SALISBURY, N.C. – The University of South Carolina Aiken softball team opened its 2012 campaign with an impressive sweep of Catawba on Saturday afternoon at Whitley Field.

USC Aiken (2-0) picked up a 4-1 win over Catawba (8-4) in the first game before pulling away for a 10-1 victory in the second game.

USC Aiken will begin its 2012 home campaign with two consecutive doubleheaders.

The first Pacer home twinbill of the year will feature USC Aiken squaring off against Queens on Sunday, Feb. 19. The two programs will open the doubleheader at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 19.

Game One (USC Aiken 4, Catawba 1)

Preseason All-Peach Belt Conference selection India Kornegay (Eufaula, Ala./Eufaula HS) dominated in the circle in the first game victory.

Kornegay ended her efforts in the Pacers' first game win with 14 strikeouts. She allowed just two hits.

Two Pacers recorded multiple hits in the first game victory with Kayla Denham (Palatka, Fla./Daytona State College) and Hillary Stewart (Blythewood, S.C./Blythewood HS) both notching two hits.

Denham was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored overall in the first game.

The Pacers out-hit Catawba, 9-2, in game one.

Emily B. Huneycutt suffered her first loss of the year in the circle in the Pacer win. She pitched 5.2 innings. Huneycutt allowed nine hits.

Denham got things going in the first game for USC Aiken by blasting a home run to left centerfield in her first at-bat of the year in the top of the first inning.

USC Aiken would add another run in the top of the fourth when Cortney Sadler (Bradenton, Fla./State College of Fla., Manatee-Sarasota) belted a home run of her own to left field.

The Pacers would tack on two more runs in the top of the sixth before Catawba claimed its only run of the game in the bottom of the frame.

Game Two (USC Aiken 10, Catawba 1)

Denham was 2-for-4 with four RBIs, two runs scored and one home run in total in game two. She was one of three Pacers to collect multiple hits in game two, as Whitney Clary and Sadler both recorded two hits in game two.

Clary (Newberry, S.C./Newberry HS) was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI. Sadler picked up an RBI.

USC Aiken out-hit Catawba, 10-2, in game two.

Kornegay pitched the final three innings to claim the win in the second game. Kornegay fanned five in her three innings in the circle.