HARDEEVILLE, S.C. – Cumberland stranded six runners in the first six innings, including the bases loaded in the fourth, and 15^th-ranked Spring Hill College added four runs in the sixth en route to a 6-0 victory over the Bulldogs here Tuesday in the NAIA Championship Opening Round at the Gray Sports Complex.
 
With the loss the Bulldogs (37-22) season ends after making their first-ever appearance in the national tournament.

Allison Blackwood, Megan Lavery and Kaleigh Pearce all singled for the Bulldogs, but CU was 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position in the contest, missing several chances to score in what was a 2-0 game until the bottom of the sixth. 
 
Caroline Curran (7-4) pitched well in defeat for CU, allowing three runs on eight hits in five-plus innings. She walked one and struck out two. 
 
SHC's Caroline Segrara (33-9) tossed a three-hitter against the Bulldogs, walking one and striking out 11. It was her 17^th shutout of the season, as she passed the 400-strikeout plateau earlier in the day. 
 
The Badgers took an early lead with two runs in the second inning, as Taylor Webre led off with a single and Taylor Lahansky was hit with one out. Both runners moved up on a fly out by Elise de Bruler before a two-run single to center from Raleigh Downs put SHC ahead. 
 
Cumberland loaded the bases in the fourth with a leadoff single from Lavery and an error on SHC centerfielder Webre, allowing Blackwood to reach. Jessica Roper walked with one out, but Kacy Hobbs and Shawnee Kirk both struck out to end the threat with the Bulldogs still trailing, 2-0. 
 
In the fifth Pearce led off with a single to left and went to second on Devon Jamerson's bunt. Natalie Garcia fouled out and Lavery grounded out to end the inning. 
 
Downs led off the bottom of the inning with a single to left and a bunt by Sam Leach found a hole for an infield single, but Curran worked out of the jam, as Shea Blanchard lined into a doubleplay and Roper gunned down Leach trying to steal second to end the inning. 
 
Cumberland had another chance in the sixth with a leadoff single by Blackwood. Pinch-runner Courtney White moved to second on a wild pitch and third on a groundout by Roper before Hobbs popped out to end the inning, the sixth runner stranded for the Bulldogs in the game. 
 
Spring Hill broke the game open with four runs in the sixth, starting with a walk to Webre, which ended the day for Curran. Katelyn Hinson beat out an infield single on a diving play at third by Hobbs and the runners moved up on a groundout by Lahansky. 
 
A single through the left side from de Bruler scored two runs, the second one after the ball caromed off the feet of shortstop Pearce deep in the hole. Downs then drew a walk and Leach followed with a two-run double to rightcenter for a 6-0 SHC lead.