STAUNTON, Virginia -- Ferrum College's softball team split a non-conference doubleheader with Mary Baldwin University this afternoon on the road, taking the opener 9-7 and dropping the nightcap 8-3 at MBU Softball Field.

RECORDS
Ferrum (1-5)
Mary Baldwin (2-2)

GAME ONE
Leanna Bartrug and Macey Moore had RBI singles in the first inning to put Ferrum out in front early, but Mary Baldwin scored a run in the bottom half of the frame. The Fighting Squirrels struck for four runs in the bottom of the second to take a 5-2 lead after two full innings.

Macie Bell belted a solo homer for Ferrum in the top of the third to trim the lead to 5-3, only to se MBU score two in the bottom of the inning and extend the lead to 7-3. Ferrum scored a run in the fifth on Moore's sac fly to left field, then picked up two in the sixth on a Braanna Michaels RBI single to get the lead down to 7-6.

Wynema Thomas had an RBI single in the seventh that drove in a run, and Kayce Kincaid's RBI single drove in the game-tying and game-winning runs.

KEY STATS
Ferrum: Moore 3-4, 2b, run, 2 RBI; Bell 2-4, HR; Bartrug 2-4, 2b, run, RBI; RP Erika Treusch (W, 1-0) 4 inn, 2 hits, 0 runs, 1 K
MBU: Allison Crum 3-4, run, 4 RBI; Reagen Frazier 1-4 HR; RP Frazier (L, 0-2) 1.1 inn, 5 hits, 3 ER

GAME TWO
The Squirrels jumped out in front early, scoring five runs in the bottom of the first inning and two in the second for a 7-0 lead that Ferrum could not answer. Bartrug and Georgia Carter each had solo homers for the Panthers in the third inning. MBU scored a run in the bottom of the fourth inning, then Carter homered again in the fifth inning for the final count.

KEY STATS
MBU: Hadley May 2-2, HR, 2 runs, 6 RBI; SP Molly Thompson (W, 12-1) 4.1 inn, 4 hits, 3 ER, 9 K
Ferrum: Carter 2-3, 2 HR, SP Wynema Thomas (L, 0-2) 4 inn, 8 hits, 6 ER, 2 K

UP NEXT
Coach Josh Freeman's team will be back in action Sunday, March 3, at home against Misericordia (PA) University. The non-conference doubleheader is set for a noon start at Vickie Van Kleeck Field.