DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle softball team split a doubleheader with Barry on Friday. Game one was cut short due to the eight-run rule when the fifth inning ended with the Buccaneers up 15-4. The Eagles came out on top in game two with a 5-2 final score. The Eagles maintain their winning record at 23-22 while Barry moves their record to 19-24.
 
 
GAME ONE – BU 15, ERAU 4
 
Barry came out strong in the first inning scoring five runs, three of which were unearned. The Eagles answered with one run in the bottom half of the inning after Kailah Rain walked and came home on Kendall Funk's RBI double.
 
The Bucs went three up, three down in the second inning and the Eagles used the opportunity to cut the lead to one run. Gabriella Obia and Destiny Carroll both walked with two outs. Anna Battison reached first on an error that also allowed Obia to score one and then Maggie Scott singled to right field to bring in Carroll and Battison pulling the Eagles to within a run at 5-4.
 
Two Barry runs in the top of the third inning put the Bucs up 7-4 and their lead only increased from there.
 
One run for Barry in the fourth inning put them up 8-4 and the Eagles went three up, three down to end the inning.
 
The Buccaneers broke loose in the fifth, scoring seven runs to build the lead to 15-4. The Eagles again were unable to push any runs through and the game ended after five due to the eight-run rule.
 
Dana Rowley (0-1) took the loss in her first complete game, giving up five earned runs on 16 hits with three strikeouts. Thomas, Jackson, Funk and Scott each had one hit for the Eagles while Scott and Funk had two and one RBIs, respectively.
 
GAME TWO – ERAU 5, BU 2
 
The Eagles took an early lead in game two after Battison walked, advanced on a throwing error, went to third on a groundout and scored on a passed ball for a 1-0 lead.
 
The Eagles allowed only four Bucs on base in the following four innings and they were unable to score any runs. The Eagles furthered their lead in the fifth inning when Scott doubled in Thomas before Battison singled in Mckenzee Quinn and Scott for a 4-0 lead.
 
The Eagles put one more on the board in the sixth inning when Kim George walked, was advanced by Thomas' sacrifice bunt and then by Jayla Jackson's single and scored on an error.
 
The Bucs snuck in two runs in the seventh inning but it was not enough to challenge the Blue and Gold and the game ended in a 5-2 Eagle victory.
 
Ilona Andringa (14-11) tossed a complete game giving up two runs on five hits with six strikeouts. Scott finished 1-for-3 with one run, one RBI and a double. Battison went 1-for-2 at the plate with one run and two RBIs.
 
The Eagles have a weekend off before they return to action to face Eckerd in their last series of the season beginning on Friday, April 28 at 3 p.m.