GREENWOOD – Lander’s Hayley Leissner tossed a one-hit, shutout against No. 10-ranked Augusta State University Tuesday afternoon to lead the Bearcat softball team to 2-0 win and a Peach Belt Conference doubleheader split at Doug Spears Field. Augusta State won the first game, 5-3, in eight innings. (Game 1 Boxscore | Game 2 Boxscore)

Lander moves to 16-18 overall and 4-8 in the PBC, while Augusta State is 31-11, 10-4.

Augusta State’s Leann Barber got the lead off hit in the first inning and Leissner and the Bearcat defense shut down the Jaguars the remainder of the evening.

Leissner (11-4) struck out seven and walked two.

ASU’s Emily Corish (12-5) suffered the loss as she walked two and allowed two earned runs on two hits in 1.2 innings pitched.

Lander scored the lone two runs of the game in the first inning as a result of a series of illegal pitches by Corish. Brittney Sheriff, who reached first on an illegal pitch, advanced to third on two more illegal pitches and scored on Marilyn Newman’s RBI single. Daisy Stewart followed with an RBI single that scored Ashley Proctor.

Newman went 2-for-3 for the Bearcats.

In the first game, ASU’s Sara Demuth broke a 3-3 tie with the game-winning hit in the eighth inning when her RBI single sent Jessica Thornton home. ASU made it 5-3 on Kacee Camps’ RBI single.

ASU’s Kimberly Kennedy earned the win as she struck out one and allowed no hits in 2.2 innings pitched.

Leissner took the loss, striking out one and allowing two earned runs on four hits in two innings pitched.

Augusta State took a 2-0 lead in the third inning when Barber and Laura Brown scored on Lander errors, then the Jaguars stretched the margin to 3-0 in the sixth on Kristen Jones’ solo home run over the left field fence.

Lander tied the game at 3-3 in the sixth when Proctor’s RBI double plated Casey Corbitt and Natalie Smith’s RBI double scored Sheriff and Proctor.

For Augusta State, Kasey Sims and Camp both went 2-for-4 and Jones batted 2-for-3.