Game 1 Box Score (PDF) I Game 2 Box Score (PDF)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Eastern Kentucky University softball team split a doubleheader at Belmont on Saturday, losing game one, 7-0, before rolling past the host Bruins, 14-3, in a five-inning game two at E.S. Rose Park.
 
EKU (14-18, 3-2 OVC) jumped on Belmont (26-9, 3-3 OVC) early in the game two rout. Senior Krislyn Campos led off the game with a double and scored on a double by freshman Mia Sanchez. After a base hit by sophomore Rachel Minogue advanced Sanchez to third, junior Johnkyria Alston drove both runners in with a double into left center.
 
Freshman pitcher Mollie Paulick capped the inning with a single to left field that plated Alston and made it 4-0.
 
Campos scored again in the top of the second, but Belmont cut into EKU's lead with two runs in the bottom of the third.
 
The Colonels responded by plating six runs in the top of the fourth to put the game out of reach. An RBI single by Campos and a two-run double from Minogue highlighted the big inning for EKU.
 
Another RBI hit by Minogue and another two-run double by Alston made it 14-3 in the fifth inning.
 
The top of EKU's lineup provided most of the fireworks in the win. Alston went 3-for-4 with two doubles and four RBI, while Minogue finished 3-for-4 with three RBI and three runs scored. Sanchez – who is hitting .588 (10-for-17) since OVC play started – was a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs scored, while Campos went 2-for-4 with four runs scored.
 
Paulick (5-6) picked up her second OVC win of the season, allowing only five hits and three runs over five innings of work.
 
In game one, Belmont's freshman hurler Brooklin Lee (11-4) shut down the Colonels, tossing a complete game, three-hit shutout.
 
Campos and senior Amber Murray both doubled in the loss. Sophomore Hannah Clark added the Colonels' only other hit.
 
Belmont did all of its damage in the first four innings. Sophomore Peyton Hutchens tossed 2.1 innings of scoreless relief for the Colonels, but the damage had already been done.
 
Eastern returns to action on Tuesday when the Colonels play at Tennessee. First pitch from Knoxville is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.