CONWAY, S.C. --- Coastal Carolina held Gardner-Webb to five hits in a Big South Conference doubleheader to open league play for both teams on Saturday afternoon.

Coastal Carolina (19-9, 2-0 BSC) claimed game one by a score of 9-0 in five innings, before besting Gardner-Webb (10-20, 0-2 BSC), 6-0, in the nightcap.

Scarlett Harris (Sherrills Ford, N.C.), Taylar Pridgen (Trinity, N.C.), Samantha Meenaghan (Atlantic Beach, Fla.), Kellie Beres (Greenville, N.C.), and Jill Blank (Leola, Pa.) each picked up a hit in the twin-bill for Gardner-Webb.

Jessica Childers (Jacksonville Beach, Fla.) and Summer Darnell (Hampstead, N.C.) combined for four innings in game one, surrendering eight unearned runs on seven hits. Ashley Rhyne (Crouse, N.C.) took the ball in game two, tossing the first two frames before Alyssa Gutierrez (Wake Forest, N.C.) capped the afternoon with four shutout innings.

Game One: Coastal Carolina 9, Gardner-Webb 0

Coastal struck early in the bottom of the first, plating five runs to take a 5-0 lead following a three-run home run by Morgan Noad. The Chants would add one in the second and three in the third, holding the Runnin' Bulldogs to a third-inning single by Pridgen, and a base knock by Harris in the seventh en route to the 9-0 victory.

Game Two: Coastal Carolina 6, Gardner-Webb 0

The Chanticleers opened the scoring in the bottom of the second, pushing across four runs on a two-run single by Bri Chiusano and a two-run shot by Jessie Winans to take an early 4-0 lead. Back-to-back homers by Kory Hayden and Noad stretched the advantage to 6-0 in the third, which proved despite a late push by the Runnin' Bulldogs.

The teams will conclude the three-game conference series on Sunday afternoon, taking the field at 1:00 pm in Conway, S.C.