Raleigh, NC – The Peace College softball team started the season with a win, before falling in the second game of the double header to Guilford College on Sunday afternoon to officially open the softball season.

In the first game it was the Quakers who got on the scoreboard first in the top half of the second inning. First baseman Kelly Hale took Joanie Blevins fast ball deep and out of the ball park to put the visitors up 1-0. Peace would answer in fine fashion. Holly Braswell would match her first base rival and start the inning off by hitting a ball that even Wachovia Park could not hold giving the junior her first home run of the season to tie the score up 1-1.

After Guilford was able to post another run in the top of the third Peace went on a scoring rampage. The Pacers would score four runs in the bottom of the third thanks to a Kenni Seagroves two run double to take a commanding 5-2 lead. The Quakers would take the lead back in the top of the fifth by scoring three runs, setting up Seagroves for some late game, early season heroics. Lauren Pleasant knocked in a run in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game, then it was Seagroves who hit a double in the bottom of the seventh sending Ashley Stansbury across the plate to give Peace the 7-6 victory in game one.

The Pacers would not enjoy the same success in game two. The Quakers used a four run seventh inning to pull ahead of the Pacers and give them the 8-2 win. A few Pacers shined in the two game set. Kenny Seagroves was 2 for 3 in the first game with two doubles and three RBI’s, while Ashley Stansbury was 3 for 4 in game one. Lauren Pleasant got the win for the Pacers by coming in as relief of Joanie Blevins. Stansbury kept the bat on the ball and was 2 for 3 with an RBI in the night cap, but took the loss from the mound.

Peace moves to 1-1 on the season and will take six days off before they host Christopher Newport University on Saturday. First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 PM and the game will mark the first USA South Conference contest for both teams.