SAVANNAH, Ga. - The Newberry College softball team split a season opening doubleheader against Savannah College of Art & Design, dropping the first game 16-2 but picking up the second, 9-8.

Gamne Two: Newberry 9, SCAD 8 - Box Score

After being held to just one hit by Savannah College of Art and Design (1-1) pitcher Lisa Williams (New South Wales, Australia), Newberry (1-1) brought its bats to game two, picking up 14 hits and 4 home runs en route to 9-8 victory.

Freshman Codi Kelly led off the top of the first inning for Newberry and smashed a homer to leftfield in her first collegiate at bat to kick things off for the Wolves. It was more of the long ball for the scarlet and gray in the second as Amber Holley (Aiken, S.C.) homered to left followed by an Ashley Roof (Columbia, S.C.) homer to left center. Senior Aissa Gatewood (N. Charleston, S.C.) then singled to left to score Jessie Teague (Charlotte, N.C.) and Kelly for the early 5-0 lead.

SCAD picked up one run in the bottom of the second with the Wolves answering in the top of the third with two more runs on a pair of RBI singles by Roof and Teague. The Bees responded in kind, putting up two of their own, making it 7-3 Newberry after three.

The Bees then put up another run in the fourth after holding Newberry scoreless, cutting the lead to just three.

Roof then homered for the second time of the game, this one a two-run shot to centerfield in the fifth. SCAD picked up four runs in two innings while holding Newberry in check to make it 9-8 heading in to the seventh.

Clutch pitching by Holley, however, kept the Bees from scratching across the tying run, giving the Wolves their first win of the year.

Holley also led the Wolves' offensive charge, going 3-for-4 with a homer and two runs scored. Roof went 3-for-3 with two homeruns, three runs scored and four RBIs.

Game One: SCAD 16, Newberry 2 (5 inn.) - Box Score

The Wolves appeared a bit rusty in game one as the Bees dropped five runs in the bottom of the first inning with a Nirana Singh (Kennesaw, Ga.) lead-off homer starting things off for SCAD. The Bees then put up two more in the second inning on three hits before the Wolves scored their only two runs in the top of the third.

Angela Cataldo (Sumter, S.C.) led off the third with a single to left field, the lone Newberry hit of the game. Monica Buccellate (Martinez, Calif.), Gatewood and Jennifer Yancey (Dunwoody, Ga.) all drew walks to score Cataldo with Chelsie Hilbourn (Loris, S.C.) hitting a sacrifice fly to score two.

But the Bees weren't done. After the pair of Newberry runs, SCAD put up seven more in the bottom of the third, capitalizing on five hits and a Newberry error. The Bees put up two more in the bottom of the fourth before blanking the Wolves once again in the top of the fifth to end the ball game, 16-2.

Shelley Jeffcoat (Lexington, S.C.) picked up her first loss of the season as she hurled 1.2 innings allowing six earned runs and striking out two. Casey Stevens (Coral Springs, Fla.) threw the final 2.1 innings giving up nine runs, five earned, and three walks to go with her lone strike out.

The Wolves will make their home debut this Saturday, Feb. 12, as they take on Shaw in doubleheader action. Game one of the twin bill is scheduled for 1 p.m.