Site: Buena Vista, Va. | Harvey-Dryden Field

Scores:
Southern Virginia 18, Salem 0 (5 innings)
Southern Virginia 15, Salem 5 (5 innings)

Records: Salem (3-19, 1-11 USA South) / Southern Virginia (17-11, 5-5 USA South)

Next Game:
Salem vs. Greensboro | Winston-Salem, N.C. | Blixt Field Field | April 15 | 1:00 / 3:00 p.m. | Strikeout Cancer Game

BUENA VISTA, Va. — The Southern Virginia softball team snapped an eight-game losing streak to Salem by combining for 33 runs and 33 hits in a doubleheader sweep by scores of 18-0 and 15-5 in USA South Conference action at Harvey-Dryden Field on Tuesday, April 11th.

The Knights opened the afternoon by putting together the second perfect game by a Salem opponent in program history. The last perfect game in program history came by Virginia Wesleyan on February 24, 2018. In the game, Southern Virginia was responsible for three doubles, four triples and a home run, which came from Katie Claytor.

Salem responded in the second game with five runs, two of which came off the bat of senior Savanah Atkins, who cracked a two-run home run in the third inning. Atkins finished the game 2-of-3 with two RBI and a run scored, while teammate Maleah Tate also had a two-hit performance, scoring two runs and accounting for one RBI in the game.

The top four hitters—which consisted of Madeline Brown, Kat Price, Atkins and Shelby LaPoint—combined for five of Salem's seven hits in the game. The trio of Brown, Price and LaPoint were responsible for one each. Katie Gerhardt tossed the complete game for Salem, allowing 15 hits and 15 runs (10 earned), while fanning two Southern Virginia sluggers.

GAME 1: Southern Virginia 18, Salem 0 (5 innings)
W: Malia Davis (3-0) / L: Kat Price (1-7)
Salem Leaders: Kat Price (3 IP, 0 BB, 4 ER), Alli Stertzbach (1 IP, 9 H, 3 BB)

SOUTHERN VIRGINIA HIGHLIGHTS
-Became the second opponent to have a perfect game against Salem since Virginia Wesleyan achieved the feat on February 24, 2018.
-The Knights had six sluggers with at least two hits, including Arianna Prymak (3-4, 3 runs, 2 RBI) and Chloe Nelson (3-3, 2 runs).
-Southern Virginia was responsible for three doubles, four triples and a home run, which came from Katie Claytor.
-Southern Virginia received a game-high four RBI from Claytor, who was 2-for-4 with 4 RBI and 2 runs scored.
-Krailyn Guymon finished the game 1-for-4 with 3 RBI, while teammates Prymak closed with two RBI apiece.
-The Knights tied for the second-most K's in a single-game by an opponent in Salem history (14), a mark established against Virginia Wesleyan, also on February 24, 2018.

GAME 2: Southern Virginia 15, Salem 5 (5 innings)
W: Chloe Persinger (1-1) / L: Katie Gerhardt (1-6)
Salem Leaders: Savanah Atkins (2-3, 2 RBI, run, HR (2)), Maleah Tate (2-2, 2 runs, RBI), Madeline Brown (1-3), Kat Price (1-2, run), Shelby LaPoint (1-3), Jocelyn Rogers (run scored)

SALEM HIGHLIGHTS
- Savanah Atkins, who cracked a two-run home run in the third inning, resulting in her team-best third home run of the season.
-Maleah Tate also had a two-hit performance, scoring two runs and accounting for one RBI in the game.
-The top four hitters—which consisted of Madeline Brown, Kat Price, Atkins and Shelby LaPoint—combined for five of Salem's seven hits in the game.
-Katie Gerhardt tossed the complete game for Salem, allowing 15 hits and 15 runs (10 earned), while fanning two Southern Virginia sluggers.
-The game two double marks the first extra-base hit in the career of Tate.

SOUTHERN VIRGINIA HIGHLIGHTS
-The Knights had six hitters with at least two hits in the game.
-Both Dykell Jones (3-3, 2 RBI, 3 runs, double) and Adisen Webster (3-3, 2 RBI, run, triple) tied for the most hits in the game with three apiece.
-The 4-5-6 hitters in the Knights' lineup combined for eight hits, seven RBI and six runs scored.
-Southern Virginia opened the game with back-to-back four-run innings to establish an 8-0 advantage.
-The Knights put the finishing touches on the victory with a five-run fourth, highlighted by seven hits, including two home runs and a double.