Danielle Swygert hit a walk-off grand slam in game one and drove home the go-ahead run in game two to lead Anderson University to a sweep of their South Atlantic Conference softball doubleheader with Tusculum College on Tuesday afternoon. The Trojans (27-9, 7-5 SAC) won the opener 6-3 and took the nightcap 4-2.

The Pioneers (20-20, 6-6 SAC) return to the road Saturday at 1 p.m. with a SAC doubleheader at Newberry.

Game 1: Anderson 6, Tusculum 3
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The Pioneers grabbed a 3-1 lead in the top of the seventh on a two-run home run by Nicole Ball, only to see the Trojans string together four singles to pull within 3-2. With the bases loaded and one out, Swygert pulled a grand slam down the line in right to cap the five-run rally and give Anderson the win.

The comeback spoiled a fine performance from Tusculum starter Kelly King (13-9), who had held the potent Anderson lineup to one run on five hits through the first six innings. King finished the game with five strikeouts and no walks, marking the fourth straight start that she has not issued a base on balls.

Anderson starter Katelyn Howser (9-4) took a no-hitter and a 1-0 lead into the top of the sixth inning before giving up the no-hitter, shutout and lead to Paige Sneed, who went deep with her third home run of the year to tie the game at 1-1. Howser finished the game with four strikeouts and two walks for the Trojans.

Neither team had a hit until Jessica Neidigh delivered a single with one out in the third inning, and King had to pitch out of a second-and-third jam by retiring SAC home run leaders Molly Child and Abby Child on infield grounders.

In the fourth, the Trojans threatened again as Swygert and Courtney Czentnar led off the inning with back-to-back singles. After a sacrifice, King escaped further trouble by getting two more ground ball outs to keep the game scoreless.

Anderson finally broke through in the fifth as Neidigh singled with one out, stole second and scored on a two-out single by Abby Child to give the Trojans what turned out to be a brief 1-0 lead.

After Sneed's homer tied the game in the sixth, Tusculum grabbed the lead in the seventh as Tavi Parris walked with one out and scored on Ball's third home run of the year which gave the Pioneers a 3-1 lead. However, the Trojans loaded the bases on singles in the bottom of the seventh, and Abby Child singled to cut the margin to 3-2 ahead of Swygert's game-ending slam.

Swygert, Abby Child and Neidigh each went 2-for-4 with a run scored in game one for the Trojans, while Kaytlin Stroinski was the lone Pioneer to reach base safely more than once, on a walk in the fourth and a single in the sixth.

Game 2: Anderson 4, Tusculum 2
(Box Score)

The Trojans amassed 11 hits and erased a 2-1 deficit with a run in the fourth and two in the fifth to finish off the sweep of the Pioneers. Molly Child went 3-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI as eight of the nine batters in the Anderson lineup had at least one hit.

Tusculum's lone runs came in the top of the fourth inning when Stroinski hit her fourth home run of the season, a two-run shot that wiped out a 1-0 Anderson lead. However, Trojan starter Lauren Rudesheim (13-4) was in control from there as she scattered four hits and struck out five for the victory.

Anderson took a 1-0 lead in the third against Tusculum starter Eliza Davis as Neidigh reached on a bunt single and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Molly Child, but the Pioneers responded in the fourth as Carolyn Williamson reached on an infield single and scored on Stroinskis opposite-field home run for a 2-1 Tusculum lead.

The Trojans tied the game in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI triple by Bri Cason, and took the lead with two in the fifth on RBI singles by Swygert and Laura Jansky. The Pioneers threatened in the sixth as they loaded the bases on a single by Miranda Beeler, a fielding error and a walk to Ball, but Rudesheim got a ground-ball out to keep the lead at 4-2.

Brooke Rhodes reached safely twice for the Pioneers in the game as she was hit by two pitches from Rudesheim. Sneed had the other hit for the Pioneers with a single in the fifth inning.

Davis (3-7) gave up four runs (three earned) on eight hits in four-plus innings for the Pioneers, striking out one and walking two. Rachel Medley pitched the final two innings for Tusculum, allowing three hits and no runs while fanning one.