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Softball Gets Back on Track with Sweep of Pirates

GREENVILLE, N.C.-Gaining its first doubleheader sweep of East Carolina in over 10 years, Campbell used 18 combined runs to defeat the Pirates 6-3 and 12-4 in non-conference action Wednesday evening at the ECU Softball Field.

With the win, the Camels go to 35-21 overall, while the Pirates fall to 30-25, suffering their fourth straight loss.

In game one, Campbell jumped on the board in its first at-bat, as junior first baseman Karlie Love drove in freshman centerfielder Katie Hinton, who reached on a walk.

In the CU fourth, the Camels struck again, posting five runs off five hits. Freshman second baseman Keeli Michael started the CU rally, knocking in sophomore Shayla Cullum before Brittany Stanley, a sophomore pitcher, drove in a run on a base hit. Senior leftfielder Courtney Quinn then picked up a two-RBI single, followed by a Hinton RBI hit, capping off the big inning.

After three consecutive base hits to start the ECU fifth, the Pirates put a run up as sophomore Cristen Aona crossed on a wild pitch. Charina Sumner then registered an RBI on a sacrifice fly to left, before junior Angel Barrella doubled in another ECU score.

With a 6-3 lead in the final frame, Stanley allowed one hit, but with the aid of two Camel errors, ECU managed to load the bases before the sophomore hurler induced the game-ending putout.

Stanley (19-8), gaining the win, offered up three runs on seven hits in the contest, striking out three and walking two, while ECU's junior pitcher Brooke Swann (18-18) was charged with the loss, going three and one third innings with six runs, five earned, two strikouts and a pair of walks.

In the nightcap, the Camels, again, jumped on top early, scoring five in the first inning. Cullum started the barrage with a RBI-double, scoring senior leftfielder Courtney Quinn. Love then registered a double of her own, plating a pair of runs before freshman second baseman Keeli Michael and Stanley, filling the designated player role, collected RBI of their own to give the Camels a 5-0 lead after a half inning.

In the second, the Campbell offense showed it was still in full swing. Quinn belted a solo home run to start things off, her record 18th of the season, followed by a Pirate fielding error that scored Cullum. The Camels racked up three more runs in the third inning, coming off a Shayla Cullum homer, her sixth of the year, giving the Camels the 10-0 advantage.

The Pirates, refusing to go down without a fight, pushed three runs across in the fourth on four hits, as sophomore Tiffany Shaw, Barrella and Sumner all collected RBI singles.

Cullum then padded the Campbell lead, belting her second homer of the game to give her six RBI in the contest, a two-run blast that also scored Hinton. The Pirates mustered one more in their final at-bat, but it was not enough, falling to the Camels by a 12-4 decision.

CU freshman Lauren Stephan (14-13) earned the win for the Camels, going the distance while allowing four runs on nine hits, striking out four and walking two. Suzanne Riggs (3-3), an ECU freshman, took the loss, completing just two-thirds of an inning, while giving up five runs on five hits with one walk.

The Camels will be in action again this weekend at the Eakes Complex, taking Atlantic Sun foe Gardner-Webb in a 4 p.m. doubleheader.

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Players Mentioned

Shayla Cullum

#8 Shayla Cullum

3B
5' 5"
Sophomore
Karlie Love

#12 Karlie Love

1B/P/DP
5' 8"
Junior
Keeli Michael

#19 Keeli Michael

2B
5' 1"
Freshman
Courtney Quinn

#23 Courtney Quinn

3B/OF
5' 4"
Senior
Brittany Stanley

#16 Brittany Stanley

P/DP
5' 10"
Sophomore
Lauren Stephan

#10 Lauren Stephan

P/1B
5' 9"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Shayla Cullum

#8 Shayla Cullum

5' 5"
Sophomore
3B
Karlie Love

#12 Karlie Love

5' 8"
Junior
1B/P/DP
Keeli Michael

#19 Keeli Michael

5' 1"
Freshman
2B
Courtney Quinn

#23 Courtney Quinn

5' 4"
Senior
3B/OF
Brittany Stanley

#16 Brittany Stanley

5' 10"
Sophomore
P/DP
Lauren Stephan

#10 Lauren Stephan

5' 9"
Freshman
P/1B