NASHVILLE, Tenn. –In a crucial Gulf South Conference series, the Lee University softball took the first two games over Trevecca Nazarene University on Friday evening. The Lady Flames took game one 13-6 and then game two 10-1. The two wins gives Lee a 10-19 record in GSC play and sits three games back of eighth place with four games left in the regular season.  The third and final game of the series will be on Saturday, April 25 at 3 PM EST.
 
GAME 1
 
TNU got ahead early before Lee stormed back with nine runs in the final three innings. The Trojans had three singles and one walk in the bottom of the first to lead it 1-0. Lee took the lead in the second. Hayden Gardner was walked and then Madison Pinzon hit her first home run of the day.
 
Trevecca answered with their own home run in the bottom of the second to tie the game at 2-2. The Trojans extended the lead with four singles in the third. Those four singles led to three runs. The Lady Flames got two runs back in the top of the fourth. Gardner doubled and then came home when Alyson Jarvi hit her 12^th home run of the season. 
 
Lee had a major inning in the fifth. Eva Amstrong and Addi Emmerson each singled to start the inning. A wild pitch then moved them forward a base. Hailey Simco then singled to score Armstrong. After a Katie Hastings walk, Sadie Winsett reached safely due to an error while Emmerson and Simco each scored. After another wild pitch, Addi Lewis singled to bring Winsett and Hastings home to give Lee the 9-5 lead.
 
In the sixth, Pinzon hit her second home run of the day to give Lee the 10-5 lead. Trevecca got one run back in the sixth after an error by Lee. The Lady Flames scored three more runs in the seventh. Hastings and Gardner singled and then Lewis singled to score Hastings. Pinzon was then walked, and Reese Haun who was pinch running for Gardner scored on a wild pitch. 
 
Both teams ended up with 11 hits and one error apiece. Pinzon had three RBI while Lewis and Jarvi each had two. 
 
Kaylee Underwood started the game and threw two and two-thirds innings. She gave up five runs on eight hits. Abigail Welbaum threw one-third of an inning in relief. Layne Bailey earned her fourth win of the season. She threw four innings and gave up one unearned run on two hits.
 
GAME 2
 
The Lady Flames once again scored eight runs in the last two innings to earn the win. Trevecca scored their lone run of the game in the bottom of the second inning with a solo home run from Annabelle Ellis. Lee tied it in the third. Hastings got on with a single and Gardner doubled to bring her home. 
 
Jarvi gave Lee the lead in the fourth with a solo home run. The Lady Flames then broke the game open in the sixth with five runs. Armstrong singled to start the frame. In a pinch hit, Kaylee Wilson singled. An error and a stolen base put Wilson at second and Armstrong at third. Hastings brought them both home with a single. Winsett was then hit by a pitch to get two on base. Garnder brought them both home with a three-run home run to left field. 
 
Pinzon led the seventh off with her third home run in the two games.  That was followed by an Armstrong walk and a Hope Barnett single. Taryn Gibbs walked for Lee to load the bases. Winsett then brought two home with a single to give the Lady Flames a 10-1 final score.
 
The Lady Flames outhit TNU 13-7. Hastings had three hits, two runs, and two RBI. Gardner added two hits and four RBI.
 
Four different pitchers threw for Lee. Sadie Winsett went two and one-third innings and gave up one run on three hits. Ella Baker threw one and one-third innings and struck out two. Bailey threw two innings and gave up two hits.  Welbaum earned the win going one and one-third innings while giving up two hits. 
 
Coach Emily Russell's  Thoughts:
 
"Today we got two great team wins. We used people in some different situations and pitched multiple people each game. We had some homeruns in clutch moments, and several people had outstanding performances in each at bat. Proud of their toughness today to play two after traveling. We need to continue the way we have been staying connected and playing tough defense."