Columbus, Ga.----The Wingate University Bulldogs rolled to a 10-4 victory in game one of Saturday's doubleheader, while Columbus State University responded with a 6-3 victory in game two in NCAA Division II softball action. Wingate moves to 7-7 overall, while the Cougars go to 7-8 on the season.

GAME ONE | Wingate 10 Columbus State 4

KEY STATS

- Wingate out-hit Columbus State 12-5
- Each team had three extra-base hits; CSU had the lone homer
- The Bulldogs left 10 on base; the Cougars stranded four
- Wingate had the lone stolen base
- CSU committed three of the five errors
- WU pitching had 12 strikeouts and three walks; CSU had six strikeouts and five walks

KEY BULLDOGS

- Mary Claire Coyne was three-for-three with four RBI, drawing a pair of walks
- Aubrey Reep went two-for-three with a double, RBI and three runs scored
- Haley Cashwell added two hits, a double, RBI and three runs scored
- Emma Swenson was two-for four with three runs scored
- Sam Hogan added a double and run scored; Jessica VonCannon had a hit and two runs scored

FIRST INNING

- Swenson and Cashwell started the game with back-to-back singles
- Swenson scored on a wild pitch, while a Coyne RBI single plated Cashwell to make it 2-0

THIRD INNING

- Paige Vincent's two-run double highlighted a three-run frame for CSU, giving the Cougars the lead

FOURTH INNING

- The Bulldogs answered with four runs in the fourth
- Two errors and a walk loaded the bases
- Reep's RBI single tied it, while a Coyne two-run single put Wingate on top 5-3
- Reep scored on a passed ball to give the 'Dogs a three-run lead

FIFTH INNING

- Hogan led off the frame with a double, then scored on a wild pitch to make it 7-4

SEVENTH INNING

- One-out singles from VonCannon and Swenson put two on for Cashwell
- Her double to right center plated VonCannon to make it 8-4
- Reep followed with a sacrifice fly, while another Coyne RBI single put WU on top 10-4

WRAPUP

- Reep got the win, moving to 4-2 on the year
- She allowed one earned run on five hits in six innings, striking out 11 and walking three
- Third double-digit strikeout game of the season and 10^th for her career
- Kaitlyn Knuckles worked a scoreless seventh with a strikeout
- Harley Dawson took the loss, falling to 4-3
- She allowed six runs on seven hits in four innings, striking out four and walking four

GAME TWO | Columbus State 6 Wingate 3

KEY STATS

- Columbus State out-hit Wingate 9-7
- The Bulldogs had the lone extra-base hit
- CSU left seven on base; the 'Dogs stranded five
- The Bulldogs had the lone error of game two
- Columbus State had the only extra-base hit

KEY BULLDOGS

- VonCannon was two-for-three with two RBI
- Coyne went two-for-three with an RBI and run scored
- Cashwell added a hit and run scored

FIRST INNING

- Cashwell reached on a one-out single
- She scored on a Coyne RBI single to give Wingate the early lead

THIRD INNING

- A Morgan Elston RBI groundout and Wingate error gave CSU a 2-1 lead

FOURTH INNING

- The Bulldogs regained the lead with a two-run fourth
- A Coyne single and Jordan Floyd double put two on with one out
- VonCannon's two-run single put Wingate on top 3-2

FIFTH INNING

- A Madeline Parker sacrifice fly tied it at three

SIXTH INNING

- The Cougars scored three times to take a 6-3 lead
- Two singles and a walk loaded the bases
- Katelyn Cooper's RBI single put Columbus State on top
- Elyse Ambrose followed with a two-run single to put CSU on top by three

WRAPUP

- Hannah Rose Corbin got the win, moving to 3-3
- She allowed three runs on seven hits in seven innings, striking out five and walking two
- Raechel Cutcher took the loss, falling to 3-5
- She allowed three runs on four hits in 4 1/3 innings, striking out two and walking two

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Sunday, traveling to Georgia College for a 1 p.m. doubleheader
- The 'Dogs return to league play Tuesday at Catawba
- Wingate returns home March 14 to host a SAC doubleheader against UVA-Wise