Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. – The Samford University softball team split a pair of games with Gardner-Webb University on Saturday, March 8, at Varsity Field. Mollie Hanson highlighted game one as she tossed six scoreless innings without allowing a hit or a walk and dished out seven strikeouts.

GAME 1 – (Samford 4, Gardner-Webb 0)
In what is described as a pitchers' duel, the Bulldogs (18-5) and the Runnin' Bulldogs (7-15) were deadlocked at 0-0 until the top of the fourth inning when junior Abby Adams brought home sophomore Megan Dowdy in an RBI putout to second base.

Samford struck again in the top of the fifth inning on a Dowdy RBI double to left field that scored Caroline Wilder.

Adams notched her second RBI of the contest with a leadoff solo home run to center field in the top of the sixth to bring the score to 3-0 in favor of the Bulldogs; the home run gave Adams nine on the season.

SU capped off the scoring affair in the seventh when Dowdy reached first on a fielding error by the shortstop which allowed Wilder to score from third.

Samford tallied four runs on five hits with Wilder going 2 for 3 at the plate with two runs scored. Dowdy Adams and Caroline Seay each tallied a hit for the Bulldogs.

GAME 2 – (Samford 11, Gardner-Webb 12)
In game two the Bulldogs out hit the Runnin' Bulldogs 13-9 but GWU plated 12 runs to SU's 11 to take the split on Saturday.

Through three innings Samford and Gardner-Webb went run for run until the Runnin' Bulldogs took a 6-4 lead in the bottom of the fourth.

SU rallied for six runs in the top of the sixth inning and secured a 10-6 lead but GWU bounced back to plate two of their own and close the gap down to 10-8 going into the seventh.

Freshman Abbie Miranda drew a leadoff walk in the top of the seventh and advanced to third on back-to-back wild pitches before being brought home on a Wilder sacrifice fly to right field to take an 11-8 lead.

Gardner-Webb worked its magic to plate three runs in the bottom of the frame to send the game into extra innings where they eventually won after the Runnin' Bulldogs scored on a fielder's choice sac bunt.

Abby Adams, Shelby Scott, Abby Sweeney and Abbie Miranda each had a pair of hits in the contest while Rachel Bickert, Caroline Wilder, Caroline Seay, Megan Dowdy and Callie Brister each recorded one hit.

Samford and Garder-Webb face off again tomorrow in a rubber-match at noon.