>Site: 
Clemmons, N.C. | Wilson Park 

>Scores: 
Game 1: Carolina U. 7, Salem 1
Game 2: Carolina U. 15, Salem 4 (5 inn.)

>Records:     
Salem (5-13) / Carolina U. (14-8)

>Next Games: 
Johnson & Wales vs. Salem | March 22 | Winston-Salem, N.C. | Blixt Field | 1 / 3 p.m.

CLEMMONS, N.C. – Carolina University ran its winning streak in the head-to-head series to four games against Salem following a pair of wins by scores of 7-1 and 15-4 (5 innings) over the Spirits in softball action at Wilson Park in Clemmons, N.C., on Tuesday afternoon. 

Salem closed out the first game of the doubleheader with nine hits, including two each from Maleah Tate and Kayla Dick. Tate was also active on the base pads with two stolen bases. The Spirits tallied three doubles over the course of the game from NeVaeha George, Kiersten Nelson and Carmen Duffey. 

The Salem offense was limited to six hits in five innings in the second game as the Bruins countered with 16 hits, including seven extra-base hits over the course of the game. Carolina's offense generated 15 runs behind four three-hit performances from ZyMaijah Thomas, Danielle Brooks, Kalea Bolch and Chloe Herbster.

GAME 1 | Carolina 7, Salem 1
W: Danielle Brooks (8-4) / L: Riley Dennis (3-6)
Salem Leaders: Kayla Dick (2-3), Olivia Porter (1-4, RBI), NeVaeha George (1-4, run, double), Kiersten Nelson (1-4, double), Carmen Duffey (1-3, double)

SALEM HIGHLIGHTS
-Salem closed with nine hits in the game. 
-The heart of the Salem lineup, which included the No. 3-7 hitters, combined for seven of the team's nine hits. 
-Maleah Tate and Kayla Dick finished with two hits apiece to lead the Salem offense. Tate also came through with two stolen bases. 
-Spirit hitters NeVaeha George, Kiersten Nelson and Carmen Duffey came through with one double apiece. 
-George opened the fifth inning with a double to left and moved to third on a single from Dick. Two batters later, with George at third, Olivia Porter delivered a run-scoring single to slice the Bruins' lead to 3-1. 

CAROLINA U. HIGHLIGHTS
-Carolina grabbed an early 3-0 lead in the game in the first inning after a single from Kalea Bolch brought home two runs on a single to centerfield. Bolch came home on a passed ball. 
-The Bruins stretched their lead to 6-1 in the home half of the fifth after a single to centerfield by Chloe Herbster scored both Lexi Hall and Nicole Otto. Cameryn Hays followed with a single to left, plating Herbster, which resulted in the third run of the frame. 
-Carolina tacked on its final run of the game in the seventh following a double to left centerfield by Bolch, scoring ZyMaijah Thomas on the play. 

GAME 2 | Carolina 15, Salem 4 (5 inn.)
W: Madison Hamilton (5-2) / L: Isabella Morales (2-6)
Salem Leaders: Six different Salem sluggers with one hit. Emma Greeson (1-2, RBI, run), Jelene Avila (1-1, RBI, run). 

SALEM HIGHLIGHTS
-The Spirits took advantage of four hits from their top four hitters in the batting order, which included Maleah Tate, Carmen Duffey, NeVaeha George and Mackenzie Kramer. 
-Isabella Morales struck out two batters over three innings, allowing five earned runs among the 10 runs surrendered. 
-Griffin Pearce logged one inning in the circle, closing with one strikeout and allowing five hits and five runs along the way. 
-Facing a 10-0 deficit entering the fourth, George led off the top of the inning with a single to left. Kramer followed with a single to right, moving George to second before Kat Price reached base on a fielder's choice that put Kramer at third and caught George at third base. 
-Emma Greeson singled up the middle to bring home Kramer for the first Spirits' run. Lauryn Fisher followed with a grounder to second that plated Price for the 10-2 Carolina lead. 
-Jelene Avila continued the hit parade for the Spirits with a single to right that scored Greeson before Pearce reached on a throwing error that brought Avila home for the fourth Salem run. 

CAROLINA U. HIGHLIGHTS
-Madison Hamilton picked up her fifth win of the season as she scattered six hits over five innings. Hamilton posted two K's and allowed three earned runs. 
-The Bruins tallied seven extra-base hits, including four doubles, three doubles and one home run. 
-Carolina notched five stolen bases on the game. 
-The Bruins had five sluggers in the lineup with three hits, including ZyMaijah Thomas, Danielle Brooks, Kalea Bolch and Chloe Herbster. Hamilton helped her own cause with two hits versus the Spirits. 
-Carolina tallied its 15 runs between the second and fourth innings, scoring four in the second, six in the third and five runs in the fourth.