kegley and Cullum, a pair of RBI hits from Trea Steele and Jana Matthews did the damage. Presbyterian managed to get out of the inning after a pitching change, but the Bucs took a commanding 5-1 lead.

The Blue Hose managed one more run in the bottom of the sixth, after an RBI sacrifice fly made it a three run deficit. That would be the last run of the game however, as CSU held on for a 5-2 win.

Sondra Vetter picked up the win to improve to 5-3, after allowing six hits and two earned runs in a complete game. Mary Gordan fell to 2-2, after just two and two thirds innings work and one earned run.

Game One Box

The Bucs had the bats working in game two vs. the Dayton Flyers (6-8), with a season high 12 hits as a team, en route to eight runs scored. CSU lit up the scoreboard to start the game as the visitor again, posting two runs in the first. The Bucs took advantage of a Flyer miscue, with RBIs from Kegley and Jessica Peters-Brock to score two unearned runs.

CSU returned the favor in the bottom of the first however, committing an error before Dayton tallied a run. Caitlin Allen started in the circle for the first time of the year for the Bucs, getting out of a first inning jam to strand two.

CSU added to their lead in the third, recording two more runs after three hits. The Bucs had three consecutive hits to start the inning, capped off by a two RBI single from Cullum. CSU couldn't produce anymore runs despite no outs in the inning, but took a 4-1 advantage from there.

The Bucs continued to pour it on, with a run in the fourth and three more in the sixth. Hall put the game out of reach with a two RBI triple in the sixth; en route to an 8-1 lead.

Allen had her best outing as a Buccaneer, receiving the win to move to 1-0 on the season after a complete game with just four hits, one earned run and a career high five strikeouts. Amanda Daly took the loss and fell to 1-4 on the season, allowing six hits and three earned runs in three innings of work.

Game Two Box

CSU will face off with the UNC Wilmington Seahawks tomorrow at 11:30 a.m., before competing in the Championship game at 3:30 p.m., between the winner of Dayton and Presbyterian.