BUIES CREEK, N.C.-- Junior pitcher Brittany Stanley did everything but sell concessions in leading Campbell's softball team (31-11, 16-4 Atlantic Sun) to two wins, 7-0 and 7-6, over Florida Gulf Coast (42-8, 10-4 Atlantic Sun) on Saturday, April 18 at the Eakes Athletic Complex. Stanley won the first game with a four-hit shutout and then came back in relief to win the second game due in part to her game-winning two-run single in the bottom of the seventh.

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Stanley (13-3) started the day going the distance for her fifth complete game and shutout of the season. The junior tied her season-high with eight strikeouts and only allowed two walk and four hits in posting the 49^th win of her career. The win moved her into a second place all by herself in career victories at Campbell. The shutout was even more impressive as it was only the second time that the Eagles' offense had been shutout. The Eagles boasted one of the most potent offenses in the country and were average over seven runs a game in their first 48 games. In the second game, Stanley was then called on in relief in the top of the seventh inning and was able to escape a first and third one out situation without giving up a run to keep the Camels down only a run, 6-5. Stanley is now 10-1 in conference play this season and lowered her conference ERA to an amazing 0.63.

The Campbell seventh inning rally started with Katie Hinton getting plunked by a Cassidy Rash offering. Karlie Love then followed with a single through the right side. An errant throw from the FGCU right fielder allowed Love to take second and moved Hinton to third. After Lizzie Goldbach was inserted to run for Love, Christina Melton was walked to load the bases and set up Stanley for her heroics. Stanley took the next offering promptly up the middle to plate Hinton was the tying run and Goldbach was the winning run and give the Camels the comeback 7-6 victory. The consecutive losses are the first time all season that FGCU has not only gotten swept but also experienced a two-game losing streak.

CU started the scoring way back in the first inning with Hinton pushing a single through the left side, moving to second on a ground out and coming into score on Lauren Stephan's RBI single.

FGCU was able to answer with a run of its own in the top of the second. Courtney Platt reached on a fielder's choice and came in to score on Jessica Carter's double.

The Camels tallied two more runs in the bottom of the frame. Keeli Michael singled and moved all the way to third on Robin Leathers' double. Hinton then punished a single up the middle to plate Michael and Leathers for the second and third runs of the game for CU's offense.

The Eagles plated a run of their own in the top of the third as Jessica Paez's single drove in Jessica Gray to make the margin 3-2

The Campbell offense kept the foot on the pedal with two more run in the third inning. Love lead off the frame with a blast to right field. The home run was Love's 14^th home run of the season. After pop out Stephan, who started the game on the mound, helped her own cause with a line drive shot to left field. The home run was Stephan's fifth of the season and Campbell's 70^th of the year.

The score remained 5-2 until the fifth when FGCU exploded for four runs. Lauren Ziegler started the rally with a bunt single. Gray then reached on an infield single. A Paez single loaded the bases for the most feared hitter in the Atlantic Sun, Cheyenne Jenks. Jenks came into the game batting .477 with 22 home runs and 69 RBIs. Rather then pitch to the slugger the Camels walked the senior to plate Ziegler from third. Samantha Waldron then reached on fielder's choice in which Gray was gunned down at the plate. Platt then came up with a single through the right side to score Paez. Jenks was gunned down at the plate attempting to score on a beautiful throw from rightfielder Hilary Wheatley. A fielding error by the CU shortstop off the sharply hit grounder from Carter allowed Waldron to score. Lindsey Green followed with a single to right centerfield to score Platt. Campbell then brought in a reliever, Katie Woodcock. Woodcock's first offering popped away from the CU catcher momentarily but Taylor McGee recovered quickly and made a perfect throw to Woodcock covering home and getting out a sliding Carter at the dish to keep the score at 6-5. The Camels amazing enough were able to record all three outs in the inning at home plate.

The game remained the same until the seventh when Stanley was able to escape the sticky situation and then come through with her own heroics in the bottom of the frame.

Hinton had a great second game in going 3-for-3 with two runs scored and RBIs. Stephan also had multiple hits to go with her multiple RBIs. Stanley was also able to drive in two runs in her only at bat of the game.

The loss went to Rash (7-2), who allowed both runs without retiring a batter in the seventh inning.

Game One (Campbell 7 & Florida Gulf Coast 0)

Stanley was the story of the first game in limiting one of the more potent offenses in the nation to a scant four hits and no runs in seven innings from the circle. The loss was tagged on Courtney McDaniel (19-1) and was her first in 20 decisions this season. McDaniel allowed all seven runs (three earned) in her innings worked.

The Camels were able to score all seven of their runs all in the fifth inning to break open what had been a great pitcher duel to that point. After the strikeout to start the frame, McGee was able to dent to scoreboard with her blast to centerfield. The home run was McGee's eighth home run of the season and the second time this year that the freshman was able to stop a scoreless game in the fifth inning or later as she also did the feat in the eighth inning against USC Upstate. After another strikeout the Camel offense got in gear to the tune of six more runs. Leathers started the rally with single. Hinton then reached pushed a single through the right side to move Leathers up a base. Love was then hit with a McDaniel offering to load the bases. Christina Melton followed with a single through the left side to score Leathers and Hinton. Stanley then reached on fielding error by the FGCU shortstop to load the bases. Amanda Miller followed with a single to score Love. Wheatley unclogged the bases with her double to right center off the glove of the Florida Gulf Coast centerfielder. Wheatley's double was her fourth of the season and scored Melton, Stanley and Miller.

The best opportunity to score for the Eagles came in the third inning as Ziegler singled through the right side on a one-out single. She was quickly erased on a fielder's choice that allowed Paez to reach. With the feared Jenks at the plate, Stanley didn't waste a pitch in reaching back to throw three straight fastballs by her and nip the scoring opportunity in the bud.

The Camels return to action with a road trip to Elon, N.C. to take on Elon in a doubleheader on Tuesday, April 21 starting at 4 p.m.

Notes: These were the first two wins that Campbell has ever recorded against FGCU...the two losses that Campbell was able to hang on the vaunted Eagles increased their loss total by 25 percent...the day was also Senior Day for CU's three senior: Ashley Jones, Karlie Love and Hilary Wheatley...the win in the first game set a new Campbell victory for conference wins breaking the 1995 team's mark...CU ends the 2009 conference season with 16 victories.