MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - Morgan Dowdy tossed her third complete game of the season and improved to 4-0 as the Charleston Southern softball team downed Akron, 7-3, on Saturday afternoon at the College of Charleston Classic.

CSU (5-1) took full of advantage of three Akron (3-6) errors to post seven runs on six hits, and was led by a two-hit, two RBI day from sophomore outfielder Stephanie Sbardella.

The Bucs wasted no time in getting to Zips' starter Britanny Maurer, striking for multiple first-inning runs for the fourth time in six games this season. All of the scoring damage came with two outs as Sbardella clocked a RBI single to left for the day's first run. Kristin Kelleher followed with an infield RBI single for a 2-0 CSU lead.

Akron answered with a single tally off Dowdy in both the third and fourth frames, before CSU took the advantage back for good on a Megan Lombard infield RBI single, scoring Melissa Adams from second base.

Dowdy kept the Zips off the scoreboard in the fifth and sixth innings, and was given some breathing room for the final frame when the Bucs rallied for four markers in the top of the seventh.

Lombard crossed the plate for the first run of the outburst on an error and Sbardella chased home a second unearned run with a RBI single back to the circle. Another Akron miscue allowed for the final two runs and a 7-2 CSU cushion as Kelleher and Sbardella circled the bases.

Akron got one run back off Dowdy in its last at-bat but the junior right-hander induced a come-backer to end it. Dowdy scattered the three runs on seven hits and a walk while going the distance and fanning five batters.

CSU wraps up a five-game in three-day stretch Sunday with two contests at the Patriots Point Athletics Complex. The Bucs square off against Morehead State at noon before taking on cross-town rival and host College of Charleston at 4 p.m. in the final game of the tournament.