CHARLESTON, S.C. - Charleston Southern fell by a 2-0 score to conference-leading Presbyterian College in a Big South softball matchup Saturday, April 2 at Buccaneer Field. The Blue Hose scored two runs in the sixth to provide the winning margin in the game and the series.

CSU is now 14-21 on the season and has opened Big South play with a 1-2 record. Presbyterian won two out of three from the Bucs this weekend, improving to 18-7-1 overall and 5-2 in Big South play.

Both teams exhibited strong pitching and defense once again, as CSU held PC to just four hits while registering five of its own.

Kimberly Hobbs (9-8) pitched a strong outing for the second day in a row, going the distance while allowing two runs on four hits, striking out five. The four hits allowed are tied for Hobbs' career low.

PC's Leslie Hensley pitched a five-hit shutout, recording seven strikeouts while walking none. Hensley helped her own cause by driving in the only two runs in the game with a sacrifice fly in the sixth.

Trea Steele led the way for CSU at the plate and in the field. She hit 2-for-3 and added three assists and six putouts. Megan Lombard, Erin Kegley and Stephanie Sbardella all recorded singles for CSU.

Four Blue Hose players registered base hits, including a double by Codee Yeske. Taylor Staten and Morgan Durham scored the only two runs in the game.

CSU threatened to score in the bottom of the first, as Megan Lombard led off with a single. She moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and to third on a groundout. A strikeout left Lombard stranded.

Yeske doubled to lead off the second, but was left on third when Hobbs struck out Jennifer Marshall.

A pair of singles by CSU put runners on first and second with two outs in the second, but a strikeout once again quelled the rally.

Each pitcher continued to put zeroes on the scoreboard, as Hobbs retired seven straight batters from the third through fifth innings and Hensley settled in as well.

Steele singled to start the bottom of the fifth for CSU. Pinch runner Courtney Konyk moved to second on a throwing error, but would not move closer to home as the game remained scoreless.

PC scored the only two runs in the game in the sixth, with Durham hitting one to the wall to put runners at second and third with one out. Hensley then recorded a sacrifice fly, sending Melissa Adams to the warning track while driving in two.

Hensley sat down the last eight CSU batters in order, and PC claimed a 2-0 win and series victory.

The Buccaneers conclude their eight-game home stand Monday, April 4, playing host to rival Coastal Carolina in a Big South doubleheader. First pitch for game one is set for 2 p.m. Presbyterian will travel to Boiling Springs, N.C. to take on Gardner-Webb Tuesday, April 5 at 3:30 p.m.