Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Sydney Pon and Cameron Cooper hit grand slams in back-to-back innings, leading Belmont Abbey to a split of a non-conference softball doubleheader with Augusta Saturday afternoon. The Crusaders dropped the opener 4-3, before breaking out for a 13-1 five-inning victory in game two.

The game-one loss snapped an 11-game winning streak to start the season, but the victory snapped a string of eight straight losses to the Jaguars.

THE OPENER

• Abby Craver went 2-for-3 with a run scored and two runs batted in. Her two-run home run in the top of the seventh tied the game at 3.
• Craver was strong on the mound as well, allowing nine hits and three runs over six innings. She walked one and struck out five.
• Mackenzie Sprinkle homered in the sixth to cut the Jags' lead in half 2-1, while Cooper had the other hit, a one-out infield single before Craver's blast.
• Augusta's Paige Patterson led off the bottom of the seventh with a walk-off home run off Alannah Browne (4-1).

THE NIGHTCAP

• Belmont Abbey pounded out 10 hits and capitalized on four Augusta errors. Seven different players registered hits, led by Payton Whitley, Hailey Gass and Pon with two each.
• The Crusaders jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the third when Pon hit her grand slam. The lead doubled one inning later, when she was matched by Cooper. All eight runs were unearned.
• After the Jaguars scored a run in the fourth, The Abbey plated five in the fifth to end the game early. Payton Whitley delivered a two-run single and Craver had a sac fly. The other two runs came on errors.
• Sadie Lee (2-0) earned the complete-game victory, scattering six hits over five innings. She walked one and struck out a pair.

UP NEXT

• The Crusaders returns to action on Wednesday when it welcomes Lenoir-Rhyne to Crusader Field.