CHARLESTON, S.C. – Baylee Eaton threw her first complete game of the season Saturday afternoon, as Charleston Southern split a doubleheader with Winthrop at the CSU Softball Field.
 
The Bucs took the first game, 2-1, while the visiting Eagles won the series finale, 4-1.
 
Eaton allowed three hits and one run in the first game, striking out a pair for her third win of the season. Erika Cooper, Sarah Brown and Meghan Gagliano each had two hits for the Bucs in the first game, while Brooklynn Brewington and SeaEnna Satcher had two-hit games in the second game.
 
Charleston Southern opened the scoring in the first game on a Madison Koger sacrifice fly in the fourth inning. The Bucs extended their lead to 2-0 in the fifth on a Sarah Brown RBI single. Winthrop scored a run in the sixth on a sacrifice fly, but Eaton kept the Eagles' hitters off balance, mixing 12 flyouts and seven groundouts with her two strikeouts in a winning effort.
 
CSU wasted no time scoring in the second game, as the Bucs took an early lead on an Erika Cooper walk with the bases loaded in the first inning. Winthrop grabbed the lead with a Taylor Charlton two-run homer in the second and added to it with a Kaitlyn Tucker two-run triple in the sixth. The Bucs left nine on base and had the tying run at the plate in the seventh but the Eagles got a strikeout to end the game and earn a split in the doubleheader.
 
Annah Junge allowed four runs in 5.1 innings in the second game, striking out one in the loss.
 
How They Scored – Game 1

• The Bucs opened the scoring in the fourth when Madison Koger hit a sacrifice fly, scoring Sarah Brown.
• CSU added a run in the fifth on an RBI single off the bat of Brown, scoring Erika Cooper.
• Winthrop scored its lone run in the sixth inning on a Bailey Warren sacrifice fly.

 
How They Scored – Game 2

• CSU scored the opening run in the first inning on an Erika Cooper bases-loaded walk.
• Winthrop took the lead in the second on a Taylor Charlton two-run homer.
• The Eagles extended their lead in the sixth on a Kaitlyn Tucker two-run triple down the right field line.

 
Notes and News

• Koger had hits in five straight games prior to her streak being snapped in the second game of the doubleheader.
• Eaton has a 2.49 ERA in conference play, while Junge's ERA against Big South opponents sits at 2.63.
• Eaton's complete game marked the second straight weekend the Bucs had a pitcher throw a complete game, after Junge threw every inning of the series opener at Presbyterian.
• CSU's win in the first game of the doubleheader snapped a four-game losing streak to Winthrop.
• Cooper has hits in five of her last seven games, including three multi-hit games during that span.
• Charleston Southern's pitching staff had a 2.67 ERA in the three-game series against Winthrop.
• Winthrop's Ansley Gilreath, the conference leader in home runs, was limited to just one hit in the three-game series, including an 0-for-7 showing in Saturday's doubleheader.
• Dominique Mannerino made her first start in five games in the series finale, going 0-for-3 while playing left field.

 
Up Next
Charleston Southern heads to Columbia for a midweek doubleheader at South Carolina Wednesday. The first game is slated to begin at 4 p.m. with the nightcap slated to begin at 7 p.m. on the SEC Network.
 
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