Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Trevecca softball team (18-10, 9-3 TranSouth) split a doubleheader with NAIA No. 11 Union University (26-7, 12-2) Friday evening, taking the opener 6-4 before dropping the nightcap 5-2.

Game One

In the first game, the teams traded runs in the second inning before the Trojans took the lead for good in the bottom of the third on a suicide squeeze by Heather Shuler and an RBI double by Breanna Zeis. Trevecca seemingly put the game out of reach in the fourth when Kelsey Kemp smacked her third home run of the season, a three-run shot to left that made it 6-1.

But the Bulldogs answered with three runs of their own in the top of the fifth inning on back-to-back home runs by Alex Williams and Sam Giesler, but Lauren Baker ended the rally there, and Natalie Papini held Union hitless over the final two innings to notch her second save of the season.

Baker (8-3) picked up the win, going five innings and allowing four runs on five hits with one strikeout and four walks. Union's Brooke Thomas (12-5) went the distance and took the loss, allowing six runs on seven hits with eight strikeouts and three walks.

Zeis went 2-for-3 with a double, a triple, an RBI, and a run scored. Kemp was 1-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs scored.

Game Two

Trevecca jumped on top quickly in the nightcap, taking a 2-0 lead on a two-run homer by Lauren Baker in the bottom of the first inning. Unfortunately, the Trojans would not score again the rest of the game.

Shelby Lamb, who went 3-for-3 with two RBI, got the Bulldogs on the board with a solo home run in the top of the fourth inning. Union took the lead with three runs in the fifth and Brooke Thomas capped the scoring with a solo home run in the sixth.

Riley Mashburn (4-5) started and took the loss for Trevecca. The senior righthander allowed five hits and five runs, three of them earned, in 5.1 innings with six strikeouts and three walks. Natalie Papini pitched the final 1.2 innings. Kelly Robey (12-2) picked up the complete game victory for Union, allowing two runs on five hits with seven strikeouts and four walks.

The Trojans will host NAIA #RV Davenport (16-8) Saturday at 2 p.m.