The Emory softball team closed out a successful weekend at the Birmingham Southern Invitational on Sunday with wins over Greensboro College and Birmingham Southern.  The Eagles opened the day with a 4-2 victory over Greensboro before registering a 1-0 decision in the finale against BSC.  With the two triumphs, Emory stands 10-0 on the year.

Junior Bridget Holloway got the win on the mound against the Panthers of BSC, tossing a complete-game, four-hit shutout in boosting her season record to 5-0.  Junior left fielder Jessica Thomas accounted for the game's lone run when she homered with two out in the fourth inning, her third of the year.  Thomas picked up two of the squad's four hits with Jessica Boni and Claire Bailey accounting for the other safeties.

In the opening game of the day, Boni collected two hits and knocked in three runs, including a two-run homer in the fourth frame that gave Emory a 4-0 lead.  Bailey and sophomore Dana Goodenough also chipped in two hits.  The Eagles scored a single run in the first inning when a groundout by freshman Megan Light scored Bailey who opened the contest with a single.  Emory increased its lead to 2-0 in the second when a one-out double by Boni enabled Goodenough, who doubled earlier, to score. The Pride battled back, scoring once in the fourth and fifth innings, but Eagle freshman pitcher Lena Brottman was up to the task in squelching any further scoring in chalking up her fifth victory in as many decisions, allowing eight hits and fanning four.

Emory returns to action on March 6 with contests against Elizabethtown and Thiel in Orlando.