VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - The Salisbury University softball team split a Sunday doubleheader with Lynchburg College at a neutral site in Virginia Beach, Va. The Sea Gulls won the first game 6-4 in come from behind fashion to earn their fifth straight win to open up the 2007 season. SU would then turnaround and lose 10-2 to the Hornets in the second game.

Salisbury (5-1) trailed 4-3 going into the seventh inning in the first game with Lynchburg. The Sea Gulls tied the game at four when sophomore Stacey Malarkey doubled home senior Nichole Fuqua. Junior Ashley Stern then brought home Malarkey on a sacrifice fly. Senior catcher Tee Droneburg (3-for-4, 2 RBI) supplied the insurance run as she singled home junior Kirsten Wells who reached on a double. Junior pitcher Kortni Pedlow earned the win.

In the second game, Lynchburg scored four runs in the fourth inning and three in the fifth to put the game out of reach. The Sea Gulls scored both of their runs in the fifth when Fuqua singled home sophomore Brittany Sullivan and Stern plated freshman Savannah Tinsley on a RBI single. SU left nine runners on base. Sophomore pitcher Stacy Davis suffered the loss.

Salisbury started the weekend off with a four-game sweep at the Virginia Wesleyan College tournament.

The Sea Gulls will open up their home 2007 schedule on Wednesday, March 7, against Eastern Shore rival Washington (Md.) College at 2 p.m.