Big South Softball Series Summary - March 20-22
USC Upstate opened its conference season with a sweep of preseason favorite Radford, while Winthrop swept previously-undefeated Gardner-Webb to hand the Runnin' Bulldogs their first Big South losses of the year. Longwood clinched the series at Charleston Southern.
USC Upstate wins series over Radford, 3 games to 0
Game 1 - USC Upstate 1, Radford 0 (9 innings)
Game 2 - USC Upstate 3, Radford 1
Game 3 - USC Upstate 6, Radford 5
Notables -- Friday's opener featured a scoreless pitchers' duel between Maddie Drerup and Dakota Redmon before Carson Shaw hit a walk-off home run to left field for a 1-0 final ... The Spartans came through rallies and delays to sweep Saturday with a 3-1 final in game two and 6-5 final in game three.
Winthrop wins series over Gardner-Webb, 3 games to 0
Game 1 - Winthrop 7, Gardner-Webb 3
Game 2 - Winthrop 7, Gardner-Webb 4
Game 3 - Winthrop 3, Gardner-Webb 2
Notables -- Friday's doubleheader sweep gave the Eagles their first conference series win of the season ... It was the Eagles' first series sweep of the Runnin' Bulldogs since 2022 ... Tia Beckham's two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth in game three lifted Winthrop to a 3-2 victory.
Longwood wins series over Charleston Southern, 2 games to 1
Game 1 - Longwood 6, Charleston Southern 5
Game 2 - Charleston Southern 5, Longwood 4
Game 3 - Longwood 12, Charleston Southern 6
Notables -- Longwood scored four times in the third inning, twice more in the fourth and held on to top Charleston Southern, 6-5, in the opener ... CSU bounced back with a 5-4 walk-off victory in game two ... The Lancers exploded for a season-high eight runs in the fourth inning to erase a three-run deficit and secure a 12-6 victory in the series finale.