CONWAY, S.C. – On Tuesday, the Coastal Carolina softball team dropped their third consecutive game of the season at home, this time the No. 16 team in the nation, the South Carolina Gamecocks by the score of 10-2 in a shortened, five-inning game. 

South Carolina jumped out to a 2-0 lead on Chants' starter Raelee Brabham in the first inning after the freshman allowed a two-RBI single to Kassidy Krupit, which scored Kenzie McGuire who walked to lead off the game and Mackenzie Boesel who doubled into right field. 

Krupit and Jana Johns highlighted a six-run third inning for SC with their fourth and third home runs, respectively, of the season extending their team's lead to 8-0.

Two more runs would come around to score for the Gamecocks in the of the fourth inning off Coastal reliever Iyanla DeJesus. Lauren Stewart led off with a single up the middle, and then Madison Owens hit her third homer of the season to put South Carolina up 10-0. 

CCU scored their only two runs of the game as junior Courtney Dean hit her second home run of the season off South Carolina starter Karen Ochs, but it wasn't enough for Coastal Carolina as Ochs would go onto to retire the finals three outs to improve to 5-3 on the season.

Brabham takes the loss for CCU in the 10-2 decision by lasting just two innings, and allowing four runs on eight hits.

Makiya Thomas, Abbey Montoya, Sydney Guess, DeJesus, and Dean all had one hit apiece in the loss.

CCU falls to 13-8 on the season but will look to get back on track this weekend as they travel to Texas for Sun Belt Conference play. The Chants will take on the Texas State Bobcats with the action getting underway on Friday at 7 p.m. 

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