ANDERSON, S.C. - Two home runs lifted the Anderson University softball team to an 4-1 win in game one, but the Trojans dropped the second game of a non-conference doubleheader, 4-3, to Young Harris, Wednesday afternoon at the AU Softball Complex.

Anderson (16-4) saw its win streak halted at 13 games with the split. Young Harris moved to 13-5 overall on the season.

Game #1
Anderson 4, Young Harris 1
Sophomore Rachel Barefield opened the scoring up with a two-run shot over the left field fence in the bottom of the second inning. Freshman left fielder Madison Bivins was 2-for3 in the opener, with her third homer of the season, a solo bomb over the left field fence in the fourth inning. Sophomore Cailah Niles went 2-for-2 with a single to left, an RBI double and a walk.

The Trojans jumped out to 3-0 lead while holding the Mountain Lions scoreless through four. In the top half of the fifth, Young Harris took advantage of two walks and two errors to push its first run across of the game. Anderson answered back in the bottom of the fifth with one run when freshman Kasey Grant led the inning off with a single to left field. Hurtado's ground out moved Grant to second with Grant scoring on Niles' double down the left field line setting the final score of the game at 4-1.

Junior Lauren Rudesheim (8-2) pitched five innings scattering five hits and striking out three to earn her eighth win of the season. Fellow classmate Augie Pena picked up her third save of the year pitching two inning in relief. Pena allowed one hit while striking out five.

Game #2
Young Harris 4, Anderson 3
Bivins and Pena led the Black and Gold at the plate in the nightcap with two hits apiece. Sophomore Niles drilled her fourth home run of the year while drawing two walks in game two.

Pena absorbed the setback after entering the game tied in the seventh inning. Pena walked the first batter she faced while the second batter hit a RBI double to put the Mountain Lions ahead 4-3. The junior hurler settled down and struck out two of the next four batters she faced to end the inning.

Anderson scored the first run of the game in the bottom of the fifth on a bases loaded walk taken by freshman Kasey Grant. Young Harris worked out of the jam stranding three of the 13 Trojan runners for the game. Young Harris answered the Black and Gold back in the top of the sixth scoring three runs on three hits for a 3-1 lead.

Anderson's Molly Child led the bottom of the sixth off with a single up the middle followed by Niles' two-run blast knotted the game up at three. The Mountain Lions scored one in the top-half of the seventh inning to put them ahead 4-3. Pinch-hitter Trudi Shuman tried to keep the Trojans alive in the bottom half of the seventh inning by hitting a single down the line, but the Trojans went down in order.

Sophomore Randee Bettis got the nod in game two pitching a six inning no-decision while giving up five hits and striking out six.

Young Harris' Darby Stanford improves to an impressive 10-1 on the season.

Anderson will return to action on Saturday, Mar. 12, when it hosts Conference Carolina opponent Barton. First-pitch at the AU Softball Complex is slated for 2 p.m.