Aiken, S.C. — The Catawba College softball team picked up its first win of the season on Sunday in a doubleheader split with USC Aiken, highlighted by Maddy Altiers' go-ahead RBI double in game two.
GAME ONE | USC Aiken 7, Catawba 2
TEAM STATISTICS
- USC Aiken out-hit Catawba 8-4
- The Pacers had all three extra-base hits
- Both teams committed two errors
- USCA had both stolen bases in game one
- Aiken's starter threw seven innings with two unearned runs on four hits, striking out 12; Catawba's staff allowed seven runs on eight hits and four walks, striking out two
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
- Altiers was 2-for-3 with an RBI
- Bella Boykin singled and scored in a pinch-hit opportunity
- Emily Coffey drove in a run; Kenzie Church scored
HOW IT HAPPENED
SECOND INNING
- Two walks, a bunt single and a throwing error allowed Aiken's first run to score in the second
- A two-RBI double made it 3-0 USCA
- The Pacers stole home to lead 4-0 after two frames
THIRD INNING
- A two-out RBI double extended Aiken's lead to 5-0
SIXTH INNING
- Altiers dropped a two-out RBI single to right field to score Church
- The Pacers responded with a two-run single in the bottom half to lead 7-1
SEVENTH INNING
- Boykin recorded an infield single to lead off the seventh
- Coffey's RBI groundout scored her later in the inning
GAME TWO | Catawba 6, USC Aiken 5
TEAM STATISTICS
- USC Aiken out-hit Catawba 11-9
- The Pacers recorded the lone homer and four of seven extra-base hits
- USCA committed three of four errors in the game
- The Catawba Indians recorded all eight stolen bases in game two
- Aiken's pitchers allowed four earned runs on nine hits and three walks, striking out seven; Catawba's staff allowed five runs on 11 hits and one walk, striking out five
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
- Brianna Gallagher was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored
- Altiers hit the go-ahead double in the sixth, driving in two runs total across two hits
- Micaela Hartman doubled and scored; Grace Flynn singled and scored two
- Dakotah Wilkins got her first collegiate win in 1.2 innings of relief
- Kate Holland stepped up for the save with a scoreless seventh
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST INNING
- A two-out, two-run homer had the Pacers up in the first inning
SECOND INNING
- Flynn hit a two-out, two-run single to tie the game in the second
THIRD INNING
- A bunt single and an RBI double allowed Aiken to regain the lead
FIFTH INNING
- Nixon singled and stole second to lead off the fifth
- Altiers scored her on an RBI single to tie the game
- A double steal gave Catawba its first lead of the afternoon
- A two-out, two-RBI single in the bottom half put the Pacers back in front in the bottom half
SIXTH INNING
- Hartman doubled to lead off the sixth
- An error moved a runner forward, allowing the tying run to score on a wild pitch
- Altiers hit a two-run double to left to score the go-ahead run
UP NEXT
- Catawba makes its long-awaited home debut on Thursday, hosting Lees-McRae at Whitley Field for 1 and 3 p.m. starts
