Box Score MURFREESBORO- The Chowan University softball team swept the visiting St. Andrews University Knights on Saturday afternoon.  The Hawks edged the Knights 4-3 in game one and defeated St. Andrews 7-3 in the nightcap.  Chowan improves to 4-4 on the season with the victories while the Knights slide to 1-8 on the season.

In the first game, Danielle Baccus scored on a passed ball to put the Hawks on the board in the bottom of the second.  A Chowan error in the top of the fourth allowed Kori Ballard to score for the Knights and knotted the score 1-1.  The Hawks used an error by the Knights to score two runs in the sixth resulting in a 3-1 lead for Chowan.

St. Andrews knotted the score in the top of the seventh using Jennifer Castonon's two-run double.  In the home half of the frame with one out, Baccus' double set the stage for Jordan Burland-Card's walk-off double to centerfield, clinching the 4-3 victory for the Hawks in the opening game. 

Baccus had two of the Hawks' five hits in game one while Burland-Card, Courtney Diamond and Kris Neal each tallied hits in the win.  Kayla Robins earned the win on the mound for the Blue and White.  She held the Knights to five hits while striking out nine batters. 

Summer Jacobs took the loss for St. Andrews in the opening contest. 

After two scoreless innings, the Hawks came alive offensively in the bottom of the third inning of the nightcap.  Chowan used three hits and two errors by the Knights to pull away 5-0, highlighted by Brook Bowen's RBI single to left center.  The Hawks tacked on two additional runs in the home half of the fourth when Tori Cragan's single allowed Chandler Bridges to score and Baccus' triple down the right field line sent Diamond home. 

Down but not out the Knights scored three runs in the top of the sixth using a fielding error by Chowan and two-run single by Sam Lowder.  The contest was called in the sixth inning due to darkness but the Hawks earned the 7-3 victory. 

Alora Lincoln picked up the win on the mound in the second game.  She threw six innings and scattered five hits while striking out seven batters over the course of the game.  Kimberly Cook took the loss for the Knights.  She surrendered five runs off three hits in 2.2 innings of work.  Ballard entered the contest in relief and threw 2.3 innings in the loss. 

Bridges led the effort at the plate for the Hawks with two hits.  Baccus, Bowen, Cragan, Diamond and White each tallied hits in the win.

The Hawks return to action next weekend as they compete in the Shaw Tournament in Cary, NC, February 20^th-22^nd.