GREENWOO – Dariean Ward's walk-off RBI double in the bottom of the eighth inning gave the Lander softball team a 4-3 win over Francis Marion and a sweep of the Patriots in Lander's first Peach Belt Conference games of the season on Sunday afternoon. 

Lander (14-4, 2-0 PBC) topped Francis Marion (9-11, 0-2 PBC) 4-1 in the first game.

The Bearcats trailed 3-0 enter the sixth inning of game two, but cut the deficit to a run as Sydney Grimes tripled home Casey Wooten and scored on a sacrifice fly from Halie Sorrow. 

Grimes struck again with two outs in the bottom of the seventh, singling home Abby Harris to force extra innings. 

After a one-out single from Kelli McCormack in the bottom of the eighth, Ward ended the game with a double that brought McCormack home from first. 

In game one, Sorrow was the hero at the plate, recording an RBI triple in the first inning and a solo homer in the fourth to put Lander up 2-0. 

The Bearcats tacked on two more runs in the fifth, including an RBI single from Sorrow, before Francis Marion got on the board with a solo home run in the top of the seventh. 

Lander steps out of conference action on Thursday as the Bearcats travel to Eckard.