JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. — Sophomore pitcher Mary Shealy (Clinton, S.C.) helped lead the 24th-ranked Carson-Newman softball team to a sweep of Columbus State with her bat and her arm on Saturday afternoon at the Lady Eagle Softball Complex.

Shealy delivered a three-run home run in the fifth inning of game one to give C-N the lead and pitched a scoreless seventh inning to earn her first save and seal a 7-6 win. She then delivered a two-run home run in game two to spark the Lady Eagles to a 10-0 victory.

Shealy (3-1) also picked up the win in game two after scattering two hits and striking out six batters in five innings of work.

With the victories, the Lady Eagles improve to 9-1 on the season. Columbus State falls to 4-8 overall.

In the first game, C-N pounded out 12 hits and rallied to erase an early 4-2 deficit to claim the win.

Junior Whitney Durham led the way with a 3-for-4 effort, including a triple. Senior shortstop Jessie Howard (Knoxville, Tenn.) and junior Ashley Boyd (Chattanooga, Tenn.) added two hits apiece in the win.

Brittany Leverett (Appling, Ga.) tallied two hits, including a two-run home run, to lead the Cougars. Rocky Hemmer (Byron, Ga.) and Keeley Kennedy (Fortson, Ga.) also had two hits each for Columbus State.

Freshman pitcher Jennifer Long (Chattanooga, Tenn.) (1-0) earned the win after surrendering one hit in one scoreless inning of relief work.

Columbus State starting hurler Kristi Bullard (Box Springs, Ga.) was tagged with the loss. Bullard (2-4) allowed seven runs (six earned) on nine hits and struck out six batters in four innings in the circle.

C-N grabbed a 2-0 lead in the second inning, as Cassidy Skeen (Powell, Tenn.) delivered a RBI triple and Howard came through with a run-scoring single.

But the Cougars battled back in the third with a four-run outburst, highlighted by Carrie Jones’ (Midland, Ga.) three-run double to left center.

The Lady Eagles tied the game at four in the bottom of the third with two more runs, but Columbus State answered again in the fourth on a RBI sacrifice fly by Leverett.

However, Shealy launched a 3-run home run in the fifth that gave C-N the lead for good at 7-5.

In the second game, C-N collected 12 more hits and received a two-hitter from Shealy to cruise to a 10-0 win.

Shealy went 3-for-3 with a home run to lead the Lady Eagles, and Boyd went 2-for-2 with a triple and a home run. Freshman catcher Bri Shoemake (Ooltewah, Tenn.) added a pair of doubles, while senior Sarah Little (Calhoun, Ga.) and Durham tallied two hits apiece. Durham also drove in three runs.

Columbus State starting pitcher Britni McCall (Barnsville, Ga.) was hit with the loss after surrendering two runs on four hits in one inning of work.

Boyd produced a RBI triple and Durham contributed a run-scoring single for C-N in the second inning to give Shealy all the run support she needed.

Boyd and Shealy then crushed a pair of two-run home runs in the third inning to push the Lady Eagles’ lead to 6-0.

Shealy took care of the rest in the circle as she no-hit the Cougars during the fourth and fifth innings to secure the win for C-N.

The Lady Eagles return to the diamond at home on Monday in a doubleheader with Erskine. First pitch is set for 2 p.m. at the Lady Eagle Softball Complex.