BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Birmingham-Southern softball team improved to 15-8 overall, 7-2 in Southern Athletic Association play after sweeping conference rival Rhodes College in a doubleheader Saturday in their annual Relay for Life games.  The Panthers walked off in game one with the 2-1 win and earned the 6-5 game two win in the bottom of the 11^th inning.  BSC also raised over $500 for cancer research and had two BSC cancer survivors throw out the first pitches.

Haley Crumpton (Alabaster, Ala./Thompson HS) led BSC offensively and defensively.  She hit a team-best .571 going 4-for-7 with a home run and earned both wins on the mound.  She finished with a 0.53 ERA in 13.1 innings of work.  Kolyn Kyser (Springville, Ala./Springville HS) and Kendell Hamm (Adamsville, Ala./Sumitron Christian HS) also had multiple hits on the day. Both of Kyser's hits were for extra bases.  Hamm had a double and the walkoff single of game two.

Kyser led off with a triple in the bottom of the seventh in game one.  When Abby Spencer (Auburn, Ala./Auburn HS) grounded out to third, Kyser slipped home and under the tag for the game winning run. 

In game two, Crumpton sent a ball over the right field wall to tie the game up at 4-all in the bottom of the sixth inning.  The defenses battled into extra innings.  With the bases loaded in the bottom of the 11^th, Hamm drilled a ball up the middle for the second walkoff of the day.

The series concludes tomorrow at BSC Park.  First pitch is set for noon.

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