The Belmont Abbey softball team was swept in a doubleheader by the visiting Lander University Bearcats. The Abbey dropped the opener 6-2 and fell in the nightcap 5-4. Lander is now 8-6, while the Lady Crusaders are now 2-8.

In the opener, the Abbey scored the first two runs of the game on an RBI double by Katie Hobbs, who then scored on the next at bat when Dani Beres singled her home for a 2-0 lead.

Lander would respond with a run in the fourth on a single by Pamela Stephenson, and two more in the fifth on RBI singles by Carrie Hudson and Nikki Brown. The Lady Bearcats would close the scoring with three runs in the fifth as they would take the opener, 6-2.

Bailey Lee earned the win, tossing a complete game, eight-hit, two run, four strikeout effort. Kayla Short took the loss after giving up three runs on eight hits, striking out five and walking four.

In game two, the Abbey again jumped ahead 2-0 with single runs in the first and third, getting an RBI double by Beres in the first and the same from Tara Ruebel in the third. The Bearcats would tie the game at two with a pair of runs in the fourth and would take a 3-2 lead with a run in the fifth, but the Abbey would tie the game at three in the bottom half as Michelle Primm led off with a walk, moved to third on a double by Beres and scored on a wild pitch.

The Abbey would regain the lead in the sixth, as Danielle Puckett carved an opposite field double to left center, moved to third on a groundout by Katie Childers, and would score on the same play when the throw to nab her at third sailed into the outfield.

Down to its final three outs, Short recorded two outs before the Bearcats would push two across, as Haley Foster ripped an RBI double that plated pinch runner McKenzie Watts to knot the game at four. Lindsey Sammons followed with a double down the leftfield line that brought home Foster for the winning run. The Abbey threatened in the ninth, but Short lined into a double play to end the game.

Aerin Phillips earned the win after allowing two runs, one earned, on three hits in four innings of relief. Short took the loss after giving up two runs on three hits in the seventh inning.