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AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Columbus State University softball team picked up a split Sunday at Augusta. The Peach Belt Conference doubleheader was played in Augusta, Ga.
 
Columbus State (15-11, 3-3 PBC) dropped the opening game 2-1, before responding with an 8-0 win in five innings in the second game.
 
The Lady Cougars will now make their third swing through the Sunshine State with doubleheaders at Florida Tech and Embry-Riddle. First pitch Tuesday at Florida Tech is scheduled for 1 p.m. in Melbourne, Fla.
 
Game One
 
Sunday's opener was dominated by pitching as the game went scoreless into the fifth inning.
 
In the fifth, CSU took advantage of a defensive miscue to plate the first run. Lee Anne Rees reached on an error and was sacrificed to second by Keeli Waugh. Kia Smith then broke through with a RBI double to give the Lady Cougars the lead.
 
However, Augusta stole the game away with a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning.
 
Darby Demarest (7-5) pitched all six innings for the Lady Cougars, giving up the two runs on just three hits. The junior struck out 10, her second double-digit game of the season.
 
Game Two
 
After getting just five hits in game one, the Lady Cougar offense got rolling in game two.
 
Elizabeth Perdue scored the opening run in the second inning and Kristin Studds made it a 2-0 game with a RBI double. Rees then doubled the lead with a two-run double.
 
Kristin Reynolds put two more on the board with a home run in the third, her third long ball of the season. CSU then found the final two that it needed in the fourth, getting RBI singles from McKenzie Fagioli and Perdue.
 
Smith and Perdue each had two hits for the Lady Cougars, as eight of the nine starters tallied at least one in the game.
 
Peyton Sorrells (6-2) was dominant in the circle, working all five innings and allowing just two hits. It was her third outing of the season with at least five innings and no runs allowed.