The Emory University softball program went 1-1 on Sunday afternoon against the Berry Vikings playing in Mount Berry, Georgia.
 
The Eagles hold a 29-8 record entering the final series of the regular season this coming weekend against the No. 11 ranked WashU Bears. Emory was able to take the first game of the doubleheader with a 9-4 victory while the Vikings took the close fight in game two with a 4-3 final score.
 
Game 1: Emory 9, Berry 4
 
The Vikings took an early lead in the second inning taking advantage of back-to-back singles for a 2-0 lead but junior Mackenzie Duford was able to close things out in the circle to send the game to the third inning.
 
Emory opened the third inning with three straight singles to load the bases followed by a sacrifice fly from sophomore Grace Cooper to give the Eagles their first run of the game. With two outs, fellow sophomore Lillian Ware drove a two-run double to left center to give Emory a 3-2 advantage after the third inning.
 
Duford was able to keep Berry scoreless in the bottom of the third inning allowing the Eagles to extend their lead in the top of the fourth. Junior Ashley Chu opened the inning with a walk and two stolen bases to reach third followed by a walk to junior Ella Hoyle. Teammate Ellie Zerr added to her extra base hit total with a two-RBI double to right field pushing Emory to a three-run lead.
 
Emory added two more runs in the top of the fifth inning notching four hits in the frame including a two RBI single up the middle from Hoyle to give the Eagles a 7-2 lead. Once again, the bases were loaded in the top of the seventh for Emory before a walk and a hit by pitch to Hoyle and Zerr brought in the eighth and ninth runs of the game. The Vikings added two more runs in the bottom of the seventh but sophomore Georgia Pineda was able to close out the game for the win.
 
Game Two: Berry 4, Emory 3
 
Sophomore Lexi Bach earned the start in the circle for the Eagles and dominated her way through the first three innings of the game. Both teams were held scoreless until the Vikings struck first in the bottom of the fourth inning adding two runs on a single and a fielder's choice.
 
Emory added a run to their tally in the top of the fifth inning with an error and a single from sophomore Abby Wylie and Chu giving the Eagles two runners to start the inning. After a fielder's choice advanced Wylie to third, she later scored on an error from Berry's pitcher to cut the Vikings' lead in half.
 
Berry added their third and fourth runs of the game in the bottom of the fifth inning taking advantage of four hits and a sacrifice fly to take a 4-1 lead after five innings.
 
 Emory went on a scoring run of their own in the top of the sixth inning with a single from Ware and a triple from freshman Shivani Nangia added another run to the Eagles' tally. Chu later followed with an infield single for Emory's third run but the Vikings were able to get out of the inning and clinch the win following a scoreless seventh inning from the Eagles.
 
The Eagles will travel to St. Louis, Missouri for the final series of the regular season against the WashU Bears with game one of the doubleheader on Friday slated to begin at 2:00 PM EST.