Greenville, S.C. – Junior Sierra Tufts tossed a complete game and surrendered just one run as Furman clipped Bellarmine, 5-1, in the finale of the Furman Softball Invitational on Sunday afternoon at Pepsi Stadium. 
 
Tufts (2-2) scattered four hits and fanned three to pick up the win while each of the top four hitters in the Paladin order drove in a run. Furman improved to 3-4 on the season and the Knights dropped to 1-8.
 
After Olivia Bricker's RBI single single put the Knights in the top of the third inning, Furman answered with three in the bottom of the frame. Caitlin Goldwait reached on a two-out single and swiped second base before scoring on Ashlee Lykins base hit. Ainsey Yoshizumi followed with a triple inside the first base bag to drive in Lykins before Riley Ludlam laced a double into the gap to score Yoshizumi.
 
Hana Hashioka was hit by a pitch to open the fourth inning, stole second, and raced home on Sylvia Burroughs double to left-center. The next inning, Yoshizumi reached base on an error, stole second, and scored on an RBI single off the bat of Kiley Perry.
 
Starter Carson Goatley (0-3) took the loss for Bellarmine allowing four runs on five hits over four innings. 
 
Furman returns to action on Tuesday when it travels to Boiling Springs, N.C., for a 3 p.m. doubleheader versus Gardner-Webb.
 
Furman Invitational
Friday
Binghamton 3, Bellarmine 0
Binghamton 3, Towson 2
Sacred Heart 9, Bellarmine 4 
Furman 10, Sacred Heart 2 (5 inn.) 
Saturday
Bellarmine 13, Sacred Heart 2
Sacred Heart 2, Binghamton 0
Towson 3, Bellarmine 1 
Binghamton 9, Furman 5 
Towson 4, Furman 2 
Sunday
Towson 9, Sacred Heart 6
Binghamton 2, Towson 0 
Furman 5, Bellarmine 1