HARTSVILLE, S.C. – Carson-Newman (30-16) and Coker (24-16) battled to a pair of shutouts Sunday afternoon.  The Eagles dropped game one 1-0 before forcing the Cobras to lay a goose egg in game two with a 3-0 win. 

Game one: Coker 1, Carson-Newman 0

Carson-Newman advanced four runners to second base or beyond, but couldn't bring any of the team around for a run in a 1-0 decision with Coker. 

The Cobras set the final score in the third when Jaclin Poole lofted a fly ball to deep center field to give Bryant McLendon enough time to tag up and score. 

Sara Kelley (Ooltewah, Tenn.) led Carson-Newman at the plate, going two-for-two with a double.  However, outside of C-N's four, five and six batters, the Eagles were hitless.  Brittany Hefner (Talbot, Tenn.) and Caitlyn Lance (East Ridge, Tenn.) both collected a solitary base knock. 

Kaitie Sims (Soddy-Daisy, Tenn.) was shackled with the loss to fall to 18-5 for the season.

Game two:  Carson-Newman 3, Coker 0

Carson-Newman brought its bats to life to start game two.  Elayna Siebert (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Bri Shoemake (Ooltewah, Tenn.) broke out back-to-back to doubles for one run. After an out, Kelley yanked another double into center to push C-N ahead 2-0 in the top of the first. 

The Eagles would add a run in the fourth after Cassie Elliot (Johnson City, Tenn.) singled through the right side to bring Kelley around from second. 

C-N would withstand a late rally from the Cobras in the seventh.  Sweat and Younger both hit singles up the middle to leadoff the inning.  C-N starting pitcher Cassie Lyons (Knoxville, Tenn.) struck out the next two batters before Rountree singled to left to load the bases. 

However, Lyons dusted off McLendon looking after a nine-pitch at bat for her fifth strikeout to win the game and leave the bases loaded. 

Lyons improved to 12-11 for the year after tossing the complete game.

The Eagles are back in action at the South Atlantic Conference tournament. 

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