ANDERSON, S.C. -- Kelly McCrodden pitched a no-hitter and Kristen Price hit a two-run home run in the first inning to lead Anderson to an 8-0 victory over Erskine in five innings in the second game and a split of a CVAC doubleheader Thursday afternoon at Smethers Field. In the first game, Erskine's Jamie L. Howell hit a three-run homer to highlight a six-run seventh and the Flying Fleet cruised to a 9-4 victory. Anderson now stands at 24-20 overall and 8-9 in the CVAC, while Erskine is 15-20-1, 7-11. McCrodden struck out four and walked none in five innings. Erica Waddell, who reached on an error in the first inning, was the lone Erskine player to reach base in the second game. In her last two starts, McCrodden, 11-11, has allowed no runs and just five hits -- all singles -- in 12 innings. She has allowed just two earned runs in her last 19 2/3 innings. Price, a freshman from Gilbert, S.C., got Anderson started in the first inning with her third home run of the season, a two-run blast to left field. An RBI single by Katie Howard and a ground out by Cindy Crosby brought home two more runs in the second to increase the Anderson lead to 4-0. In the fourth, Crosby provided an RBI triple and then scored on a wild pitch. The Lady Trojans closed out the game in the fifth. Carolyn Smith was hit by a pitch and scored on a triple by Shelly Sawyer. Sawyer then scored the final run of the game on a wild pitch. The first game was sloppy on both sides. Anderson pitcher Lauren Powell walked seven, hit one batter, and threw two wild pitches, while Erskine committed five errors, three in one inning. Anderson jumped out to a 3-0 lead through two innings in the first game but could not hold it. The Fleet got two runs in the fourth and one in the fifth to tie the game at 3. Anderson scored an unearned run in the bottom of the sixth to take a 4-3 lead, but then Erskine erupted in the top of the seventh. The Fleet sent 12 batters to the plate and scored six runs to take a 9-4 lead. The big hits in the inning were Howell's three-run homer, a run-scoring double by Waddell, and an RBI single by Amber Price. Anderson will travel to Gaffney on Friday to take on Limestone. Game One Statistics Game Two Statistics Season Statistics
April 28, 2003
Softball Team Finishes Second In CVAC Tourney
April 27, 2003
Softball Team Shocks Coker, Still Alive In Tourney
April 26, 2003
Softball Team Reaches 30 Victories
April 25, 2003
Powell, Rochester Honored By CVAC
April 24, 2003
Softball Team Gets Sixth Seed In CVAC Tournament
April 23, 2003
Softball Team Whips Limestone
April 22, 2003
McCrodden Named CVAC Pitcher Of The Week
April 22, 2003
Softball Team Sweeps Away SWU
April 17, 2003
McCrodden, Price Help Savage Split For AC
April 15, 2003
McCrodden Blanks Pfeiffer To Split DH
April 13, 2003
Gonsalves Blanks AC To Earn Split For St. Andrews
April 6, 2003
Longwood Dominates Anderson
April 5, 2003
Anderson Rally Falls Short, Barton Gets Split
April 3, 2003
Lady Trojans Sweep Augusta State
April 1, 2003
The Price Is Right As AC Sweeps NG
March 31, 2003
Fountain Sparkles In Coker Sweep Of AC
March 26, 2003
Lady Trojans Take Two From The Blue Hose
March 25, 2003
Softball Team Batters Emmanuel
March 23, 2003
Softball Team Splits At C-N
March 12, 2003
Powell, McCrodden On The Mark Against Abbey
March 9, 2003
Softball Team Splits Two Games Sunday
March 8, 2003
Softball Team Drops Three At Francis Marion
March 5, 2003
Softball Team Sweeps North Greenville
March 3, 2003
McCrodden Leads AC To Split At Queens
March 1, 2003
Anderson Drills Lees-McRae, 13-0
February 24, 2003
Eagles Pulled Out Second Game In 10, Sweep AC
February 23, 2003
Softball Team Splits With Blue Hose
February 21, 2003
Softball Team Dominates Newberry
February 18, 2003
USCS Sweeps Anderson In Softball
February 12, 2003
Anderson, Southern Wesleyan Split To Open Season
February 11, 2003
Softball Preview: Speed, Pitching Big Keys For AC
January 16, 2003
Softball Team Picked Fourth In CVAC Preseason Poll
September 24, 2002
Two Softball Clinics Scheduled
August 20, 2002
Rochester Ranks Second In Toughest To Strike Out