HARDEEVILLE, S.C. - To sweep its second straight Sun Conference series, the USCB softball team run-ruled Florida Memorial in the double header, 13-3 and 9-1, on Saturday at Richard Gray Stadium to move to 6-0 in league play.

INSIDE THE GAME ONE BOX SCORE

Alyssa Smith - 3-for-4, three singles, one RBI, two runs

Addie Reynolds - walk-off three-run homer, 3-for-4, double, three RBIs, three runs

Mackenzie Freeman - 2-for-3, triple, single, two RBIs, one run

Francie Gaskin - 2-for-3, double, single, one RBI, two runs

Ashlyn Alte - 2-for-4, two singles, two runs

Harlee Walker - 1-for-3, single, one RBI, one run

Daryn Miller - 1-for-3, single, one RBI

Caitlin Toole - win, 3.1 innings, four hits, no runs, no walks, four strikeouts

HOW GAME ONE HAPPENED

After suspending the game with Florida Memorial leading 3-1 in the top of the second, Toole worked out of the bases-loaded jam by striking out the final batter of the frame.

Not wasting any time, USCB tied the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the second. Gaskin started the rally, and after a sac bunt, Walker reached base to put runners on the corners. Miller scored the runner from third on a ground out to make the game 3-2. After a wild pitch, Smith plated Walker to tie the game at 3-3. 

The USCB offense was then unstoppable, as it tacked on 10 more unanswered runs from the third inning-on. Walker earned a run-scoring hit in the fifth for USCB to give the Sand Sharks their second lead of the contest. In the fourth, Reynolds and Gaskin poked run-scoring doubles to take the 8-3 lead, and in the fifth, Freeman and Reynolds combined for five RBIs to seal the run-rule victory over the Lions, 13-3. 

INSIDE THE GAME TWO BOX SCORE

Alte - 4-for-4, four singles, two RBIs

Smith - 3-for-5, triple, two singles, three RBIs, one run

Devon Weller - 2-for-4, double, single, three RBIs, one run

Jaci Coleman - 2-for-2, two singles, three runs

Miller - 1-for-2, single, one RBI, two walks, two runs

Sierra Bilinski - two innings, one hit, no runs, two walks, four strikeouts

Reghan Steifle - two innings, win, five hits, one run, no walks, three strikeouts

Libby Carey - two innings, two hits, no runs, no walks, two strikeouts

HOW GAME TWO HAPPENED

After a scoreless first inning for both teams, Florida Memorial threatened to take the lead in the top of the second. Thanks to two walks and a single, the Lions forced the bases loaded with two outs, but Bilinski stayed poised and left all three stranded.

In the bottom of the second, USCB's offense finally broke the scoreless tie. Gaskin and Coleman put two runners on base via a walk and a single. After a sac bunt, Miller scored the game's first run on a run-scoring single. After an out, Weller made it hurt with a bases-clearing, two-run double to take the 3-0 lead. Alte capped off the scoring with a RBI single up the middle, as the hit made it a 4-0 game.

USCB's offense sputtered in the third and fourth innings, but it was still able to put runners on base - combined for four runners left on base. Florida Memorial took advantage with a solo run in the top of the fourth to make a three-run contest, 4-1.

Moving into the bottom of the fifth, the Sand Sharks pushed the lead to six - 7-1. Smith collected a two RBI triple, and Alte came up big, again, with a RBI single.

After a 1-2-3 top of the sixth, USCB put the contest away with two runs with two outs. Smith smacked the eighth run for USCB, while Weller finished off the contest, 9-1, with her RBI single. 

RECORDS UPDATE

USCB - 15-9 overall, 6-0 Sun Conference

Florida Memorial - 1-9 overall, 0-6 Sun Conference

WHAT'S NEXT?

The Sand Sharks will take two days of rest to prepare for a three-game, Sun Conference series at home from March 22-23. USCB will host No. 10 Coastal Georgia beginning on Tuesday at 1 p.m. (doubleheader) and will conclude the series on Wednesday with a single, seven-inning affair at 3 p.m.