ROCK HILL, S.C. – The Gardner-Webb University softball team split their Sunday doubleheader at Winthrop University falling 3-0 in game one, and winning 5-1 in game two. The 'Dawgs took the second game scoring five runs on seven hits, and tallying nine hits total on the day.
 
Winthrop was able to get two across in the third inning of game one on a sacrifice fly and a homerun. The Eagles went on to put up one more in the fifth inning, while shutting out GWU 3-0.
 
Game two was also low scoring with Gardner-Webb taking an early 1-0 lead in the first frame on a fielding error that allowed Maura Pendleton to score. Winthrop tied the game on a sacrifice fly in the third inning making the score 1-1 for the majority of the ballgame. The Runnin' Bulldogs broke through in the top of the seventh inning putting up four. Taylor Dreher scored Ella Christopher, Taylor Perry singled to bring home Haley Yeary, Araceli Pesqueira reached on an error allowing Dreher to score, and Annicka McLaughlin grouded out to score Meredith Wayland. Gardner-Webb took the game 5-1.

"Our pitchers threw really well this weekend.", said coach Wigness. "It's hard to win games when you are only putting up two or three hits and those hits are scattered. We have to be quicker at making adjustments offensively. We are a good hitting team, we just aren't playing very well right now. Conference is difficult, everyone wants in to the conference tournament and everything is bring their best to us. We have to start bringing ours. Hopefully this last win sparks us going into next weekend."
 
Gardner-Webb will return home to Brinkley Softball Stadium to host Wofford College on Wednesday, March 27 at 6:00 p.m.