Mary Baldwin won Game 2 of Saturday's doubleheader, 8-4 to salvage a split with Southern Virginia in conference play. SVU edged the Fighting Squirrels in the first game, 4-3.

Southern Virginia started the second game with two runs in the first inning, but the Squirrels responded with four runs in the bottom of the first to take the lead for good.

Leanna Rankin led off the first with a double and moved to third on Kelsey Hines' bunt single. A walk to Hadley May loaded the bases and Emily Hall followed with a sacrifice fly, scoring Rankin with MBU's first run. Hines scored on a ground out by Lacey Morris, tying the score at 2-2. Maisie Spivey walked to put two runners on before a single by Allison Crum put the Squirrels ahead. Spivey scored on a throwing error on Crum's hit to put MBU up 4-2.

MBU added a run in the second. With two outs, Hines walked and May followed with a run-scoring double to push the MBU advanage to 5-2.

In the bottom of the fourth, Olivia Gagne doubled and moved to third on a sac bunt by Rankin. Pinch-hitter Samantha Grimsley scored Gagne with a sac fly for a 6-2 Mary Baldwin lead. May and Hall then launched back-to-back, towering homers to put the home team up 8-2.

May was 2-for-2 with two RBIs and Hall was 2-for-3 with two RBIs to lead the Squirrels in their victory. Crum was 2-for-4 with one run batted in. Molly Thompson picked up the win, pitching 6.1 innings while allowing four runs, three earned, on seven base hits.

In the first game, Southern Virginia scored twice in the top of the first inning, but Mary Baldwin answered to take the lead in the bottom of the second. Hall led off the inning with a solo homer to pull MBU to within 2-1. Crum singled with one out and Spivey walked to put two runners on. Keelie Sealock rached first on a throwing error on her sac bunt attempt to load the bases. Gagne tied the score with a single and Hines walked with the bases loaded to give MBU a 3-2 lead.

Southern Virginia scored two runs in the fifth to lead 4-3 and then held on in the seventh. 

Rankin led off the bottom of the seventh with a single and pinch-hitter Isabella O'Bannion bunted for a base-hit to put two runners on base. An error loaded the bases for MBU with one out, but the Squirrels were unable to push across the tying run.

Rankin and Morris each had two hits in the opener.

Mary Baldwin is back in action Saturday afternoon when the Squirrels host Meredith for a doubleheader.