STAUNTON, VA - The Mary Baldwin College softball team defeated Bridgewater College this afternoon in both games of their non-conference double header.

This was Mary Baldwin's 4th double header in five days.

In the first game, Mary Baldwin jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning when Kayla Wheeler homered to left field driving home Chrissy Cromer and Sarah Seekins.

Bridgewater got on the scoreboard in the top of the second inning before Mary Baldwin added two more runs in the bottom of that inning giving the home team a 5-1 lead.

Bridgewater took advantage of Mary Baldwin errors and came back in the next three innings to lead 8-5.

In the bottom of the 6th inning, the Fighting Squirrels tallied 5 hits.  Allie Bascunan started MBC off with a single to left field.  Pattie Pleasants got on base with a well-placed bunt.  Then, Sarah Seekins, Kayla Wheeler, and Morgan Tully hit back-to-back singles to tie the game at 8-8.

With neither team able to score in the 7th inning, Bridgewater took a 9-8 lead at the top of the 8th inning when Lindsey Tally singled to second base.

In the bottom of the 8th, Chrissy Cromer doubled to left field.  Next, Sarah Seekins singled driving home Pattie Pleasants who started the inning on second base.  Kayla Wheeler drove the winning run home giving Mary Baldwin their first win over Bridgewater College in program history.

Kayla Wheeler finished the game with 3 hits and 6 RBI's.  Chrissy Cromer added 3 hits and 4 runs while Sarah Seekins tallied 3 hits and 3 RBI's. 

Olivia Compton and Kate Dickinson shared the mound for Mary Baldwin.

In the second game, Mary Baldwin jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning then added an insurance run in the bottom of the 6th inning.

Janie Brothers took the mound for the Fighting Squirrels in game 2 and held Bridgewater to 5 hits and a single run in the top of the 7th inning to give Mary Baldwin their second win over Bridgewater.

Head Coach Christy Shelton said, "I am extremely proud of the team!  They put together two great ballgames.  We came out aggressive at the plate and we hit the ball well.  I thought all of our pitchers did a good job and our defense, for the most part, played well.  We had a few errors but we didn't let them overtake our mind.  We made the plays we needed to make."

Mary Baldwin College (6-10) go on the road this weekend.