ANDERSON, S.C. - Junior Samantha Young's two-run walk-off single to the fence in right-center field gave Anderson the win in game one, while the Trojans rallied for four runs in the third inning of the nightcap to sweep North Greenville, 8-7 and 9-6, in nonconference softball action Monday evening at a cold and windy Smethers Field.

With the wind chill hovering around the freezing mark, Anderson improved to 29-5 on the season by winning its 10th straight contest and 14th of its last 16 outings. With the sweep, the Trojans continued to build on their best mark in school history at this point of the season and improved to 13-1 at home on the season.

North Greenville slipped to 8-14 on the season and has dropped four of its last five decisions.

Game #1
Anderson 8, North Greenville 7

Freshman Molly Child drove in four runs with a fourth-inning grand slam, while sophomore Jessica Neidigh was 3-for-4 and scored twice. Junior Danielle Swygert added a pair of singles in five at-bats and junior hurler Bailey Smith helped her cause in the circle with a single and a pair of walks.

Smith (13-3) tossed her 16th complete game, giving up seven earned runs and striking out two and not walking a batter to earn the win. North Greenville junior Rachel Glazebrook (6-6) suffered the loss, surrendering eight earned runs over 6 2/3 innings. She struck out six and walked four.

After North Greenville rallied for five runs over the final two innings, including posting three runs on a pair of homers in the top of the seventh inning, the Trojans answered with a pair of runs on Young's two-out single to the fence with the bases loaded, scoring Abby Child from third and Danielle Swygert from second. Abby Child had opened the inning with her second walk of the contest and Swygert notched her second single to get two runners on base with no outs. Three batters later, Smith drew a walk to load the bases and Young followed by going the opposite way for the game-winner.

North Greenville opened the game by taking a 2-0 lead after a half-inning on Glazebrook's one-out home run to center field. Anderson countered with a solo run in the bottom of the frame to trim the deficit to 2-1. Neidigh led off with the first of her three singles and crossed the plate on Swygert's base hit.
The score remained the same until freshman Molly Child launched her sixth home run of the season beyond the fence in right-center with the bases full for a grand slam and a 5-2 Trojan lead in the fourth inning. The Crusaders took advantage of one-out back-to-back doubles from Kansas Wofford and Marielena Santos to pull within 5-4 in the top of the sixth inning, while AU countered with a run in the bottom of the frame.

North Greenville's Amy Nagel and Rachel Holman each homered in the top of the final inning, as the Crusaders batted around and took a brief 7-6 edge and setting up AU's final- inning heroics.

Game #2
Anderson 9, North Greenville 6

Neidigh was 3-for-5, with two runs scored and a pair of RBI, while Abby Child was 2-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored. She also added two walks. Junior Charlotte Sieber added a double and a single and crossed the plate twice, while driving in a run. Molly Child was 2-for-4 with an RBI. Junior catcher Laura Jansky recorded a pair of hits and an RBI.

Anderson junior Lauren Bell (16-2) gave up six runs (five earned), in seven full innings. The right-hander struck out eight and walked six. Senior Courtney Carpenter took the loss, falling to 2-4 on the season, after throwing three innings of relief and surrendering seven runs on eight hits and walking five.

The Trojans opened the nightcap by taking a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning, but North Greenville answered with a five-run second inning, with four runs crossing the plate on Glazebrook's two-out grand slam.

But Anderson sent 10 batters to the plate in the third inning en route to plating four runs of its own and taking a lead it would not relinquish, at 6-5. The Trojans batted around again in the fourth frame, building a 9-5 advantage.

North Greenville added an unearned run in the sixth, but would get no closer.

Anderson jumps back into South Atlantic Conference action by playing host to Wingate on Wednesday. First-pitch versus the Bulldogs is scheduled for 2 p.m. at Smethers Field.