BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Campbell's softball team (15-23-1, 2-6 Atlantic Sun) returns home to the Eakes Athletic Complex this week. The Camels will start the 14-game homestand with a nonconference double dip against Elon on April 14 starting at 4 p.m. The games against the Phoenix are the final nonconference games this season. CU then plays a pair of conference doubleheaders against North Florida on April 16 at 4 p.m. and Jacksonville on April 17 at noon.

Campbell arrives at this week's game on a five-game skid. The Camels dropped all four conference games last week on the team's trip to Florida. On the trip Amanda Miller hit .364 with four hits and two walks while freshman Sarah Forgacs hit .333 with four hits. Junior Lauren Stephan tallied four of Campbell's five RBIs on the last road trip. Forgacs is among the conference leaders in batting average (.370), triples (2) and stolen bases (14).

Elon (26-11) is a much improved team from last season when the team went 15-32. The Phoenix took two of three games from conference rival Furman over the weekend and currently standing in second place in the Southern Conference. Junior college transfer Emerald Graham has been a difference maker with a .370 batting average, 35 runs, 40 hits, seven home runs, 29 RBIs and 11 stolen bases. Freshman Tomeka Watson has also made a difference with a .369 batting average, 45 hits and 19 stolen bases. The pitching for Elon has been solid with sophomore Erin O'Shea going 11-4 with four shutouts. Junior transfer Lauren Taylor, who is from just down the road in Lillington, has won 13 games and has 75 strikeouts in 101 innings pitched. The Camels hold a 21-6 advantage in the all-time series against Elon including both games last season.

North Florida (23-22, 9-5 Atlantic Sun) comes into the weekend in second place in the Atlantic Sun Conference in the team's first year of eligibility for the A-Sun Tournament. UNF won both games from East Tennessee State over the weekend. Junior Caroline Torre has been the team's top hitter with a .309 batting average, 43 hits and 24 RBIs. Sophomore Britanie Block has 13 doubles among her 39 hits this year. Devyn Findley is the key to the North Florida team. Findley is one of the top pitchers in the conference and has won 17 games with a 1.94 ERA and 226 strikeouts in 187.1 innings pitched. The Camels hold a slight 5-3 advantage in the series with UNF. The two schools have split the series in each of the last three seasons.

Jacksonville (27-15, 6-6 Atlantic Sun) completed a big sweep of USC Upstate over the weekend. JU's Katie Kelly was named the Atlantic Sun's Player of the Week this last week. Kelly has been the team's top RBI threat with 31 RBIs to go along with 22 walks and 10 doubles. Redshirt sophomore Kayla Ouellet leads the team with a .381 batting average, 27 walks, 53 hits and 15 stolen bases. Freshman Olivia Kline is the top power threat with six home runs. She also has won seven games with a 2.18 ERA. Senior Ashley Iveson has been the top pitcher with 13 wins and 127 strikeouts in 113.1 innings worked. The Camels lead the all-time series with the Dolphins by a 10-5 margin. CU has won six of the last seven games from JU including five in a row. The Dolphins will take on Bethune-Cookman in the midweek before coming to Buies Creek over the weekend.

The Camels will continue the homestand next week and take on East Tennessee State on April 22 at 4 p.m. and Lipscomb on April 24 at noon. The games against Lipscomb will be Campbell's Senior Day for the team's four senior members.