CHARLESTON, S.C. – Charleston Southern softball earned its first win on the season in comeback fashion as the Bucs bested Toledo 11-9 in eight innings before falling 5-0 to UNCW in the nightcap at the CSU Softball Complex.

Charleston Southern (1-3) struck first in the first contest, as Ashley Meckley and Lilly Bishop came around to score in the home-half of the opening frame. Toledo (2-2) would answer right back in its half of the inning, scratching across two to knot things up through one. The Rockets would that their first lead in the second with two runs in the frame before adding one more in the fourth to make it 5-2. 
 
CSU would get an RBI-single from Raleigh Lewis to close the gap to just two, but Toledo would answer with three of its own in the bottom half of the fifth to take an 8-3 lead. SeaEnna Satcher left the yard in the top of the sixth to start a huge Buccaneer rally and tie things up at eight. Gracie Price would tie the game with a two-bagger to center, missing a go-ahead bomb by just inches as the ball hit the top of the fence and came back into play.
 
The extra softball in game one went the way of the Bucs, as Prince and Satcher would each come up with timely hits to drive in runs before Rhiana Hubbard capped the frame off with a RBI-single up the middle to give CSU the 11-8 advantage. Annah Junge, who came in to relieve Maggie Carpenter in the circle in the third, would shut the door on the Rockets to qualify for the win.

Game two saw a gem in the circle by Kara Hammock for the Seahawks, as UNCW (2-0) blanked Charleston Southern 5-0. Hammock only surrendered three hits across the full seven innings and got plenty of run support from her offense. The Seahawks brought one across in the fourth before using a four-run fifth to put things out of reach. Mary Sobataka highlighted the fifth with a two-run homer to right center to give her pitcher all she needed in the effort.
 

Game 1 | Charleston Southern 11, Toledo 8

• Ashley Meckley scored in the first frame for the second time in three games
• Annah Junge earned the win after coming into the game from the bullpen in the third inning
• SeaEnna Satcher hit her first home run on the season in the fourth inning to jumpstart the Buccaneer offense in the comeback effort.
• The extra frame saw CSU bring three across to score, while Toledo was held to just one.

Game 2 | UNCW 5, Charleston Southern 0

• The Seahawks finished the day 2-0 after winning in walk-off fashion in the first game before topping CSU 5-0 in the nightcap.
• Kara Hammock shined in her first-career collegiate start, striking out nine and only giving up three hits in the complete game shutout.
• Prince, Madison Koger and Weslin Jones stood as the only Bucs to record hits in the contest.

Up Next
Charleston Southern and UNCW will see each other one more time, Sunday, February 13, as part of the CSU Kickoff Tournament in the second contest of the day. The action starts at 10:00 a.m. with UNCW and Toledo squaring off for the second day in a row.