ANDERSON, S.C. - USC Spartanburg built a 5-0 lead through two innings and went to a 5-3 victory in the second game and a sweep of Anderson College in a softball doubleheader Tuesday afternoon at Smethers Field. In the first game, the Rifles blew a 3-0 lead, rallied to tie the game at 5, then scored eight runs in the eighth inning to take a 13-5 victory. USCS improves to 2-0, while Anderson falls to 1-3. In the first game, Anderson trailed 3-2 through three innings but scratched out single runs in the fourth and fifth to take a 4-3 lead. Pinch runner Melissa Waters scored on an error in the fourth and Caroline Rochester drove in Cindy Crosby, who reached on a triple, in the fifth. But USCS scored two runs in the sixth to take a 5-4 lead. With one out, Kacey Ayers and Allie Cyrill both singled then pulled off a double steal. With two outs, pinch hitter Erin Driggers rapped a two-run single. Anderson tied the game in the bottom of the sixth on a single by Kari Huggins, two walks, and a wild pitch. After a scoreless seventh, the roof fell in on Anderson in the eighth. The Rifles scored eight times to break open the two-hour tussle. The big hits of the inning were a two-run double by Jackie Sepulveda and a three-run homer by Ayers. Sepulveda and Ayers had three hits apiece in the game for the Rifles. The Lady Trojans were their own worst enemy in the first game. They committed four errors, two costly ones in the third that led to three unearned runs. In the second game, USCS continued to ride a wave of momentum. An error led to two unearned runs and a 3-0 Rifle lead after one inning. In the second, a walk and stole base by Becky Albers, a RBI single and stolen base by Krista Altom, and a throwing error increased the USCS lead 5-0. USCS pitcher Emily Lewis limited Anderson to one run and one hit in the first six innings. At one point, she retired 12 of 14. Trailing 5-1 with two outs in the seventh, Anderson tried to rally. A single by PJ Taylor, a triple by Crosby, and a single by Rochester cut the Rifle lead to 5-3. But Lewis managed to get the final out to complete the sweep for USCS. Game One Game Two Season Statistics