MOUNT PLEASANT, South Carolina – Charleston plated two runs in the underside of the seventh, together with a walk-off single off the bat of Austy Miller, to spoil the UNCW softball workforce’s bid for sweep with a 5-4 verdict on Sunday afternoon at Patriots Point.
The Cougars improved to 25-26 and 13-8 in the league as they transfer nearer in the direction of securing a seed in the 2026 Coastal Athletic Association Championship.
The Seahawks (29-15, 16-5 CAA) have already clinched a CAA Tournament berth and stand one recreation behind Campbell in the CAA South Division forward of a pivotal three-game set at Boseman Field to find out the CAA South champion subsequent weekend from April 30 to May 2.
Juniors Madison Biddle and Cassidy Relay every recorded three hits whereas Ava Tsiouplis and Ava Brookshire collected two hits apiece for the Seahawks, who totaled 13 hits in the collection finale.
The contest began and ended with motion, as eight of the 9 mixed runs scored occurred in the primary and seventh innings.
Charleston’s Hailey Seymour erased an early 2-0 Seahawk lead, due to RBI knocks by Biddle and Brookshire, with a bases-clearing, two-out double in the underside of the primary.
Freshman Emily Whitwell tied the sport at 3-3 in the fourth on a fielder’s alternative to attain Addi Yates, who crossed dwelling on a Miller throwing error.
Similar to the primary two video games of the weekend, the Seahawks went forward late, this time in the type of an Averie Daughtry RBI single, in the seventh, just for Leela Langston to tie the sport in the underside half to set the stage for Miller’s walk-off single.
Charleston’s Mackenzie Mathis (13-7) picked up the win whereas freshman Camille Hamilton (13-4) was tagged with the loss.
UNCW now turns its consideration in the direction of subsequent week’s common season finale vs. Campbell because it seems to be to lock in seeding forward of the CAA Tournament. The winner of the CAA South Division will earn a top-two seed and first-round bye in the six-team subject at Elon from May 6-9.