SALISBURY, Md. - The Salisbury University softball team split a doubleheader with McDaniel College here Friday at Sea Gull Field where SU won the second game 10-6 after its dropped the opener, 4-2.

In the second game of the doubleheader, McDaniel (8-10) jumped out to a 4-0 lead off five second inning singles. Freshman Lauren Toomey and junior Diana Rosemier each had two RBI. However, the Sea Gulls (16-6) answered with a run in the second and seven in the third. Jen Cahall singled twice and had two RBIs in the inning. Freshman designated player Ali Ritter (3-for-4, two runs, two RBIs) knocked a two-run home run over the right field fence, and six other Gulls tallied hits to cap the comeback. The Sea Gulls went on to close out the victory 10-6. SU piled up 16 hits, 13 of which were singles.

Sophomore Stacy Davis (5-2) earned her fifth win as she pitched the complete game and recorded six strikeouts.

In the first game, McDaniel capitalized on Salisbury errors for two of its four runs. The Green Terror also got a clutch two-run double off the bat of sophomore third baseman Brooke Dixon in the top of the sixth. The hit lifted McDaniel to a 4-2 lead, as the Green Terror handed SU its first loss of the season.

Jess Smith held the Sea Gulls scoreless for six straight innings after she allowed a two run homer to sophomore Stacey Malarkey in the first inning. For Malarkey, the smash to deep center was her sixth home run of the season. Smith improved to 6-6 on the year while Salisbury starter Kirsten Wells dropped to 9-4. Wells went the distance as she gave up four runs on six hits and struck out six.

Salisbury will travel to Washington D.C. to take on Catholic in its Capital Athletic Conference opener on Tuesday, April 3.