Box Score TAMPA, Fla. ---- Samford won its second game of the young season thanks to a great performance by Mollie Hanson on the mound as the Bulldogs held on for a slim 2-1 victory over Marshall Saturday afternoon.
 
Samford (2-0) and Marshall (1-3) would not score after the second inning, as the Bulldogs' two runs in the bottom half of the inning proved enough to win the low-scoring affair.  Hannah Taylor went 2-3 on the day batting sixth while Kayla Shaffer and Madison Dickey drove in Samford's only two runs in the bottom of the second.
 
Hanson (2-0) earned the win on the mound, going the distance for the second-straight game.  Marshall starter Halie Vance (0-1) only lasted 1.1 innings and was credited with both earned runs in the loss.
 
The Thundering Herd started off fast, earning back-to-back singles to lead off the game and each batter also stole second, putting two in scoring position right away.  After a strikeout, Jazmine Valle hit a grounder to third, reaching on a fielder's choice as Callie Brister threw to Taylor covering home to stop the Marshall runner trying to score.  Bri Anna Hope, pinch-running for Valle, then stole second as Ashley Gue came home to score on the double steal.  Hanson limited the damage by striking out the final batter, ending the half-inning with a one-run deficit.
 
Caroline Wilder led off the bottom of the second with a walk, advancing to second two batters later as Taylor dropped a single into left field.  Both runners advanced into scoring position following a wild pitch, giving the Bulldogs an early scoring opportunity with one out.  Arica Dykes followed that up with a walk, loading the bases with still only one out.  That ended the day for Vance on the mound, as Andi Williamson entered looking to get the Herd out of the jam.  Shaffer grounded out to second but still earned the RBI as Wilder scored from third to tie the game at 1-1 with two runners in scoring position with two outs.  Cycling back to the top of the order, Dickey laced a single down the left-field line, putting runners at the corners and scoring Taylor from third to give the Bulldogs the 2-1 lead.  A groundout ended the inning, stranding two with Samford holding a one-run lead.
 
Marshall made a scoring bid in the top of the fourth, as Valle led off the inning with a double in the left-field gap, advanced to third with two out but was ultimately left stranded as Samford held onto the one-run lead.  A one-out single and a stolen base by Dykes gave Samford its own scoring opportunity in the bottom half of the inning, but a popup and a strikeout left her stranded as the score remained 2-1.
 
Taylor earned her second hit of the day in the bottom of the sixth, a one-out single through the left side.  Surane came in to pinch run for the freshman and immediately stole second.  Dykes was walked to put two runners on base and a groundout moved both of them into scoring position with two out.  The pair was stranded however, leaving Samford with only a one-run lead in the top of the seventh.  The Herd went down in order in the top of the seventh though as the Bulldogs held on for the one-run victory.
 
Samford will play a second game later tonight as they play the host team, #12 USF (1-0) at 6:15 p.m. ET.  The Bulls will square off against 15th-ranked Michigan (2-0) today at 4 p.m. ET before they play Samford on the back-end of the double header.