BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. — Junior pitcher Caroline Campbell tossed 13 innings on Saturday on her way to earning her first win of the season as the North Carolina Central University softball team edged Harvard University, 6-4, in the morning session at Brinkley Stadium.
 
The Eagles suffered a 13-2 setback in the nightcap to Furman University.
 
NC Central (1-12) will play its fifth and final game in the Red and Black Softball Tournament hosted by Gardner-Webb University with another 10 a.m. first pitch against the Harvard Crimson on Sunday.
 
GAME ONE: NC Central 6, Harvard 4
 
Sophomore catcher Madison Mifsud drove in a pair of runs and the Eagles made a three-run first inning hold up for their first win of the year. Freshman Maegan Garrison scored twice for the Eagles.
 
The Crimson outhit NCCU, 11-2, but they left 13 runners on base. Campbell managed to strand Harvard runners on base each inning to secure her first pitching win since her freshman season.
 
A pair of Harvard errors led to five unearned runs for the Eagles.
 
Juniors Nadia Blevins and Joirea Dumas accounted for NCCU's two hits with consecutive singles to start the three-run rally in the home half of the first.
 
GAME TWO: Furman 13, NC Central 2
 
The Eagles scored two more unearned runs in the sixth inning to avoid being shutout. The Paladins won for a third time in four tries over the first two days of the tournament by belting out 15 hits.
 
Natalie Morgan paced the victors with four hits, including a home run and a triple. Morgan finished with four RBI, three runs scored and a stolen base.
 
Freshman Sanajae Sankey produced half of NCCU's four hits with singles in both the fifth and the sixth. Her second base hit drove in a run. Garrison and junior Kaitlyn Macon scored the two maroon and gray runs.
 
Morgan Smith limited NCCU to just two runs to earn the complete-game victory for the Paladins.
 
Blevins and Dumas also notched hits as they hit safely in both games Saturday.