Burlington, N.C. – The Royals offense came alive in the conclusion of last night's suspended game as the Royals eliminated Erskine 10-3. Later on the Royals season would come to an end as Mt. Olive beat the Royals in a low scoring game.

 Game One

The game was suspended the night before due to weather with the score tied 1-1. The Royals offense came out on fire today scoring nine runs to keep the season alive.

Kaitlyn Bodine (Scottsville, Va., Monticello) led the offense with a three run homerun and five RBI. She also pitched six innings only allowing three runs for her tenth victory of the season. Bodine's opposite field homerun broke open a tied game in the bottom of the third. The Royals would never look back adding four more runs in the sixth for the final score of 10-3.

Emma Schultz (Silver Spring, Md., Paint Branch) had three hits in the contest and two RBI. Kaitlyn Cheek (Richmond, Va., JR Tucker )  Robyn Levine (Raleigh, N.C., Enloe) and Noemi Rodriguez (Miami, Fla., G. Holmes Braddock Senior ) each had multiple hits as the Royals staved off elimination and would later on face Mt. Olive.

Game Two

In a pitching duel the Royals managed only one hit and fell to Mt. Olive 3-0 in an elimination game at the 2013 Conference Carolinas tournament. 

Lyndey McCurry (Commerce, Ga., Hebron Christian) started the game for the Royals going four innings and only giving up one run, a solo homerun in the third. Ashley Rollins (Fairfax, Va., Fairfax) and Bodine came on in relief allowing two runs in two innings. The Royals only hit of the game came from Britt as Trojans starter Lauren Smith shut down the high powered Royals offense pitching a complete game.

The game featured great pitching from both sides as offenses struggled for both teams. A solo homerun in the third separated the two teams until the sixth inning when the Trojans tacked on two insurance runs to put the game out of reach. 

The loss ends the Royals season with a 23-21 record.