CONWAY, S.C. - Kiana Quolas authored a three-hit, complete game shutout and smacked a RBI single up the middle to break a scoreless tie in the seventh inning as Coastal Carolina walked off with a 1-0 win over Charleston Southern in the first of a doubleheader at CCU Softball Field on Wednesday afternoon.

Quolas lined Morgan Dowdy's first offering over the second base bag to score Brooke Donovan, who had singled leading off the frame. That base knock made Dowdy (12-7) the tough luck loser, as she allowed only the one run on seven hits and four walks over 6.1 innings of work, while striking out four.

Quolas (15-5) was even better in the circle for Coastal (27-9, 4-0), spinning 7.0 innings of three-hit shutout ball while fanning three. Jana Matthews notched all three hits of the afternoon for CSU (18-14, 3-1), which saw its six-game winning streak come to an end.

Coastal threatened to get on the scoreboard in the first inning against Dowdy, advancing runners to second and third base with only one out thanks to a Kory Hayden double to center field. Dowdy wiggled her way out of trouble, though, by striking out her counterpart Quolas and inducing a groundout from Cacia Pierre.

The Chanticleers had another rally foiled in the bottom of the third, as Stephanie Sbardella threw out a runner at the plate on a one-hopper to third base. A walk and a seeing-eye single loaded the bases with two outs and gave Pierre another chance to cash in, but Dowdy retired her on a weak groundball to Jessica Brock at second.

CSU mounted its first legitimate threat in the fourth as Jana Matthews singled and advanced to second on a throwing error. Matthews made it to third on a wild pitch, and Courtney Konyk worked her way to second on defensive indifference after Sbardella had walked. Quolas worked out of the jam, however, by retiring CSU pinch-hitter Hayes Holdsworth on a grounder.

Dowdy turned away another potential Coastal rally with some help from her defense in the fifth. Pierre lofted a shallow fly ball to left field with the bases loaded and one out, and CSU's Jana Matthews fired a one-hop strike to the plate to cut down Brooke Donovan trying to score from third as Melanie Stickney applied the tag.

CSU and Coastal will head back to the diamond for game two of the doubleheader shortly.