AIKEN, S.C. – The University of South Carolina Aiken softball team split a twinbill with Le Moyne on Wednesday afternoon at JH Satcher Field. 

Le Moyne (3-5) claimed a narrow 1-0 win in game one before the Pacers took a thrilling 5-4 victory in game two.

In the second game, USC Aiken (10-6) got things rolling in the bottom of the second inning with three runs.

Brittney Williamson (Lexington, S.C./White Knoll HS) was the first Pacer on base in the frame, singling to left field. After a Lindsey Jones (North Augusta, S.C./North Augusta HS) walk and the second Pacer out of the inning, USC Aiken had runners at first and second with two outs. 

Brandy Bossle (North East, Md./Rising Sun HS) then promptly doubled in the first two runs of the game. Kaitlyn White (Columbia, S.C./College of Charleston) then singled in Bossle to give the Pacers a 3-0 lead.

The lead would last until the top of the fifth when Le Moyne plated four runs to acquire a 4-3 lead.

The Pacers were unfazed though with Cortney Sadler (Bradenton, Fla./State College of Fla., Manatee-Sarasota) doubling in White and Bossle in the bottom half of the fifth to take back the lead at 5-4.

Behind strong pitching from India Kornegay, the Pacers would hold the Dolphins scoreless for their next two at-bats to collect the one-run win.

Kornegay (Eufaula, Ala./Eufaula HS) pitched the final 2.2 innings in the game in relief of starter Samantha Lemm (Berlin, N.J./Eastern HS). Kornegay (10-6) fanned four in her time in the circle in the contest.

Sarah Harrison suffered the loss in game two for Le Moyne. She is now 3-3 on the year.

White was a perfect 3-for-3 with one run scored and one RBI for the Pacers at the dish in game two. Bossle was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBIs.

Le Moyne out-hit USC Aiken, 8-7, in game two.

Morgan Edmondson and Leah Ford both had two hits for Le Moyne in game two.

In game one, Le Moyne narrowly out-hit the Pacers, 4-3.

The Dolphins scored the lone run in the contest in the top of the seventh to earn the win.

Kornegay suffered the loss in game one, but she did claim 12 strikeouts in the narrow Pacer loss.

Harrison struck out six in the win in the circle for the Dolphins in game one.

USC Aiken now has a full week off before next welcoming nationally 25^th-ranked Lenoir-Rhyne to its home facility on Wednesday, Mar. 14. The first game is scheduled to start at 3 p.m.