Furman 5, Campbell 3
Presbyterian 5, Furman 4
Greenville, S.C. -- Junior Caroline Cash hit a grand slam to propel Furman to a 5-3 victory over Campbell before Presbyterian edged the Paladins, 5-4, on Saturday at the USC Upstate/Furman Softball Classic at Pepsi Stadium.
Furman 5, Campbell 3
After Hannah Reynolds, Emma Ogburn and Courtney Jacobs reached on two-out singles in the bottom of the second inning, Caroline Cash capped the two-out rally with a grand slam off Campbell starter Katie Baker.
Pitcher Lindsey Bert helped her own cause with an RBI single in the fifth inning and sophomore Emily Demonte came on to earn the save as Furman held off the Camels. Bert (1-3) worked five-plus innings allowing two runs on six hits, while Demonte limited the Camels to an unearned run on one hits in two innings of relief.
Campbell got an RBI single from Rachel McCollum in the fifth and added a run in the sixth on an RBI grounder to second base, but Demonte worked around three seventh inning errors to shut the door and earn her first save of the season.
Bert finished with two hits and Jacobs reached base twice and scored a pair of runs. McCollum and Megan Mozingo each collected two hits for Campbell.
Baker (1-2) took the loss for the Camels, allowing five runs on five hits in four innings. She walked one batter and fanned one.
Presbyterian 5, Furman 4
In the nightcap, Presbyterian scored four runs in the top of the fifth to break a 1-1 tie and held on to down Furman, 5-4.
A pair of infield singles and a walk loaded the bases for the Blue Hose in the fifth before Furman recorded the first out of the inning on a force play at home. Kelsie Sanchez followed with a double to center field to plate two runs and Hope Rogers doubled down the right field line with two outs to drive in two more as PC took a 5-1 lead.
Furman, which recorded just a first inning run and four hits over the first six innings, started a rally in the seventh on Lauren Duggar's bunt single. With one out, Reynolds reached on an error and Elise Smith capitalized with an RBI double to center to trim the deficit to 5-2. AnnaRose Borrelli looped a single down the line to drive in a run and Jacobs shot a single through the left side to cut the PC lead to 5-4.
Alex Cook came on in relief for PC with two on and one out. She got Kalie Hicks to hit a grounder into the hole that Rogers fielded and fired to third base for a force out. Cook then fanned Demonte to end the game.
Kaylee Allen allowed three earned runs on eight hits in 6.1 innings to improve to 1-1 in the circle, while Cook earned her first save. Sanchez, Rogers and Casey Gerhard each collected two hits for Presbyterian
Demonte (1-3) suffered the loss after allowing five runs on six hits in five innings of work. The Sumter, S.C., native struck out two batters and walked one on the night.
Smith and Borrelli each recorded two hits for the Paladins.
Furman caps tournament play on Sunday when it hosts Towson at 1 p.m. after Campbell battles Towson at 11 a.m. at Pepsi Stadium.
Log onto FurmanPaladins.com for live stat links and video streaming links for all of Furman's games this weekend. Admission to Pepsi Stadium is free for all home games.
USC Upstate/Furman Classic (@ Pepsi Stadium)
Friday
12:00 - Colgate 9, Georgetown 3
2:00 - Furman 11, Georgetown 6
4:00 - Furman 3, Colgate 2 (9 inn.)
Saturday
11:00 - Campbell 2, Iona 0
1:00 - Furman 5, Campbell 3
3:00 - Iona 5, Presbyterian 3
5:00 - Presbyterian 5, Furman 4
Sunday
11:00 - Towson vs. Campbell
1:00 - Towson vs. Furman
Jordan Caskey, Furman Sports Information
